This day tour (Options: Private Tour or Group Tour) will take you to visit the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Base and Leshan Grand Buddha. See the adorable pandas and the world's tallest Buddha. Chengdu Panda Base is one of Chengdu's most popular tourist attractions, and it focuses on getting these beautiful creatures to live happy and healthy lives. Options: Private Tour: the tour guide will only guide you to visit all tourist sites. Group Tour: other travellers will be arranged in your group on the same travel date to visit all tourist sites.
Prices change with the date; the lowest is shown.
Prices are per person when two book together; a solo traveller pays $360.
Larger groups pay less per person.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 10.
Morning: Visit Panda Research Base in northern suburb of Chengdu City 07:00-08:00 Transfer from hotel to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (known as Chengdu Panda Base) which is the best possible environment for rearing and breeding. 09:00-11:30 Visit rooms of adult pandas, sub-adult pandas and baby pandas, you can see they are eating bamboo and playing around in the morning.
Afternoon: Drive to Visit Grand Buddha in Leshan City 12:30-15:00 Drive from Chengdu to Leshan Grand Buddha with the height of 71 meter, sitting at the confluence of three rivers in Leshan city. It is the tallest stone Buddha statue in the world. It was carved on the cliff of Lingyun Mountain in order to suppress the flood. 15:00-17:30 Visit the Buddha mountain, from the head of the gigantic Buddha to his enormous toes. 17:30-20:00 Drive from Leshan back to Chengdu.
In the morning, tour guide will pick up clients from their hotel lobby within 3rd road of Chengdu city.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Private Day Tour: Chengdu Panda and Leshan Buddha lasts about 10 hours. The itinerary has 2 stops.
Prices start at $240 per person for this Chengdu experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. That is the per-person price when two book together; a solo traveller pays $360. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 7:30 AM and 8:00 AM.
Children aged 3–7 pay from $121, adults from $240. Infants go free.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
Yes, pickup is offered. In the morning, tour guide will pick up clients from their hotel lobby within 3rd road of Chengdu city. Pickup points include Shangri-La Chengdu.
The experience is available in CMN, EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 15 participants.
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.2 out of 5 across 5 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by China Tour Company.
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Visit the pandas and a quick explore of the city with private transfers. We visited on an overnight stop over in Chengdu. The arraignments were excellent with my guide Summer. She was great, knowledgeable and excellent English speaking.
If you are short on time like we were then this is the tour for you. You get to see the pandas and the giant Buddha all in one day. It makes for a long day, but at least you get to see everything. If I had to do it again I would probably make it a two day trip, but if you are short on time this is the golden ticket tour.
This calls for a very long day but if you want to see the panda's and the LeShan Buddha in one day then this is a great tour. Our tour guide, Louis, spoke very well and was very passionate about China and the surrounding sites.
The tour guide is knowledgeable with good command of English. The Panda park is great with good environment care. Can be improve if we can touch and see the baby Panda. Part of Leshan is under renovation and regret not have a chance to walk to the feet area. Other interesting area in Leshan was not introduce although the tour time is rather short. Overall very impress with tour guide performance!
| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Day Tour: Chengdu Panda and Leshan Buddha | 10 hours | 4.2 (5) | $240 | |
 All Inclusive Private Trip to Chengdu Giant Panda Base and Leshan Giant Buddha | 9 hours | 5.0 (40) | $249 | View |
 One Day Trip to Chengdu Panda Base and Leshan Buddha Tour | 5–8 hours | 4.8 (62) | $93 | View |
 Chengdu Panda Park Bus Tour with Option Leshan Giant Buddha | 11 hours | 5.0 (40) | $32 | View |
 Chengdu Panda & Leshan Giant Buddha Premium Private Day Tour | 10 hours | 4.9 (10) | $168 | View |
 Leshan Buddha + Panda Base or Old Tea House Private Day Tour | 9–10 hours | 4.9 (21) | $99 | View |
 Chengdu Private Day Tour: Pandas & Leshan Giant Buddha by Train | 10–12 hours | 5.0 (1) | $129 | View |