Itinerary
- Day 1
Chengdu
You'll arrive at Chengdu Airport and head straight to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to settle in and relax, or if you're feeling up to it, wander over to Jinli Pedestrian Street. This 550-meter food street is where locals spend their evenings, so it's a good spot to grab dinner and get a feel for how the city operates. The street has tons of small vendors selling everything from snacks to full meals, so you can sample different things as you walk around.
- Start point
- Chengdu Shi, Sichuan, China (We will pick you up at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport)
Optional Activities
- Explore Jinli Pedestrian Street
Landmarks Jinli Pedestrian Street 
- Day 2
Dujiangyan
After breakfast, you'll drive out to Dujiangyan, which takes a bit of time but it's worth it. Once there, a guide will take you through the ancient Dujiangyan Irrigation System, which has been working for over 2,000 years without a dam. You'll walk across some suspension bridges and get explanations of how this engineering feat actually functions. From there, it's on to Qingcheng Mountain, one of China's four major Taoist mountains. You'll stop at temples along the way, and then you can choose to either hike to the summit or take the cable car up. Either way, the views and the temples throughout the mountain are what make this worth the trip.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Guided tour of Dujiangyan Irrigation System including mountain temple visit
- Walk on suspension bridge over running water
- Visit Taoist temples at Qingcheng Mountain
Optional Activities
- Cable car at Qingcheng Mountain
Landmarks Dujiangyan Irrigation System Qingcheng Mountain 
- Day 3
Dujiangyan to Chengdu
This day starts early at 7:30 am when you head to Dujiangyan Giant Panda Base for some hands-on volunteer work. You'll change into work clothes and actually participate in caring for the pandas, cleaning their rooms, carrying fresh bamboo, and visiting the panda villa. There's a documentary to watch and lunch at the base. During the afternoon, you'll help make steamed corn bread that the pandas eat, and you'll see the keepers do their daily routines. At the end, you get a Panda Volunteer Certificate. Later on, your guide takes you to Sanxingdui Museum to see Bronze Age artifacts that were discovered back in the 1980s. It's a full day but pretty unforgettable.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at the panda base with authentic local dishes)
Included Activities
- Panda volunteering at Dujiangyan Giant Panda Base
- Clean pandas' rooms and activity sites
- Visit panda villa
- Watch panda documentary
- Make steamed corn bread for pandas
- Receive Panda Volunteer Certificate
- Guided tour of Sanxingdui Museum
Landmarks Dujiangyan Giant Panda Base Sanxingdui Museum - Day 4
Chengdu
Your final morning is spent at Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, where you'll see the pandas eating bamboo, playing, and sleeping around. Your guide will give you information about them and help you get good photos. After that, you drive to Leshan Giant Buddha, the tallest stone Buddha in the world at 71 meters high. You'll hike up the mountain to see the Buddha's 1,051 individual curls of hair carved into the head. Once you finish touring the Buddha, it's time to head to the airport for your flight home.
- End point
- Chengdu Shi, Sichuan, China (We will drop you off at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport)
Included Activities
- Visit Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base
- Guided tour of Leshan Giant Buddha
Optional Activities
- River cruise to view Buddha from distance (extra charge)
Landmarks Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base Leshan Giant Buddha
