Exploring Chendu - Dujiang Yan, Pandas and Temples Tour

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Map of Exploring Chendu - Dujiang Yan, Pandas and Temples Tour Destination: Chengdu

Duration: 4 days

Price: from $ 530

Tour Operator: China Highlights

Feature: Chengdu is full of history and culture. Dujiang Yan, a 2500 water conservation system that works as well today as it did when it was built, the mystical temples which housed some of China's great philosophers and of course the panda, all just waiting to be explored.

Day By Day Itinerary

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Day 1

Place & Transport: Arrive in Chengdu, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Airport to Hotel Transfer (Chengdu), Wuhouci Temple, Du Fu Cottage
Meals: Chinese Lunch

- Wuhouci Temple: It is a place to commemorate Zhuge Kongming in Three Kingdoms around 2 and 3 centuries. Zhuge Kongming is an avatar in China.
- Du Fu Cottage: The poet Du Fu lived in Chengdu for years. In the west suburbs of the city, he built for himself a thatched hut and wrote a lot of poems here. The poet's thatched cottage is an important scenic and historic spot in Chengdu.

Day 2

Place & Transport: Chengdu
Today's Activities: The front gate of Mt. Qingcheng, Dujiangyan, Cable Car on Mt. Qingcheng, Yuecheng Lake
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- The front gate of Mt. Qingcheng: Located about 15 kilometers from the southeast of Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, Mt. Qingcheng lies amidst the Western Mountains covered with pure white snow, and dominates the fertile land of Chengdu.
- Dujiangyan: It is an Irrigation System, which was built over 2250 years ago to irrigate the Chengdu Basin, and it has been cultivated the whole basin for more than 2000 years already.
- Cable Car on Mt. Qingcheng : You can take the cable car for deep feeling of the Mt.Qingcheng.
- Yuecheng Lake: Yuecheng Lake is located in the foot of Yuecheng Hill.

Day 3

Place & Transport: Chengdu
Today's Activities: Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan: Founded in 1992, this museum occupies an area of 7000 square kilometers, and has a exhibition of the cultural relics excavated from No1 and No2 sacrificial pits of Shang Dynasty (from 16th-11th century B.C.). There are thousands of pieces of invaluable relics such as bronze ware, jade ware, gold ware, pottery, and bone ware on the exhibition, where you can get a closed look and learn more about the ancient China.
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding : It locates at the Axe Hill 10 kilometers from the north suburb of Chengdu City. It covers an area of 600 acres. The environment here is exquisitely designed; the air is refreshing with the bamboo growing luxuriantly and flocks of wild birds flying around. (There are two Personal interactions with the pandas. One is enjoying seeing Feeding at 9am or 2pm and another is taking photo with them by donating RMB300-500 for senior pandas or RMB50-100 for minor pandas. Could you please consult with our guide who will be there assisting you about it before you visit the pandas? You will be highly appreciated if can do something for them.)