3 Days Chengdu Panda base and Leshan Buddha Visit with Cooking Class
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3 Days Chengdu Panda base and Leshan Buddha Visit with Cooking Class

3 days
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Itinerary

Day 1: Panda & City Culture of Chengdu

Stop At: Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi), No.1375 Xiongmao Avenue the Outside Northern Third Ring Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu 610081 China
We pick up from the hotel and brings you to the adorable pandas, and more! Pandas are more than good-looking and cute, they are special! Join us to find out a full story of how do they live, why are they here and even funny things about these precious neighbors and treasure of human being!

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan
After lunch, we drive to visit the backstage of Sichuan opera tea house. In the grass-root style opera house, lots of old fans here every day, meet up friends and enjoy the show. We can be one of them, watching the performance and drinking tea. But the most interesting part of this tour, you have the chance to go into their backstage to see how the actor actress make up and chanting with them.


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Songxianqiao Curio Art City, 24 Huanhua N Rd, Qing Yang Gong Shang Quan, Qingyang Qu, Chengdu Shi, Sichuan Sheng, China, 610072
Visit the famous Antiques Market in the southwest area. this is the best way you can deep touch the local culture.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Chengdu Renmin Park, No.12 Shaocheng Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu 610015 China
On the way to the people’s park, you will have a chance to try your luck with the local. Just relax and enjoy tea and learn more about tea culture. Also, there is a chance to learn and play Mahjong - one of the most popular games in Chengdu !!


Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Dinner: woowww, Sichuan hotpot dinner. if you don't like hot food, we can offer you the no spicy soup hotpot as well.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Giant Buddha&Tea Terrace In Lost Town

Stop At: Leshan Giant Buddha (Da Fo), No.2435 Lingyun Street, Shizhong District, Leshan 614000 China
After leaving from your hotel a 2.5 hours drive takes us to Giant Buddha. We would take the boat trip to have an unforgettable panoramic view of Buddha.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Leshan, Leshan, Sichuan
After visiting Buddha,there will be 40 mins drive to a laid-back old town. Take a walk around the town where traditional lifestyles still survived from the modernization. Along the way we visit traditional workshops such as blacksmith’s shop, bamboo workshop, barbershop, etc. Enjoy tea and chat and share stories with lovely local people in an old teahouse and later drop in one of the hundred-year-old courtyard houses where it’s owner are so proud of and love to share stories of the house. also we shall have such great local lunch here.


Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Jiajiang County, Jiajiang County, Sichuan
A short drive takes us up to the mountain. The tea farmer will take us to the tea field, where we will learn a lot about tea from how to pick-up the best tea sprouts or tea buds, to weather conditions and different regions for Tea. Have a try of picking tea from the tea trees! Afterward visiting the tea business family to reveal the process of making all kinds of tea, let’s sit down in front of the farmhouse and enjoy tea – more stories sharing and learning of tea, as in of wine there are Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir in tea as well! Remember to bring the tea you picked from the farm. And we should use them in the next cooking class day.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: lots famous local snack and food we will try in the lost town
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Cooking Class with Local Spice Market Visit

Stop At: Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan
Meet up your guide at the hotel lobby, and then your guide will take you to explore the dazzling local spice market with the assigned challenge for you to obtain some special ingredients and spices which will be used in the cooking class afterward. After the fun experience in the local spice market, you will take a walk through the back streets to get some real local food for Lunch.


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan
After lunch, we will head into a hidden gem - a traditional Sichuan courtyard restaurant where soon the ingredients and spices you collected from the market will be put in use. Another break will be taken place in the courtyard with Sichuan Gaiwan tea as the traditional custom to entertain guests.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Chilli Cool's Kitchen, Chengdu 610000 China
After learning Sichuan tea culture, the food preparations will be guided by the professional chef. Follow your chef 's instructions step by step to process food until it gets well done. 1 Tea dish and 2 other famous local dishes class will be cooked by your own Duration: 3 hours


Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
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Included
  • 2x Dinner
  • 2x Lunch
  • Private transportation
  • Boat for Giant Buddha
  • Old town walking tour
  • Family & Old house visit
  • Tea plantation visit
  • Panda Center
  • Explore the backstage of Sichuan Opera
  • Tea & Mahjong in a local teahouse
  • antique market
  • Hotpot dinner. (sharing group)
  • beers or beverages in the cooking class
  • Recipes
  • 3-dishes cooking class
  • Entry/Admission - Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi)
  • Entry/Admission - Songxianqiao Curio Art City
  • Entry/Admission - Chengdu Renmin Park
  • Entry/Admission - Leshan Giant Buddha (Da Fo)
  • Entry/Admission - Chilli Cool's Kitchen
Not included
  • Gratuities (recommended)
  • Climbing for Giant Buddha
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Features
Tourism
90%
Cultural
75%
Aquatic
35%
Food
20%
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