Itinerary
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Stop At: Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi), No.1375 Xiongmao Avenue the Outside Northern Third Ring Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu 610081 China
Meet your friendly English-speaking guide at your hotel lobby. After 40 mins driving, you will start your exciting day at Chengdu Panda Breeding Center. Spend your morning with the cutest, yet impressive, creatures in China! 3 hours inside the Panda Center, tour through the baby and adult panda areas and visit the red panda section to see these small adorable animals.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Wenshu Yuan Monastery, No.66 Wenshuyuan Street, Qingyang District, Chengdu 610017 China
Wenshu Temple, a preserved Buddhist temple housing many precious works of art that are considered cultural relics. It is one of the most important Buddhist Temple in Chengdu City. You will enjoy a special vegetarian buffet lunch here with locals and monks. After lunch, visit this beautiful and peaceful Buddhist temple. Take a stroll at the temple complex with impressive buddha statues. See the monks and local prayers.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kuanzhai Alley, East of Tongren Road, west of Changshun Street, Qingyang District, Chengdu 610015 China
Next, head over to the Kuanzhai Alley, one of Chengdu’s three historic conservation districts. Constructed in 1718 during the early years of the Qing dynasty, this pleasant pedestrian thoroughfare is home to a fascinating mix of classic Sichuan architecture and modern cafes and boutiques. While you walk, listen to commentary from your guide about the district's history and design, and witness how some of the city's old establishments — local restaurants, traditional teahouses, Chinese calligraphy demonstrations — sit alongside the new. Enjoy the sights of older-style buildings, gardens and rows of souvenir shops and vendors lining the street.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chengdu Renmin Park, No.12 Shaocheng Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu 610015 China
Travel to People’s Park to see locals going about their daily business like singing or dancing before witnessing the cultural idiosyncrasy of Match Corner, an enclave in which parents attempt to match their children with other eligible infants. Leisurely enjoy a cup of local tea by the river before head to your hotel, end your memorable day.
Duration: 1 hour
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Traveler pickup is offered
Departure point: Free picking up service from your city hotel or residence in Chengdu (all hotels within 3rd Ring Road), if you stay outside the 3rd Ring Road, then need to be picked up at the main gate of Wuhouci, or please contact us in advance to arrange to be picked up from your hotel or airport and pay extra cost to driver.
Return point: Returns to original departure point or can be drop-off at the city center.
07:30 AM
7 to 8 hours(approx.)
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Jia_W
Our tour guide Sylvia was amazing…super friendly, knowledgeable about history/culture and fluent in English. We had a really fun time w her and she was super interesting/funny and gave us recommendation on the best local eats. Highly recommend
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Posted On : 2024-05-17
Posted By : galiyahk
Book this tour with Silvia, who has a kind and positive personality. All tour guides have completed university and know the history very well, making it very interesting to listen to them. We started our tour early to reach the Panda Base by 8 am. It's best to go there as early as possible to avoid crowds. Trust me, wake up at 6 am if needed :) so you can better see and enjoy the lives of the pandas. This was the reason I went to China and I was so happy to see these cute creatures. Later, we went to a Zen Buddhist monastery on a famous street. I was amazed at how everything is still so authentic in China—temples, tea houses, food, tea bars, and ear grooming. Afterwards, we went to People's Park. I visited on a Friday, which was a public holiday. Wow, the things you will see there will amaze you. Then we had traditional green tea in a tea house. Actually, I haven't seen such tea houses in either Beijing or Hangzhou. So, please enjoy every moment there. Later, we also went to another tourist spot—a street where you can buy lots of souvenirs, clothes, sweets, and more.
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Posted On : 2024-04-16
Posted By : Galiyah_K
Book this tour with Silvia, who has a kind and positive personality. All tour guides have completed university and know the history very well, making it very interesting to listen to them. We started our tour early to reach the Panda Base by 8 am. It's best to go there as early as possible to avoid crowds. Trust me, wake up at 6 am if needed :) so you can better see and enjoy the lives of the pandas. This was the reason I went to China and I was so happy to see these cute creatures. Later, we went to a Zen Buddhist monastery on a famous street. I was amazed at how everything is still so authentic in China—temples, tea houses, food, tea bars, and ear grooming. Afterwards, we went to People's Park. I visited on a Friday, which was a public holiday. Wow, the things you will see there will amaze you. Then we had traditional green tea in a tea house. Actually, I haven't seen such tea houses in either Beijing or Hangzhou. So, please enjoy every moment there. Later, we also went to another tourist spot—a street where you can buy lots of souvenirs, clothes, sweets, and more.
