3 Days Chengdu Panda base and Leshan Buddha Visit with Cooking Class
We bring you to the adorable pandas, Leshan Budahha and more! Join us to find out a full story of these precious neighbors and treasure of human beings!
The People’s Park is definitely the best place to immerse in the living of Chengdu, and we can spend a day with Martial art, Calligraphy, Tea, even Mahjong game!!
Looking solemn and stately, the Buddha is 71 meters high. As a colossal statue, the Buddha is so awe-inspiring that every pious Buddhist feels compelled to fall to his knees and to pray for blessings and safety in life. And get more local experiences by visiting a tea plantation in the mountains and traveling away from the ordinary we find out the lifestyles of the 50s in a lost town
Spend a day expanding your food knowledge and tasting delicious Chengdu cuisine on this exciting foodie experience. You’ll explore a local spice market with a guide, learn about local ingredients, and then the cooking class will be carried out in a traditional Sichuan style courtyard.
ItineraryDay 1: Panda & City Culture of ChengduStop At: Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi), No.1375 Xiongmao Avenue the Outside Northern Third Ring Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu 610081 China
We pick up from the hotel and brings you to the adorable pandas, and more! Pandas are more than good-looking and cute, they are special! Join us to find out a full story of how do they live, why are they here and even funny things about these precious neighbors and treasure of human being!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan
After lunch, we drive to visit the backstage of Sichuan opera tea house. In the grass-root style opera house, lots of old fans here every day, meet up friends and enjoy the show. We can be one of them, watching the performance and drinking tea. But the most interesting part of this tour, you have the chance to go into their backstage to see how the actor actress make up and chanting with them.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Songxianqiao Curio Art City, 24 Huan Hua Bei Lu, 青羊宫商圈 Qing Yang Qu, Cheng Du Shi, Si Chuan Sheng, China, 610072
Visit the famous Antiques Market in the southwest area. this is the best way you can deep touch the local culture.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Chengdu Renmin Park, No.12 Shaocheng Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu 610015 China
On the way to the people’s park, you will have a chance to try your luck with the local. Just relax and enjoy tea and learn more about tea culture. Also, there is a chance to learn and play Mahjong - one of the most popular games in Chengdu !!
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Dinner: woowww, Sichuan hotpot dinner. if you don't like hot food, we can offer you the no spicy soup hotpot as well.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Giant Buddha&Tea Terrace In Lost Town Stop At: Leshan Giant Buddha (Da Fo), No.2435 Lingyun Street, Shizhong District, Leshan 614000 China
After leaving from your hotel a 2.5 hours drive takes us to Giant Buddha. We would take the boat trip to have an unforgettable panoramic view of Buddha.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Leshan, Leshan, Sichuan
After visiting Buddha，there will be 40 mins drive to a laid-back old town. Take a walk around the town where traditional lifestyles still survived from the modernization. Along the way we visit traditional workshops such as blacksmith’s shop, bamboo workshop, barbershop, etc. Enjoy tea and chat and share stories with lovely local people in an old teahouse and later drop in one of the hundred-year-old courtyard houses where it’s owner are so proud of and love to share stories of the house. also we shall have such great local lunch here.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Jiajiang County, Jiajiang County, Sichuan
A short drive takes us up to the mountain. The tea farmer will take us to the tea field, where we will learn a lot about tea from how to pick-up the best tea sprouts or tea buds, to weather conditions and different regions for Tea. Have a try of picking tea from the tea trees! Afterward visiting the tea business family to reveal the process of making all kinds of tea, let’s sit down in front of the farmhouse and enjoy tea – more stories sharing and learning of tea, as in of wine there are Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir in tea as well! Remember to bring the tea you picked from the farm. And we should use them in the next cooking class day.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: lots famous local snack and food we will try in the lost town
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Cooking Class with Local Spice Market VisitStop At: Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan
Meet up your guide at the hotel lobby, and then your guide will take you to explore the dazzling local spice market with the assigned challenge for you to obtain some special ingredients and spices which will be used in the cooking class afterward. After the fun experience in the local spice market, you will take a walk through the back streets to get some real local food for Lunch.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan
After lunch, we will head into a hidden gem - a traditional Sichuan courtyard restaurant where soon the ingredients and spices you collected from the market will be put in use. Another break will be taken place in the courtyard with Sichuan Gaiwan tea as the traditional custom to entertain guests.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Chilli Cool's Kitchen, Chengdu 610000 China
After learning Sichuan tea culture, the food preparations will be guided by the professional chef. Follow your chef 's instructions step by step to process food until it gets well done. 1 Tea dish and 2 other famous local dishes class will be cooked by your own Duration: 3 hours
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
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No accommodation included on this day.
Informacion Adicional
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"Stroller accessible"
"Near public transportation"
"Most travelers can participate"
"This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund"
"This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund"
"This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking"
Start Time:
07:30 AM
Duration: 3 Days
Start location: Traveler pickup is offered
Cancellations and refunds:
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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