5 Days Chengdu Enchanting Tour with Extention to Chongqing

Today our guide will welcome you at the Chengdu Airport, and transfer you to local hotel. Then leisure time is free for you. After short rest, you could walk around your hotel to find a local night market where you can taste delicious local snack, pick up the delicate souvenir, and enjoy the music performance from local folk artist, etc. You will have a very wonderful night in Chengdu.

In the morning, visit the famous attractions in Chengdu - Panda Breeding and Research Center, which is home to giant pandas, red (or lesser) pandas, and other endangered species. You will visit the nursery to see the highly successful breeding program, among the bamboo groves and shady walkways, and to view the pandas at rest or play. There is a panda museum where you can learn some information about giant pandas. Here we specially prepare a programme of taking photos with a panda for your option. You can hold a lovely panda to take photos. How excited it is! (The admission for the programme is excluded.)

After lunch, you will have a visit of the Wenshu Temple where you can spend some time sitting in its tea house enjoying a cup of traditional Chinese tea and absorb the special atmosphere of Chengdu.

Then you will feel relax to explore Jinli Old Street for local tea house, art crafts and snacks. In the traditional atmosphere, you will enjoy the delicious Sichuan food and snacks and learn the local remarkable folk culture.

Tonight you will stay at hotel in Chengdu.

After breakfast we take you to Leshan to visit the spectacular Leshan Giant Buddha, which is the largest Buddha statue in the world with over 233 feet in height and 28 feet in width. Its age is over 900 years. Also it was included by UNESCO on the list of the World Heritage sites. Carving of the giant statue begun in the Tang Dynasty took more than 90 years.  You will catch a tour boat to sightsee the Giant Buddha, and also climb up the mountain to have a close touch with it. You will be amazed not only by its great size but also by its architectural artistry.

Then drive to Zigong. It will take around 2.5 hours when you can have a rest on the bus. You will have a sound sleep at the hotel in Zigong.

In the morning our tour guide and vehicle will pick you up from your hotel to visit the Zigong Salt History Museum. Zigong has a long-standing civilization as well as rich underground resources. The city is also called the "Salt Capital" in the past because of its salt resources and production. Now in this museum you can see how people make salt in traditional way.

Then you will visit Dinosaur Museum, which is located in the famous site of dinosaur fossils, Da Shanpu. Together with the American National Dinosaur Park and the Canadian Dinosaur Park, it is one of the world's three largest dinosaur museums. You will see the dinosaur fossils on exhibition and vivid dinosaur models, and learn more knowledge about dinosaur's living habit.

In the afternoon, be transferred to Dazu to visit Dazu Grotttoes, World Heritage sites. The Dazu Grottoes spread across more than 75 sites in the county, and contain over 50,000 stone sculptures carved from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). You will visit the two most famous sites - Beishan (North Hill) and Baodingshan (Baoding Hill). 

You will spend tonight at the hotel in Dazu.

After breakfast, head to Chongqing to visit the charming Ciqikou Old Town. You can experience old Chongqing lifestyle, such as having a cup of tea in an antique tea house, or appreciating a wonderful Sichuan Opera show. Also you will be dazzled by the ancient building on both sides of the street. If you want to touch a more primitive atmosphere, you can climb up along the old foodstep to reach the interior town. Then you will find an attractive old town with much more Chongqing style.

After lunch, our guide will accompany you to Chongqing Airport for your next destination.