1-Day Panda Breeding Center plus Chengdu City Tour
Overview
Your private and informative guide takes you to see the adorable pandas in the early morning before getting crowded.
TRY AUTHENTIC SICHUAN FLAVOR
You will enjoy a authentic Sichuan style lunch in local restaurant
EXPERIENCE LOCAL LIFE
Sit down in the bamboo chair, sip jasmine tea in the over 100 years old tea house in the People's Park, where the locals gather to play mahjong and also check out the match making corner.
Stroll along Kuan-Zhai Alley ,browse all kind of interesting shops.
Flexibility
You can add on Sichuan Opera, upgrade to hotpot lunch to maximize your Chengdu time
Inclusions
- Professional licensed English-speaking tour guide
- Private transportation according to the itienerary
- Tasty lunch in local Sichuan style restaurant or hotpot(depend on which tour option you choose)
- Jasmine tea in People's Park
- Entrance fee
- Entry/Admission - Kuanzhai Alley
- Entry/Admission - Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi)
- Entry/Admission - Chengdu Renmin Park
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi), No.1375 Xiongmao Avenue the Outside Northern Third Ring Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu 610081 China
Morning, meet your guide at hotel lobby and drive out of downtown Chengdu to the world famous Panda Breeding Center.
As you spend the morning exploring this panda wonderland, your experienced guide will take you on the quieter paths, while providing insightful facts about giant pandas.
As you begin your tour, you will see the center’s more sedate adult pandas, but your walk takes you to the “teenage” juvenile panda enclosure, where five or more three year old live in a large open enclosure, making for wonderful photographs.
At the top of the hill, the panda nursery and kindergarten house the most adorable baby pandas. You might see them drinking milk or eating bamboo, rolling around on the grass, or occasionally fighting. Depending on the weather, they could be climbing trees or snoozing under them. Unpredictable, but always entertaining!.
The Panda Breeding Center also protects the endangered red panda – a type of raccoon, with a long tail and beautiful red fur.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Chengdu Renmin Park, No.12 Shaocheng Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu 610015 China
After leaving the Panda Breeding Center, your guide will take you to taste authentic Sichuan style dishes in local restaurant.(You can upgrade to hotpot lunch)
After lunch, you will visit the People's Park, a green oasis in the cement forest of Chengdu.
Sit in bamboo armchairs and sip a cup of jasmine tea in a traditional tea house while mingling with the locals and experiencing the relaxed Chengdu life.
Inside the park, you will see many of the everyday activities, including dancing, singing, and match making!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Kuanzhai Alley, East of Tongren Road, west of Changshun Street, Qingyang District, Chengdu 610015 China
As you leave the People's Park, a short walk will take you to the Kuan-Zhai Alleys (Wide-Narrow Alleys), a well traveled Chengdu landmark.
Here you will see the historical remains of the old Chengdu city and experience the leisure lifestyle of Chengdu locals.
Walking through the alleys, you will enter both the most local and ancient yet international and stylish part of Chengdu.
This city tour will conclude around 4pm and your guide will escort you back to your hotel.
To enrich the experience and ensure the flexibility ,you can choose the following tour options at the time of booking
• City Tour with standard lunch
• City tour with local special hotpot lunch(half spicy&half non spicy hotpot can be arranged)
• City tour with hotpot lunch+Sichuan Opera(VIP seat)
Duration: 1 hour
Additional information
- Please provide address of your hotel at time of booking
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Wheelchair accessible
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Stroller accessible
- Free hotel pick-up and drop-off within 3rd ring road
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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We were picked up promptly by our guide, Penny. Penny had a great sense of humour and made the whole day so worthwhile. The pandas were adorable, the lunch was a true feast, the garden and monastery were fantastic and the walk through the marketplace was amazing. This was definitely something I w...
We were picked up promptly by our guide, Penny. Penny had a great sense of humour and made the whole day so worthwhile. The pandas were adorable, the lunch was a true feast, the garden and monastery were fantastic and the walk through the marketplace was amazing. This was definitely something I would recommend anyone do. I had two children (young teenagers) and we were all entertained and involved for the whole day. Penny took her time with us. We did not feel rushed anywhere and had all the information and help bartering we could possibly have needed.
