Top Chengdu Day Trips & Excursions

Chengdu’s most famous residents aren’t human, they’re pandas. With this private tour, enjoy a customized day interacting with these black and white bears at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Design your own experience with options to help a panda keeper in their daily tasks, snap a photo while holding a baby panda, or simply observe red and giant pandas in their enclosures.

Visit two UNESCO-listed Sichuan sights on a full-day private trip from Chengdu. Hike and ride a cable car up forested Mount Qingcheng, the birthplace of China’s Taoist religion. View the Shangqing Palace, temples, and lake, and learn how Qingcheng starred in the movie 'Kung Fu Panda 3.' Plus, visit the Dujiangyan project, the world’s oldest non-dam irrigation facility to see its ingenious 3rd-century BC design. Includes private transport, lunch, and central hotel pickup and drop-off.

Get the special opportunity to volunteer at one of China's top panda rehabilitation programs, Dujianyan Panda Base, on this 10-hour experience from Chengdu. Under the supervision of the center's staff, make panda food, clean the enclosures, and feed the pandas snacks. Buffet lunch and round-trip transportation from your Chengdu hotel are included.

The giant pandas are not only Chinese national treasures but also beloved by people around the world. This full day customized private tour guarantees the best experience of the top attractions in Chengdu - giant pandas in Chengdu Panda Breeding Center and the spectacular Leshan Giant Buddha.

Enrich your knowledge and pleasure your palate on a private full-day tour of a tea plantation from Chengdu. Venture to the verdant splendor of Mt Mengding (Mengdingshan) and greet a local farmer to begin learning about the entire tea-making process. Listen as your knowledgeable guide translates ancient tea-making techniques and absorb the tranquil ambience and enticing aromas of the plantation. Feast upon a traditional Chinese lunch at a rustic restaurant and take home some fresh tealeaves to make your own beautiful brews. 

Escape the metropolitan madness of the city and experience the natural splendor of the Sichuan region on an immersive full-day excursion from Chengdu. Marvel at the sacred temples and impressive halls cradled by dense layers of bamboo trees at Qingcheng Mountain. Gain fascinating insight into the mystifying construction of the Dujiangyan Irrigation System from your knowledgeable guide and hear of how the structure led to significant agricultural development in the region. Enjoy convenient round-trip transportation from your Chengdu hotel and feast upon an authentic Chinese lunch during this tour.

Participate in panda conservation efforts by volunteering with the Dujiangyan Panda Base research and conservation center. During this 8-hour activity in Chengdu, you'll shadow the panda keepers and learn what caring and feeding for these iconic animals takes. Lunch, entrance fees, and round-trip transportation from your Chengdu hotel is included.

The Dujiangyan Panda Base runs a panda hospital, lab, and monitoring enclosures in Sichuan Province just outside of Chengdu. With this flexible day trip, customize your Giant panda experience by choosing how you spend your day. Upon arrival at the base, take a self-guided tour of the facilities, or upgrade your experience by volunteering with a panda caretaker or posing with a young panda during a photo op.

Keep your camera to hand as you visit two of Chengdu’s most photo-worthy sites on this full-day tour – the UNESCO-listed Grand Buddha in Leshan and the Chengdu Panda Base.  Start your day getting close to China’s adorable native pandas, with the chance to spot Giant Pandas, Red Pandas and baby pandas. After lunch at a local restaurant (included), make the most of your private guide as you explore the Great Buddha temple and stand in awe before the world’s largest stone Buddha.

See China’s beloved Giant Pandas up close and the Leshan Giant Buddha on one convenient combo tour. After a time-saving pickup at your hotel, travel by private vehicle with your English-speaking guide to Chengdu’s top panda research facility. Stroll down bamboo paths and watch as the animals nurse, play, and tumble. Then, head to Lingyun Mountain and see the massive Leshan Buddha carved into a cliff-side where three rivers merge.

Visit the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi) on this 9-hour Chengdu tour for a can't-miss chance to see some of the world's most beloved animals. This private tour takes you to the breeding center in a suburb outside the city, where you can watch the pandas playing and eating. Lunch is included.

Animal lovers—this one’s for you. Spend a day learning how to be a volunteer at Dujiangyan Panda Rescue Center. You won’t have to worry about organizing how to get to the panda base, as hotel pickup and drop-off is included. If you haven’t volunteered before, you’ll learn everything you need to on the day. Animal keepers will teach you how to record behavior, prepare food, clean, and care for pandas.