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Posted On : 2024-04-16
Posted By : Steven
Both Casey and Helen arrived early at the hotel and driver was ready for us. Casey spoke very good English and very knowledgeable about the tour. We saw the Panda at close proximity, there were quite a few Giant Pandas in the Panda base. Casey helped us to navigate through the crowd with ease.
Good vegetarian meal at the monastery. The wide and narrow alleys were very interesting, full of character and cultural history. Definitely recommend this tour. Thanks to both Casey and Helen for a very goof tour in Chengdu.
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Posted On : 2024-03-21
Posted By : Winston_W
The tour is very good, especially our guide Rosalie is knowledgeable and accommodating to our needs. Her English and Chinese are both very good.
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Posted On : 2023-12-26
Posted By : danielfA2194ED
Booked this tour to get an overall impression on Chengdu and the pandas, as my time was limited.
Alice picked me up from the hotel with a driver and explained to me everything very clearly and with lots of insights.
I got a great view on the giant panda and small panda and could see many of them. Although crowded, we got along quite smooth.
The Wenshu Yuan monastery was very impressive, and Alice knew a lot about it. The walk through the people's park with a delicious tee was a good closure of an interesting day. Thank you, Alice, for your passion and insights. Thanks also to the driver, who picked us up and dropoedus safely. I'm looking forward to the next tour with you guys.
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Posted On : 2023-11-04
Posted By : kim_k
Our tour guide Worley was great. She adapted the tour to meet our needs and wants. We never felt rushed or spent too long anywhere. The Panda Breeding Center was sooo much more than I could imagine, and it does my heart well to know that the Great Panda is recovering in the wild because of this program. Kudos to China! Great day tour with seeing sights that interested us, maybe not what others would want. That's because of a great tour guide.
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Posted On : 2021-04-29
Posted By : wenyiz2016
Schedule: Panda Center + Temple Vegetarian Buffet + Wide and Narrow Alley + Tea experience in a local park + Local snacks
Since we only had 1 day free to explore the city, this tour schedule matched most things that we wanted to see, especially pandas! (Didn’t get a chance to visit Jinli Ancient Street and Temple of Marquis tho..) We had a vegetarian buffet lunch. It was surprisingly good.
Our tour guide Worley was wonderful! She taught us a lot about Chengdu and Chinese culture. She was also very patient, never rushed us. The tour wouldn’t be this good without her. So thank you Worley!
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Posted On : 2019-11-19
Posted By : bellaestrella918
Haley, with Samtours did a great job in ensuring that our time in Chengdu was maximized. Our tour guide sent me a text the day before to let me know at what time to expect the driver. Since we stayed very close to the Giant Panda Breeding Station my colleague and I were picked up at our hotel at 8:00am. Hotel pick up from the city is around 7:30am. Our driver was very professional and understood enough English to let us know where we were headed. There is a bit of a walk from the parking lot at the Breeding Station, but you do get to see the murals of pandas along the way. Since our tickets were already purchased, we walked right in. We did see long queu lines waiting to buy tickets, so if time is a concern I highly recommend getting a private tour. There is a team at the entrance of the panda park, which is not included so do prepare for a bit of a walk. We were able to see various ages/stages of pandas from 3 weeks (in an incubator); to 3 months and numerous teenagers. Much as in human life, teenage pandas don't move when their caregivers call them. The call out was funny because the bears were busy posing for visitors while hanging on tree branches. The park is surrounded by bamboo trees which makes the temperature feel humid, although it was a bit nippy in early November. Next we visited the ted pandas, who ran comfortably from tree to tree above our heads. While not bears, but closer to the raccoon family... the red pandas are cute and love to fight over whole little pumpkins tangling from trees. After a few hours we headed for the buddha temple. At the temple we had an incredibly tasty vegetarian buffet. We also had tea in the garden after lunch which was lovely. The temple itself was impressive as were the beautifully kept bonsai gardens. Our great tour was followed by shopping in the city's narrow alleys. No pressure shopping whatsoever. Do ask about the handmade lipstick shop, it was great to watch it being made right before your eyes! Our last stop was supposed to be at People's Park, but since it was raining and there were no people... we shopped a little longer instead.
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Posted On : 2019-11-12
Posted By : barskyd
Worley was excellent. Spoke perfect English and very smart. Even though the tour was supposed to be 8 hrs, Worley spent extra time with us. She never rushed us , very patient. Taught us a lot about Chinese culture. Recommend this tour and ask for Worley she was the best!!
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Posted On : 2019-10-12
