Leshan Buddha + Panda Base or Old Tea House Private Day Tour
Description
This tour give you 2 options to visit Leshan Giant Buddha and Chengdu panda base or an authentic tea house at Pengzhen. We run tours in Chengdu panda base for nearly 20 years and witness it developed from a small area with only 6 rescued giant pandas to a huge territory with over 200 captive pandas. We know the pandas and the panda base as our hands and to develop a unique visiting route to show travelers the more active pandas with less crowds. Sichuan is renowned for its tea culture, which was once celebrated in many tea houses scattered throughout the city and countryside. As a photographer, I found this authentic tea house coincidentally in 2012. Then, I decided to introduce every traveler about this place as it might be the Real China life in our memory. After the panda base or tea house, we will drive you to Leshan where is not only famous for the Buddha but also the food. Our guide will also give you a food tour as lunch! Join in us to experience the Real China life.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Option 1: In the morning, our guide and driver will pick you at your hotel 1st floor lobby and then drive 30 mins to Chengdu panda base to enjoy with the giant pandas, red pandas, peacocks. Chengdu panda base is actually huge and it is easy to miss the active pandas if you don't know the route. Our guides are experienced and know every corner of this area. They will bring you to the see the active pandas by a special and efficient route with less crowds.
Option 2: If you like taking pictures or you are interested in Sichuan tea culture, we would recommend you this option. In the morning, we will pick you up at your hotel lobby and then drive 40 mins to the tea house. Create your photography in the tea house, sip a cup of green tea to wake you up, chat with the locals and make friends with them.
Option 1: After lunch, drive 2 hours to Leshan to view the largest Buddha in the world and the sleeping Buddha by boat. At At around 18:00, we will send you back your Chengdu downtown hotel Option 2: After the tea house, we will drive 2 hour to Leshan. Leshan is famous for it various delicious street food, if you like, our guide will give you a food tour to try the real local food. After lunch, you will visit the Giant Buddha park by walking. If you don't like steps, you can also choose to visit the Buddha by boat. At around 18:00 We will drive back your Chengdu downtown hotel Please contact us for customization
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Our guide(or driver) will meet you at your hotels or hostels' lobby holding a welcoming note with your names and our company name. If you can't see our guide(or driver) in 5 mins, please feel free to call the emergency number +86 18081318086
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Reviews(20)
What an unbelievable experience, Victor was an amazing guide, full of so much knowledge. I must say the tour was so much more than we had expected, Victor made sure we got to see so much and picked the perfect times for each place to avoid crowds. Would highly recommend this day trip. The tour went at your pace, thank you Victor for a major bucket list ticketed off.
Thank you so much for the review and look forward to working for you again in the future.
Cora was wonderful and welcoming. She taught me about all the areas of the Pandas and the history of Leshan and the Giant Buddha. The driver was courteous. The car was immaculate.
I was looking for a tour to help us reach the Leshan Giant Buddha from Chengdu. And this tour was covering a little more, Panda Base being a secondary objective for us. The tour operator helped us to buy the entrance tickets to both attractions. The driver was also very helpful showing us what queues we should follow.
It was my wife, mother-in-law and I. We did the panda base and Leshan Buddha boat trip. Our tour guide Cora was fantastic and very knowledgeable. She gave us lots of information on everything and answered all our questions. She was super friendly and great tour guide.
Reasonable price. Profesional, knowledgeable and helpful tour guide. Good intinerary with sufficient time to visit all the tourist spots. Comfortable and good condition transport arranged with friendly, good driving skill and safe driver. Food arrangement are nice and variety.
The Pandas were amazing to watch. There were lots of them and good weather brought them out of the cage. Our guild, Molly has a good attitude, a nice manner, and a lot of knowledge. And the driver was kind too. We enjoyed the boat ride to see the Big Buddha. I'll recommend this private to you all.
As a native speaker of Chinese, I normally do not use guides when traveling in China. However, we wanted to sign up for the Panda 1 day volunteering program and found Victor's services. As a Sichaun native, his knowledge of the history, culture and how to navigate the various paces we wanted to explore was priceless and helped make the whole trip smooth, informative and a wonderful experience all around. Victor is fully bilingual in English which also made it easier for me to not have to translate to my non - Chinese speak8ng family. Highly recommend...
Victor was amazing and most accommodating. During this Holiday time in Chengdu it was very busy and he was so gracious and patient. I tried some very good food that I hope to replicate once home. Thank you for making my experience in Lashan most enjoyable.
It was fun and educational! Our tour guide was named Victor and with him, I learnt so much. He was also really good when it came to taking photos!
We engaged Victor for a 3-days trip covering Dujiangyan, Leshan and Emeishan in early December. The trip was relaxing and memorable. Victor is indeed professional, knowledgeable and sincere. He shared with us history of the places, among other things, as we traveled and introduced us the various types of local dishes especially those in Leshan that were so unique and delicious. Another highlight of our trip is the stop over at the Tea House - what a unique experience. Thanks to Victor for making our trip memorable! Highly recommended for those who are planning to visit this lovely city!
