9 Days Chengdu Panda Leshan Emei Xian Dunhuang Silk Road Tour

Qingyang Taoist Palace

Renmin Park

In the morning, our tour guide & driver will pick you up from your hotel, and drive to visit Qingyang Taoist Palace (also called Qingyang Taoist Temple). The temple got its popular name from the two blue-green goats made of bronze in the Sanqing main Hall in the temple. It has been famous as "No.1 Taoist Temple in Sichuan" and "No.1 Temple in West China", and a famous tourism and sightseeing attraction of Taoist cultural heritage. Then move on to Renmin Park to experience the most authentic Chengdu local life. Having a cup of tea in a traditional teahouse, watching the local old couples dancing. You will enjoy typical leisure lifestyle of Chengdu.

In the afternoon, visit Wuhou Temple, a temple in memory of Zhuge Liang who was the most famous Military strategist in the Three Kingdoms. Surrounded by old cypresses and classical red walls, the temple has an atmosphere of nostalgia. Then visit Jinli Ancient Street, one of the oldest streets to appreciate the local snacks and artifacts. The elegant style of the architectures tells you what Sichuan looks like during the Qing Dynasty.

Stay overnight in Chengdu

Chengdu Panda Research Center

Leshan Giant Buddha

In the morning, the guide will meet you in your hotel and then we will head to Chengdu Panda Research Center in about half an hour drive.You will catch pandas' feeding time, visit both adult and baby pandas houses and watch them eating fresh bamboo. After visiting Panda Center, we drive to Leshan with about 2 hours.

In Leshan, we visit the biggest sitting Buddha sculpture in the Lingyun Temple. The Giant Buddha was completed in 803 of Tang Dynasty after 90 year's construction and enjoys the fame of the biggest sitting stone sculpture in the world, about 71- meter in height. Tour guide will take you to walk along the path built on the cliff face of the hill from the top of Buddha’s head to his toes, or you can choose taking a sightseeing boat from the pier to the water surface in front of Giant Buddha to watch the huge Buddha from the river.

In late afternoon, continue driving to the foot of Mt. Emei. In the evening, tour guide will take you to the Gourmet Street to enjoy the delicious local food of Leshan.

Stay overnight at the foot of Mt. Emei

Emei Mountain

Golden Summit at Emei Mountain

Morning going up to Leidongping, where you can take cable car to Jinding (Golden Summit) (Cable Car 120RMB not included in package), visit Huazang Temple, and enjoy the magnificent view of the clouds, mountains, forest. If weather is good, you will have chance to see clouds sea. Then go down to mid-hill scenic zone, you will have a trek along the path to visit Wannian Temple, Qingyin Pavilion, Moneky Zone, etc, finally walk down hill to Wuxiangang bus station, from here you take tourist bus to go downhill.

In late afternoon, take Bullet Train back to Chengdu within only 1.5 hours.

Stay overnight in Chengdu

Terracotta Warriors

Terracotta Warriors

After breakfast in your hotel, you will take high-speed train from Chengdu to Xi’an about 4 hours. Upon your arrival, our local tour guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. After that, you will pay a visit the incredible Terracotta Warriors, a significant archaeological discovery in the 20th century known for its grand scale and vivid terracotta statues.

In the afternoon, heads for the Ancient City Walls, the largest and best-kept city walls on earth. Today’s trip will ends at the Bell Tower from the outside.

Stay overnight in Xi'an

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Muslim Community

After breakfast, you will visit the Great Mosque in Xian, a tranquil and historic mosque. Stop by the Muslim Community by the way. Then head for the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists.

Stay overnight in Xi'an

Upon your arrival at the Dunhuang Airport/ Train Station, our tour guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel in Dunhuang downtown. The rest of today is free for you to explore Dunhuang city.

Stay overnight in Dunhuang

Mogao Grottoes

Echoing Sand Mountains

Today, we drive to visit the Mogao Grottoes, which is the world's most important site of ancient Buddhist Culture. It is outstanding for its exquisite mural paintings and statues. 735 sandstone caves holds 2,415 colorful statues and 45,000 square meters mural paintings. Then move on to visit the Echoing Sand Mountains, where it is said that the sand mountains echo like Orchestra music in the sunny days, even is there is no wind. If you slide down from the mountains, you can hear the echoing sound more clearly.

After that, continue to visit the Crescent Lake which is surrounded by sand mountains from different directions. It is a crescent-shaped lake in an oasis, with some well decorated traditional Chinese architecture, trees, flowers and a lake that has never dried up.

Stay overnight in Dunhuang

Yadan National Geological Park

Western Thousand-Buddha Cave

After breakfast, drive to visit the Yadan National Geological Park, which has been created over time by the sort part of the earth surface and then has been eroded by wind and rain with the hard part of the rocks remaining in the desert. Then you will visit the Yumenguan which was the most important pass on the western of the Hexi Corridor region, where you will witness the management system of the traffic and the beacons, the defensive system of the Great Wall, and the long-distance traffic and communication on the Silk Road.

On the back way, you will visit the Western Thousand-Buddha Cave, which is set into a cliff on the bank of the Dang River, 35km from Dunhuang downtown. Because the frescos in this cave are similar in structure and artistic style to those found in Mogao Caves, the Western Thousand-Buddha Cave is considered Dunhuang Buddhist art.

After visiting, drive to Dunhuang hotel or airport / train station for your next destination. .