Dujiangyan irrigation+Mt. Qingcheng or Panda Park Day Tour
Description
Our English guides are experienced and knowledgeable. They are still sticking with inbound tourism after the 3 years hard time. A lot of English guides gave up tourism during the past 3 years and changed their jobs. However, we still kept the most experienced guide and they are really know what to do with their jobs. We provides 4 options for clients with different demands. If you want to see the more active pandas with less crowds, you can choose the option 1 to visit Dujiangyan panda base and irrigation park as a day tour. However, if you have already seen the pandas before and you like hiking in the nature, please choose the option 2 to visit the UNESCO's natural and cultural heritage-Mt. Qingcheng and Dujiangyan irrigation system. Furthermore, if you only need a private transfer to those attractions, please select the option 3 and 4
Tour Options
Itinerary
Option 1: For this option, you will visit the No. 1 mountain in west Sichuan-Mt. Qingcheng. So as the name "Mountain with Greens", the mountain is 98% covered by forests to be a natural oxygen bar. We will drive 1.5 hours from Chengdu downtown to Mt. Qingcheng and then walk about 1 hour to Yuecheng Lake. We will visit Jianfu temple on the way. The lake is right at the bottom of Summit Zhangren and it was formed by underground spring. The mist on the lake and the surrounds makes great picture in the morning. After that lake, we can catch the cable to the middle of mountain in 10 mins and then walk another 40 mins to the mountain top-Laojun Palace. You will have a bird eye of the whole Chengdu plain if the weather is good. In the end, we will follow the same way back the parking lot.
Option 2: In this option, you can visit the much less crowded panda base at Dujiangyan. There is a panda base in Chengdu downtown, however, it is also the most crowded panda base as it is the closed one from Chengdu city center. You normally need to wait hours no matter how early you leave from your hotel. There are always hundreds of Chinese tourists are earlier than you(someone reach the pandas at 6:30 am to wait for the opening at 7:30 am). On the other hand, Dujiangyan is cooler than Chengdu downtown as it is at a higher mountain. You know, pandas are more active in the cooler weather. So, you can see the more active pandas in Dujiangyan panda base but with much less crowds.
After we finish Mt. Qingcheng or Panda park. We will drive you to this shopping mall with a "Hogwarts School“ style bookstore. We can take very nice pictures inside and we can also have lunch there if you prefer western food. If you prefer Chinese food for lunch, we can surely recommend you nice local restaurants
In the afternoon, we will visit the other part of the UNESCO's nature and culture heritage- Dujiangyan irrigation system. It is the older man-made irrigation system which benefits Sichuan for nearly 2300 years and it is working now. Our guide will show you around the park and share you all the backgrounds such as how the irrigation system working, how it became a livelihood project from a military strategy, who the founder of this massive system is, what ancient Chinese intelligence and philosophy are, etc. Once you enjoyed with the journey, we will escort you back your Chengdu hotel at around 18:00.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Our guide or driver will meet you at your hotels' 1st floor lobby holding a welcoming note with your name. If you can't see our guide or driver in 5 mins, please call the emergency number +86 18081318086. For option 1/2, English speaking guide will accompany with you to visit the attractions. For option 3/4, Chinese speaking driver will send you to the parking lot nearby the attraction and show you the way to the entrance. The driver will wait for you at the parking lot. Please go back the parking lot to meet the driver. If you get lost, please call the English emergency phone call.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(11)
Fascinating and educational tour. Incredible to see a water management system that's lasted over 1500 years and is still in use. Plus the pandas were worth the long drive.
Thank you for sharing your experience and we look forward to working for you again in the future.
We chose this tour together with one visiting the Panda Reserve and the Sanxingdui Museum. Originally, this tour was planned for our second day, but because of an event happening near the museum, the agency suggested swapping the two days. The change worked very smoothly and everything stayed well organised. This tour took us to Mt Qingcheng, an important spiritual center for Taoism, and to the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project. Mt Qingcheng was quite busy, but because of the mist the mountain had a slightly mysterious and atmospheric feeling, which made the visit quite special. The Dujiangyan Irrigation Project was also fascinating, especially when understanding how advanced the engineering was so many centuries ago. Our guide and driver Victor was very informative, spoke excellent English, and everything was punctual and arranged in a very efficient way. We also enjoyed lunch at a local restaurant, where we tried dishes typical of the area, which were all delicious. Overall, we really enjoyed this tour and would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about Taoism and the impressive history and engineering of the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project.
Thank you so much for the detailed reviews. We look forward to working for you again.
We did the Pandas and then the Irrigation system - a really good combination. The Dujiangyan panda base is quieter than the Breeding centre in Chengdu. Really easy to see the Giant and Red Pandas. The Irrigation system was interesting, lovely views, lots of walking and the Taoist temple was beautiful. Our guide Cora was lovely and driver excellent.
Our family used Real China Travel for our private Chengdu/ Jiuzhaigou tour in July 2025 . Victor is very knowledgeable about the attractions in and around Chengdu. He makes every stop interesting, especially the Dujiangyan irrigation project. It has certainly left us with deeper understanding of the project. We also appreciate him guilding us to the most interesting sites first when time runs short. Would highly recommend Real China Travel and Victor for anyone considering travelling to Chengdu.
This trip was intersting. We had our guide Ora. She could speak English gut. She told us many interesting about different places. Thank you very much Ora. We were with her everywhere the whole day according the programm. After were were very tired but happy that we had order this tour. We have an opinion that it is better to have two days to see those two places. one day is not enough.
We arranged a one-week trip with Victor from Real China Travel. It was one of the best trips we have ever taken and I cannot recommend Victor and Real China Travel enough. Victor is a gentleman, an intellectual, a historian, and a cultural ambassador all in one. From the first moment we connected, his focus was on helping us understand how we could have a great trip. I could immediately tell that I could trust him completely and that his depth of knowledge and expertise was unparalleled. Our trip encompassed two one-day tours in Chengdu, which included the Panda Park and Sanxingdui Museum. We also spent four days going to Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong, stopping at Dujiangyan irrigation and Mt. Qingcheng on the way. In every part of our trip, Victor guided us on where to stay, what to do, how to avoid the crowds, and where to get the most authentic Sichuan food. He is also a wealth of knowledge, sharing lots of fascinating historical and cultural context at each location. Victor's agency also arranges tours in other parts of China. We will definitely be using them for all of our future trips! The three pictures are from Jiuzhaigou. You truly have to see it to believe it.
Our tour guide Cora was very polite, nice, gentle, informative and considerate. We were able to tweak the itinerary and timings according to what works best for us. Cora made sure we were comfortable every step of the way. Highly recommend!
Victor is an excellent guide and I highly recommend this trip. I had so many questions and he always knew the answer, whether I was asking about more recent developments or ancient history. There's so way I would have learned so much going to these places on my own and it would have so much less convenient. I'm really glad I did the tour!
Glad to catch Lele (Singapore born panda) at Dujiangyan. Victor was an awesome guide who knows a lot about panda and the Dujiangyan irrigation dam! Will definitely like to plan another trip with Victor.
I engaged Victor for 2 separate 1-day tours to Leshan and Dujiangyan. He is an amazing guide who knows the best scenic spots for photography. He also gave me great tips on how to angle my photos better! Must go experience
