Day Tour to explore Giant Buddha, Hot Pot & Sichuan Opera

Visit: SunriseChina Expeditions, Chengdu, Sichuan

08:00AM in the morning, you will be met by your guide and driver in the lobby in your hotel, it takes you about 2 hrs to drive to Leshan Giant Buddha . On the way to Leshan Giant Buddha, you will take a stop on the half way, where you can find a tea plantation , it is a good chance to have a soft walk to relax your legs before continuing on.
On arrival Leshan Giant Buddha, follow the stone steps up to the top of Lingyun Hill,you will be able to see three rivers confluence in front of Giant Buddha, and the head of the Buddha Statue comes into your view. After taking a couple of pictures, then you descend along the red sand cliff to view the phenomenal Leshan Giant Buddha from his feet. Later you will go back to the head of the Buddha Statue again by following a tunnel track carved on the cliff.And explore Buddhist sculptures and murals inside of Lingyun Temple before leaving.
If there was a long queue to go down to the feet of giant Buddha, skip the line, and take the river cruise to see Leshan Giant Buddha is recommended.
At lunchtime your driver and guide will take you to an old town,where you will taste the most popular Toufu banquet, and all the dishes are made of Toufu. 
After lunch, you will uncover the peaceful Wuyou temple, located on the top of a small island, opposite the Giant Buddha Statue. Due to its unique location, it has very open river view and peaceful environment. You will cross a river bridge, follow the stone steps up again ,which is covered by the shadow of the trees. Once getting to the top, the open river views appear in front of you. It is very quiet temple since only the locals come here for praying, and you will visit one of the halls, where there are 500 hundred “Buddha Knights Statues” stand . Each of them stands for one story, definitely your guide will tell you some interesting stories about them.
Later you will go back to downtown Chengdu and enjoy Sichuan’s spicy life by join in a local popular hot pot dinner. You will see how much the locals love the hot pot here, and you can even smell chilli everywhere . The last stop is to watch the amazing face change show in the theater, and then drive back to your hotel, the end of your day trip.
07：30 Meet you in your hotel
07:30-09:00 Drive to the local tea plantation
09:00-09:30 Light walk in the tea plantation
09:30-10:30 Drive to Leshan Giant Buddha
10:30-12:30 Walk to visit Leshan Giant Buddha
12:30-13:00 Drive to local Toufu restaurant
13:00-14:00 Lunch in the local restaurant
14:00-14:30 Drive back to the back gate of Giant Buddha
14:30-16:30 Tour in the local temple
16:30-18:30 Drive back to downtown Chengdu
18:30-19:30 Have the hot pot in the local restaurant
19:30-21:20 Watch Sichuan Opera
21:20-21:40 Drive you back to your hotel, the end of trip.