The Best of Chengdu
This tour is recommended for a first-time visitor who seeks a day tour containing the most important features of Chengdu: pandas and Sichuan cuisine.
Highlights
- Meet pandas with a smart route
- See baby pandas in late summer before October
- Take up a food challenge at the city's last farmers' market
- Step into an experienced chef's kitchen and cook real Sichuan cuisine together
- Get a taste of local life and have fun playing mahjong
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The best tour guide in Chengdu
Chengdu is a beatiful city with kind hearted people,especially when you get super tour guides like Helen and Evan.Guiding 18 members of a big family is not easy, but they managed to make our tour is very enjoyable and giva us good memory. more
Apr 2024, Lena
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Big family of 18 in Jiuzhaigou
Although our train is cancelled, and we have to go back to Chengdu half day earlier, Mary managed to solve the problem by suggesting us to take a chatered bus instead of public bus is the scenic area. So the plan for 3 days tour can be done in 2 days. She is a top rated guide. more
Apr 2024, LENA ONG
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Such a great experience in Chengdu
We had a beautiful day in Chengdu with our guide Sandy. Sandy accompanied us to live an exciting experience as volunteers in the Research base center of Giant Panda. The volunteer experience is incredible. more
Apr 2024, Mat
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Suggested Itinerary
Visiting the city's panda base can be a challenge as it is easily accessible and has various animals. We've designed a smart route to beat the crowds while matching the pandas' active period as much as possible for you.
If you travel in late summer, you will have a chance to see baby pandas.
Chengdu was named as the first city of gastronomy in Asia by UNESCO, and the local delicacies are rooted in close-to-life market.
Try some local snacks, such as pickled dishes, century eggs, Chinese rice wine, and so on.
Intergrating yourself with the locals: how to bargain like a local and how to wrap Chengdu dumplings - learn this from the shopkeepers who can easily make 100 perfect dumplings in minutes.
It is very hard to travel like an insider when you are surrounded by thousands of tourists in incredibly crowded tourist areas. Instead, a visit to a local chef's home will be one of the best ways to get a taste of local life.
Unearth the secrets of Sichuan cuisine as you cook three typical Sichuan dishes with the chef and invent your own recipe. Try to play mahjong in the living room as well if you want to.
Trip Notes
The weather of Chengdu is mild and humid, and it's suitable for travel all year round.
March to June is pleasant to visit with refreshing spring colors.
September to November is the coolest time to enjoy an autumn tour.
March to May is the "falling in love period" for pandas. If you visit Chengdu between late August and December, you will have a greater chance of seeing tiny newborns and cuddle babies in the Panda Breeding and Research Center.
Please avoid peak times for Chinese tour groups. Most schools start their vacation period in the middle of July.
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