We had a great time in the full day service tour with Amy, starting early on at the Panda Center, she helped us avoid the crowds and took us to very good viewing spots, then to the People's park, with clear explanations about daily life activities for the Chengdu city dwellers, nice Sichuan lu...
We had a great time in the full day service tour with Amy, starting early on at the Panda Center, she helped us avoid the crowds and took us to very good viewing spots, then to the People's park, with clear explanations about daily life activities for the Chengdu city dwellers, nice Sichuan lunch after the Temple visit, and finishing visiting the old picturesque alleys.
It is not possible to find a better tour operator in Chengdu than Lily or a better tour guide than Kan. My husband and I were thrilled with our 2 days with Kan + driver. I am disabled and need a wheelchair. Lily worked with me extensively by email to plan outings that suited our interests and ...
It is not possible to find a better tour operator in Chengdu than Lily or a better tour guide than Kan. My husband and I were thrilled with our 2 days with Kan + driver. I am disabled and need a wheelchair. Lily worked with me extensively by email to plan outings that suited our interests and that were within my capability. The vehicle provided accommodated my wheelchair and our tour guide, Kan, and our driver were extremely accommodating of my physical limitations. On the first day, we did a tour of Du Fu Cottage and Kuanzhai Alley. On the second day, we visited the Panda Breeding Base in the morning and then drove out to Leshan Giant Buddha in the afternoon. Both days were splendid and exceeded my very high expectations. Kan is very knowledgeable, informative and organized. She took very good care of us and when we said goodbye at the end of the second day it felt like parting with a close friend. My only regret is that I neglected to inform Lily of my highly restricted medical diet. This proved to be quite a challenge for Kan for lunch in Kuanzhai Alley, but she worked with me and worked with Lily by phone to figure out a place where I could get something that I could eat. In the end, Lily agreed for us to eat at a more expensive restaurant for no extra charge; I let them know that I was willing to pay extra. Our 2 days with Kan were quite perfect and an experience we will always remember fondly. Thank you, Lily & Kan!Visiting the Panda breeding center was a wonderful experience, which we thought would be the highlight of our China trip until we visited the Park in Chengdu, with the square dancers, the quiet Tea House...and even the ear cleaners! Song, our guide, was cheerfully enthusiastic and knowledgeable a...
Visiting the Panda breeding center was a wonderful experience, which we thought would be the highlight of our China trip until we visited the Park in Chengdu, with the square dancers, the quiet Tea House...and even the ear cleaners! Song, our guide, was cheerfully enthusiastic and knowledgeable about her city, and made sure we had the perfect visit. She read and responded to our interests without being intrusive. She was the perfect host for first time visitors to China.We found Lily on TA and all our planning by email before the trip was excellent. Lily gave us great advice and organised the day at the Volunteer programme. We were also picked up at the airport by her driver. The arrangements were very smooth and we thoroughly enjoyed our day in the Panda bre...
We found Lily on TA and all our planning by email before the trip was excellent. Lily gave us great advice and organised the day at the Volunteer programme. We were also picked up at the airport by her driver. The arrangements were very smooth and we thoroughly enjoyed our day in the Panda breeding centre as volunteers. It was an amazing experience and one we will always treasure. On day 2 of our 3 day holiday we decided to go to the other Panda centre only 30 mins from Chengdu downtown, We emailed Lily at 4pm on the day before and she organised a driver to the centre and then to the airport! So responsive! Both panda centres were worth seeing but go early as the one in town gets really crowded, we got there as it opened at 7.30am and saw a baby panda in a cot. Thanks Lily! We will be back.....Amy was an excellent tour guide, good communication, patient, knowledgeable. We started promptly at 8AM from the hotel and were among the first at the panda center. Amy skillfully took us to all the key spots were these beautiful and cute animals were starting their day eating their bamboo break...
Amy was an excellent tour guide, good communication, patient, knowledgeable. We started promptly at 8AM from the hotel and were among the first at the panda center. Amy skillfully took us to all the key spots were these beautiful and cute animals were starting their day eating their bamboo breakfast, and to see the baby pandas move from slumber to play with each other, finishing that first part through the much more active red pandas. From there we went to to visit a temple and for a nice Sichuan lunch finishing that day through the uplifted classic village. Worth the trip!