Chengdu Sightseeing: Private Tour & Panda Breeding Center Experience
4.8
31 Ratings
Chengdu
Experience the best of Chengdu with this private city sightseeing tour. Visit the Panda Breeding Center, explore historic temples and parks, and immerse yourself in the local culture.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi) - 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.
What's Included
  • Professional English-speaking guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Lunch included
  • Admission to all listed itinerary sites
  • Tea service at a local teahouse
  • Private air-conditioned transport
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Extra transfer fee about USD 60(car) to 100(van) if stay far out of 3rd ring road
Additional Information

This private city sightseeing tour of Chengdu takes you to all the highlights: Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Wenshu Temple, People’s Park and Old Town. Spend several hours watching adorable pandas before your guide takes you by private vehicle to the famous Zen Buddhist monastery for lunch. Then stroll down Kuanzhai Alley, followed by relax at a teahouse in the park. Your full-day tour includes an optional upgrade to see the Sichuan culture opera show.

Location
Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi)
No.1375 Xiongmao Avenue the Outside Northern Third Ring Road, Chenghua District
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(31 Ratings)
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Galiyahk
Apr 16, 2024
Visit pandas and see authentic China. I couldn't see traditional Tea houses nowhere else in China, only in Chengdu! - 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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Galiyah_k
Apr 16, 2024
Amazing tour - Highly recommend to everyone - Authentic China - 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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Steven
Mar 21, 2024
Chengdu with Panda and sightseeing tour – very good. - 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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Winston_w
Dec 26, 2023
Family day trip in Chengdu - 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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Danielfa2194ed
Nov 4, 2023
A nice insight in pands and Chengdu - 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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Kim_k
Apr 29, 2021
Tour of Pandas and much more - 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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Wenyiz2016
Nov 19, 2019
Private tour & Knowledgeable tour guide Worley - 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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Bellaestrella918
Nov 12, 2019
Private Tour Chengdu Pandas,Budda Temple,City - 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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Barskyd
Oct 12, 2019
Pandas and city tour - 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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Cassy
Sep 29, 2019
Beyond my expectations - Our tour guide, Emma, was extremely friendly and incredibly informational. We had a very good time on the tour. At the tea house, we had the best conversation about our countries, the similarities and the differences. Honestly, I feel like Emma completed our first trip to China. It wouldnt have been as good without her. I cannot recommend her more. The tour was good. The tour guide was great!
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