The Buddha is located to the east of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, at the confluence of three rivers, namely, Min River, Qingyi River, and Dadu River. It is carved into the cliffs of Mt. Lingyun. A local saying describes the Buddha like this: "The Mountain unveils a Buddha, while the Buddha fades into the mountain."Looking solemn and stately, the Buddha is 71 meters high. His shoulders are 28 meters wide, head 14.7 meters long and 10 meters broad, with a total of 1,021 chignons of hair clustered on it. Each chignon is as big as a round table. Its drooping ear is 6.2 meters long and each eye is 3.3 meters wide. Its middle finger is 8.3 meters long, and each of its bare feet is 11 meters long and 8.5 meters wide, large enough for more than 100 people to sit on.As a colossal statue the Buddha is so awe-inspiring that every pious Buddhist feels compelled to fall to his knees and to pray for blessings and safety in life.

At over 230 feet tall (70 meters), the 1,300-year-old Leshan Giant Buddha is the largest Buddha in the world and attracts visitors from around the globe. Keep yourself from getting lost in the crowds of this UNESCO-listed attraction by visiting with the comfort and convenience of a private tour, which includes informative commentary, transportation from your hotel, and a side-trip to a local fishing village. This tour also includes all entrance fees, high-speed train tickets, and lunch.

Chengdu is a city with strong tea culture. In the old days, lots of tea houses are scattered in the back streets and countryside. However, due to urbanization, these old tea houses are slowly disappearing and replaced by modern and fancier ones. Fortunately, one of the old tea houses located in Pengzhen survives and is well protected by local residents. This tour will take you to the tea house for a nostalgic experience as well as visiting Leshan Giant Buddha which was carved out of a cliff during the Tang Dynasty (618-907AD) facing the confluence of three rivers and is by far, the tallest Buddha statue in the world.

Get up close to giant pandas during a private tour of the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center from Chengdu. Volunteer alongside dedicated animal keepers to record behavior, clean enclosures and prepare food for the adorable mammals. Ensure the endangered species continue to prosper in the wild and in enclosures with your valued support and gain fascinating insight into the behavior and physiology of the animals. Capture photgraphs with the pandas to immortalize you memories (own expense) and enjoy a traditional Chinese lunch and convenient round-trip transportation on this tour.

Combine visits to Chengdu Tianfu Square, the Leshan Giant Buddha, and the Chengdu Panda Breeding Base in one full-day tour from Chengdu. Pickup and drop-off at select Chengdu hotels included.

Absorb the mammoth magnificence of the world’s largest stone Buddha statue on a private full-day tour of the Grand Buddha of Leshan from Chengdu. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, marvel at the colossal size of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed monument and take an illuminated journey down trails that weave around the structure. Visit ancient Buddhist temples and satisfy an appetite for authenticity with a flavorsome Chinese lunch in a local restaurant. Enjoy the convenience of round-trip transportation from your Chengdu hotel on this enriching excursion.

Combine a trip to the Chengdu Giant Panda Base with a visit to the Leshan Giant Buddha on this 9-hour private tour from Chengdu. With a private guide, travel via high-speed rail and private transfer. Entrance fees and lunch are included.

Dujiangyan Panda Base is the only base in Sichuan where you may join the Panda Volunteer Program and hold panda bears for photos. This private 8-hour tour will give you access to the center's panda bears as well as offering a rare opportunity for you to hold one in your arms. Learn how the center's professional staff looks after these endangered animals on a daily basis.Note: This tour pricing is not including panda holding for photos program. If you wish to join panda holding program, you will need to pay RMB1800 to Dujiangyan Panda Base directly when you are there (Please make your request upon booking).

Wolong National Nature Reserve, one of China’s oldest and best known panda reserves, sits in Sichuan Province outside of Chengdu. With this tour, spend the day volunteering alongside professional panda keepers as you learn how to care for China’s famous black and white bears. Your bilingual guide will be by your side to translate the entire time.

This private 8-hour tour enables you to tour the Dujiangyan Panda Base and visit the Wuhou Temple. This experience also offers the rare opportunity for you to hold a panda and have a picture or video taken for an additional fee (included in tour price) that goes directly to support giant panda conservation efforts. Please book early to secure availability for panda holding, as there are only 30 slots each day. Round-trip transportation from Chengdu included.

Combine two of Chengdu's top attractions, the Leshan Grand Buddha and the Chendgu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, on this private 10-hour trip departing from Chengdu. This private tour ensures a flexible itinerary and personal attention from your guide. Entrance fees and round-trip private transportation from your Chengdu accommodations included.

Please notes: According to the notice of Leshan Grand Buddha Scenic Spot Management Committee, from Oct. 8, 2018 to Feb. 4, 2019, the damaged area of the Grand Buddha will be rushed to repair. The Buddha's body will be partially or completely covered. This day tour (Options: Private Tour or Group Tour) will take you to visit the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Base and Leshan Grand Buddha. See the adorable pandas and the world's tallest Buddha. Chengdu Panda Base is one of Chengdu's most popular tourist attractions, and it focuses on getting these beautiful creatures to live happy and healthy lives. Options: Private Tour: the tour guide will only guide you to visit all tourist sites. Group Tour: other travellers will be arranged in your group on the same travel date to visit all tourist sites.