Top Chengdu Outdoor Activities

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.

Spend a morning with some of China’s most majestic mammals during a 3-hour tour of either the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center or the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center from Chengdu. Accompanied by a professional panda keeper, stroll through the baby and adult panda areas and gain fascinating insight into the behavior, mating habits and physiology of the creatures. Upgrade available to have your photo taken while holding a baby panda if conditions are favorable. Round-trip transportation from your Chengdu included.

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.

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.

Enjoy a full-day guided tour from Chengdu that combines giant panda bears with the Leshan Buddha and Wuyou Temple. Get great photo ops of China’s furry ambassadors at the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base while watching the adorable pandas. Then savor a lunch that features Xiba tofu (bean curd), a regional specialty. Afterward, take a scenic drive to Leshan to see the Grand Buddha, the largest stone Buddha sculpture in the world. You also stop at Wuyou Temple and can choose an optional river cruise (own expense).

Explore China’s most impressive natural wonders and several UNESCO World Heritage sites on this 2-day tour from Jiuzhaigou-Huanglong Airport, including round-trip transfer service from airport to hotel and from hotel to airport in Jiuzhaigou area. Follow a private guided tour itinerary at the Huanglong valley National park and take photos of the Five-colored Pool and nuorilang waterfalls.This all-inclusive tour includes private car, driver, excellent English tour guide, lunch for 2 days and airport transfers.

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.

Even if you get the changes right, the bus trip to Chengdu’s Giant Panda Breeding Research Base can take an hour and a half—a long time for anyone, and an infinity with kids. Save time and hassle on this private trip, which whisks you from your door to the pandas and back again, leaving the afternoon free.

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.

Discover the cultural and historical highlights of Chengdu on an enriching full-day tour of the spectacular city. On this private tour, venture to the Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to spend several hours observing adorable pandas, and then absorb the sacred ambience of the Zen Buddhist monastery during a leisurely lunch. Sip refreshing tea at a traditional teahouse in the picturesque park, and then meander through the narrow alleys of Kuan and Zhai Lane for dinner. Upgrade to immerse yourself in the melodious magic of the Sichuan opera.

Skip the cramped tourist buses and discover Chengdu by bike on a private full-day tour. Set at a comfortable pace, you’re able to truly enjoy the outdoor journey between attractions. The picturesque route takes you to Mount Qingcheng, Dujiangyan, and the Panda Base. After lunch at a local restaurant, taste green tea at a plantation. Comfortable transportation takes you to a local temple before drop-off at your hotel.

Sichuan food is one of China’s great cuisines. Feast like a local at some of Chengdu’s finest family-style restaurants on this evening food tour that brings you to eateries other visitors rarely access. Savor at least 12 different local delicacies, from dumplings and pancakes to classics like “mapo doufu” tofu and kung pao chicken, as you visit four or five separate food stops by tuk-tuk three-wheeler.

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.

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.

While visiting Chengdu, head out to the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center with a private guide for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to work with pandas up close. Help the keepers to feed and care for the endangered animals and learn all about the rare bears as you spend time in their company. Enjoy a morning and afternoon session with the pandas with a break in-between for lunch and a film about pandas. Wrap up your full-day private tour with a panda photo op and commemorative certificate.

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.

Discover the many wonders of Chengdu on a full-day private excursion. You enjoy the rare opportunity to hold a live panda at the Dujiangyan Panda Base. After a short photo opportunity, continue on to Wuhou Temple and Jinli Ancient Street. Explore each location with your guide and ask questions whenever you like.  Included transportation and entrance fees allow you to sit back and enjoy the adventure.

Get an insider look at taking care of Giant Pandas during this full-day tour to the Dujiangyan Panda Base. As a volunteer, you help the panda keepers clean the enclosures and feed the animals. Then learn more about China’s conservation efforts and the biology of these gentle giants with a panda movie. Enjoy a delicious lunch and take many memorable photos of these endangered animals to enjoy for many years.

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.

Get up close to Chinese wildlife and ancient culture on a full-day tour from Chengdu. You have the option to take a private tour or join up with a group. Regardless, you relax in comfortable round trip transportation from your hotel.  Entrance is included to both the Leshan Grand Buddha and Chengdu Panda Base, where you also enjoy engaging tours with your guide.

Enjoy personal attention and a customized itinerary during this 8-hour private tour to see Leshan Grand Buddha. This private tour includes lunch and entrance fees, as well as visits to the Wuyou Temple and the Lingyun Temple. Hotel pickup and drop-off in a private vehicle included.

Discover a land of rugged mountains, glittering lakes, and rural villages on this private 4-day tour of the UNESCO-listed Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong valleys from Chengdu. Ride a hop-on hop-off bus through Jiuzhaigou National Park, stopping to take in the views over Zeru Valley, and snap photos of the Five-Coloured Pool and Nuorilang Waterfalls. Then soar to the highest peak of Huanglong National Park on a thrilling cable car ride, and hike to landmarks like the Huanglong Temple and Golden Sand. This all-inclusive tour includes accommodation, all meals, and hotel and airport transfers.

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.