3-Day Chengdu Tour: Dujiangyan Panda, Leshan Buddha and Sichuan Cooking Class
Experience the best of Chengdu in just 3 days! Visit the Dujiangyan irrigation system, see the Giant Buddha, cuddle with cute pandas, and learn to cook Sichuan cuisine. Plus, explore tea houses, visit a local market, and discover the city's food culture.
Duration: 3 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Panda & Dujiangyan Irrigation Project Day Tour

Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi) - Your guide will greet you at your hotel lobby and a 1.5 hours drive to Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding – be sure to fully charge your devices, they are what we call film/battery killer! It’s a beautiful park where we will the giant pandas, red pandas and if we are lucky we could even see the baby pandas in the Panda Nursery. We come here earlier in the morning so as to see them in their breakfast time and playtime!

Dujiangyan Irrigation System - After spend morning time at the Panda Centre, we will drive for 0.5 hours to one of the World Heritage sites – Dujiangyan irrigation project. we will start the tour from the irrigation park, It’s a beautiful park where we will see the old bridges temples locals and if we are lucky we could even see the snow mountain by distance. We come here earlier so as enjoy the peaceful time from nature!

Giant Buddha & Tea Terrace In Lost Town Day Tour

Leshan Giant Buddha (Da Fo) - After greeting at your hotel a 2.5 hours drive takes us to Giant Buddha. We would take the boat trip to have an unforgettable panoramic view of Buddha.

Leshan - After visiting Buddha,there will be 40 mins drive to a laid-back old town. Take a walk around the town where traditional lifestyles still survived from the modernization. Along the way we visit traditional workshops such as blacksmith’s shop, bamboo workshop, barber shop etc. Enjoy tea and chat and share stories with lovely local people in an old teahouse and later drop in one of the hundred-year-old courtyard houses where it’s owner are so proud of and love to share stories of the house. also we will have our lunch here, the Leshan local food is kind of famous Sichuan cuisine.

Cooking Class with Local Spice Market Visit

Zhangjia Alley - Meet up your guide at the hotel lobby, and then your guide will take you to explore the dazzling local spice market with the assigned challenge for you to obtain some special ingredients and spices which will be used in the cooking class afterwards. After the fun experience in the local spice market, you will take a walk through the back streets to get some real local food for Lunch.

Chilli Cool’s Kitchen - After the lunch, we will head into a hidden gem - a traditional Sichuan courtyard restaurant where soon the ingredients and spices you collected from the market will be put in use. Another break will be taken place in the courtyard with Sichuan Gaiwan tea as the traditional custom to entertain guests. After learning Sichuan tea culture, the food preparations will be guided by the professional chef. Follow your chef ‘s instructions step by step to process food till it gets well done. This cooking class will show you how to make Sichuan Style Noodles, Steam Beef with Fired-rice Flour and Spicy Louts Roots, you will even learn to cook your own SPICY CHILLI OIL.

What's Included
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Experienced English-speaking tour guide
  • Boatride for Giant Buddha
  • beers or beverages in cooking class
  • Souvenir in cooking class
  • Recipes
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
What's Not Included
  • Climbing for Giant Buddha
  • golf car in Dujiangyan
  • Gratuities (recommended)
Additional Information

Preserve your days by embracing this exclusive tour guide that encompasses the Dujinagyan water management system, Majestic Buddha, Adorable Panda, and exciting Sichuan Cooking Class. This tour not only offers the usual highlights of Sichuan, but also provides an opportunity to absorb the old tea house ambiance, gather tea from the plantation, tour the tea workshop, explore ancient courtyard homes, and listen to captivating tales conveyed by the homeowners. Additionally, delve into the local wet market - an excellent means to comprehend more about the culinary culture in this picturesque city.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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