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Giant pandas at opening and the Leshan Giant Buddha, private car

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Chengdu local, former tea-house owner. I believe the city is best understood sitting down: in a tea house, at a hotpot table, in a Sichuan opera seat. Pandas and Leshan I do with a… View guide profile

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Overview of your Chengdu tour

Pandas are only worth seeing before 10 a.m., when they eat and play; after that they sleep. So we are at the gate at 7:30, do the nursery first, and are on the road to Leshan by 10:30 for the 71-metre Buddha carved into the cliff, seen from the river boat and then from the stairs.

✓ Private: your group only10 hoursPrivate transportationModerate (stairs at Leshan)Kid friendly

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Your Chengdu tour itinerary

Each stop has the Chinese name and a driver card, in case you want to leave early or come back another day.

07:00

Hotel pick-up

酒店接送 · Private car · Included

Twenty minutes to the panda base.

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07:30

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

成都大熊猫繁育研究基地 · On foot + shuttle · Ticket ¥55

Nursery, then the sub-adult enclosures, then the red pandas. Two and a half hours.

Local tip · Tickets are timed and name-registered; I book them.
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12:30

Lunch in Leshan

乐山 午餐 · Private car · ¥40–60 pp

Leshan is a food town: bobo chicken, sweet-skin duck.

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13:30

Leshan Giant Buddha

乐山大佛 · Boat + on foot · Ticket ¥80 + boat ¥70

Boat first for the full view, then the stairs down past the Buddha's feet.

Local tip · Stairs are steep; skip them if knees are a problem and do the boat only.
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17:30

Back in Chengdu

返回成都 · Private car · Included

Drop-off around 17:30.

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Transport details

Private transportation. A private car with driver is included from your hotel and back.

What's included

  • Private licensed guide
  • Private car with driver
  • Panda ticket booking
  • Bottled water

What's not included

  • Tickets and boat (about ¥205 pp)
  • Lunch
  • Tips (optional)

Meeting location

Your hotel lobby · 酒店大堂

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CategoriesDay trips, Wildlife, UNESCO, Family
LanguagesEnglish, Mandarin, Sichuanese
Activity levelModerate (stairs at Leshan)
AccessibilityKid friendly
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Can we skip Leshan and just do pandas?

Yes, the 4-hour panda-only version is on my profile. Or swap Leshan for Dujiangyan's irrigation system and the pandas at the quieter Dujiangyan base.

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