2 Days Chengdu Dujiangyan and Wolong Panda Holding Tour

Tour Outline: Chengdu - Dujiangyan Irrigation System - Wolong Panda Base - Chengdu

2 Days Chengdu Dujiangyan and Wolong Panda Holding Tour

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Trip Overview

The tour package offers you the essence of Chengdu tour. You can have a sightseeing in Chengdu downtown to experience the easiness and leisure of this city; the grand Dujiangyan Irrigation Project will deeply impress you with the wisdom of ancient people; you will also obtain an exciting experience to have a close contact with the Chinese national treasure giant pandas, take photos with them, and learn more knowledge about them in Wolong Research Center. Provided with diverse activities, you will gain a fulfilling and merry Chengdu journey.

Start: Chengdu
Physical Demands: Easy, suitable for all level of fitness, family with kids and senior groups (age 12-55)
End: Chengdu
Best Time to Visit: All year round
Destination: Chengdu - Dujiangyan Irrigation System - Wolong Panda Base - Chengdu
Tour Type: Private tour

Highlights

[Wuhou Shrine] See the temple surrounded by old cypresses and classical red walls, in memory of Zhuge Liang;
[Jinli Ancient Street] Be told what Sichuan looks like during the Qing Dynasty by the elegant style of the architectures;
[Dujiangyan Irrigation System] Visit the oldest and only surviving no-dam irrigation system in the world;
[Wolong Panda Holding] Take photos with a cute Giant Panda at Wolong Panda Research Center without disturbing of noisy tourists;
[Jinsha Site Museum] Learn the past of Chengdu city 3,000 years ago;
[Renmin Park] Drink Chinese tea in the outdoor tea house, and to see how Chengdu people enjoy their life leisurely.

Day by Day Itinerary

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The itinerary is just for your reference. You can make your own tour by your schedule, and taste of hotel. You can tell us your tour plan to get more travel inspiration.

Day 1: Chengdu & Dujiangyan Tour: Wuhou Shrine, Jinli Ancient Street, Dujiangyan Irrigation System

Wuhou Shrine

Jinli Ancient Street

Upon your arrival at Chengdu, our tour guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel in Chengdu downtown. After a short break, we will visit the Wuhou Shrine and Jinli Ancient Street, which together constitute the historic site of Chinese Three Kingdom Period (AD 220-AD 280). Wuhou Shrine was built to commemorate heroes of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in Shu Kingdom (AD 221- AD 263). It’s the most famous and influential of this kind of shrines containing numerous statues of King Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and other officials of Shu Kingdom, as well as sophisticated inscriptions, couplets that are famous in China, precious works of calligraphy and painting and so on.

Stepping out of a side door of Wuhou Shrine, you will find yourself in a hustle old street. It’s just Jinli Old Street. Jinli is a commercial pedestrian street built with the architectural style of the traditional old town in western Sichuan Province in Qing Dynasty. Along the street are numerous stores selling special local products like Shu Embroidery, lacquer products, folk handicrafts, curios, or calligraphies and paintings of celebrities. Here you will experience colorful traditional folk cultures of Sichuan.

After lunch, we will drive to see the world famous Dujiangyan Irrigation System. It’s located in Dujiangyan County, 74 kilometers away from Chengdu. During this period, you can have a short break on the vehicle.

Dujiangyan is a great engineering paralleled to the Great Wall in the civilization history of China. It is the only oldest grand water conservancy engineering in the world so far that piloted the water without a dam. Yu Zui, Feishayan and Baoping Estuary are three projects inseparably interconnected, addressing problems of automatic bypass flow, desilting, and water inlet control of the river in a scientific way. In over two thousands years, the ancient weirs have lead surging Minjiang River into the vast Chengdu plain, creating the rich and beautiful “heavenly state”where people control the water. Climbing on the Yulei Pavilion, you will have a bird’s eye view of the whole Dujiangyan project.

Stay overnight in Dujiangyan

Day 2: Wolong & Chengdu Tour: Wolong Panda Holding, Jinsha Site Museum, Renmin Park

Wolong Panda Base

Jinsha Site Museum

Today in the morning, we will depart from Dujiangyan to Wolong Panda Research Center. Your guide will pick you up early in the morning and drive for 66 kilometers on the way. About 1 hour 16 min later, you will arrive at the Wolong panda base.

Upon arrival, your tour guide will assist you to sign up to get a uniform and gloves. Your guide will introduce you to the professional panda keepers. The panda keepers will guide you to meet the cute pandas. After a visitation of panda enclosure, you will make your magical experience even more memorable by upgrading to hold a giant panda. Get your photos taken as you hold an adorable panda in an intimate environment. Finally, the base will present you the donation certificate and souvenir. The money raised by upgrading is donated to the non-profit center to continue vital research into the endangered species.

Notice:
1. Only 30 tourists are allowed to take close-up photos with pandas each day, so reservation has to be made to the panda base.
2. The donation amount is CNY1,800 per person.
3. Sometimes the program listed in the description could be adjusted according to health condition of the pandas. Please confirm with us in advance.

After lunch, we drive back to Chengdu to continue the Chengdu sightseeing. You will visit Jinsha Site Museum to learn the history of Chengdu 3,000 years ago. Jinsha Site Museum is a museum built on ruins to protect, study and display Jinsha culture of Chinese Shang and Zhou Dynasty (1600 BC - 221BC) and ancient civilization. It is mainly composed of Relic Hall, Exhibition Hall, Cultural Relics Protection and Restoration Center, and garden district. Among them, Relic Hall was constructed on the site where large scale of ritual activities were held in the ancient time. It’s the most completely preserved sacrifice remains in China with the biggest number of relics. When you are touring in it, don’t miss the golden band with Sun and Magic Birds which is now the logo of Chengdu.

And finally, we will head to the last stop of Chengdu, Renmin Park, where you can have a rest and get to learn the laid-back lifestyle of Chengdu people. Renmin Park is locate in the central downtown of Chengdu with a long history of over 100 years. Nowadays, it’s still a resort of Chengdu people to enjoy their leisure time especially in sunny days. Parallel of outdoor tea houses crowded with guests drinking teas and chatting with friends constitute a special scenery of the park. Sit down, order a pot of Chinese tea, make a casual chat with your friends and watching tourists boating on the lake, your exhaustion on tour will be eliminated. You can also try the ear picking service of folk technicians in the park, which is another highly distinctive experience in Chengdu.

Now you tour ends. You will be escorted to airport for your flight to next destination or home.

Price Inclusions

Transportation

Private transportation to the destinations and sites listed in the itinerary; ranging from 4WD land cruiser to bus depending on the group size and trip route; car gasoline, road toll and in-transport refreshments (free bottles of water, air pillow and headscarf) are included;

Accomodation

Meals

Meals listed in the itinerary;

Service

Private experienced English-speaking trip leader;
Airport/railway station pick-up and send-off services at the beginning/end of the tour;
Entrance ticket fees for all the sight spots listed in the itinerary;
First aid kit;
A coverage of 300,000RMB Chartis travel insurance;

Price Exclusions

International and domestic flight/train to Shanghai (Note: we accept the domestic flight/train tickets booking to Shanghai from other cities in advance, check the updated ticket availibility and cost with your travel consultant);
Meals that are not specified in the itinerary (Averagely a meal in the 3rdpole region cost 3~10USD per person);
Tips and gratuities for the trip leader and driver;
The expense of a personal nature like alcoholic beverages, laundry, phone call, etc;
Optional activities and excursions not specified in the itinerary;
China Entry visa fees;