5 Days Chengdu Nature Tour with Jiuzhaigou

Welcome to Chengdu, it is the hometown of world-famous Giant Pandas and the special Sichuan cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines in China. Our local guide will meet you at the airport, railway station, or port, then take you to your hotel by a comfortable private vehicle and help you with check-in. In the rest of the day, you can explore nearby as much as possible by your own, and please feel free to get some useful suggestions from your tour guide.

Meal: No

Altitude: 503m

Traffic: Car

Hotel: In Chengdu

After breakfast, start your day with an exciting trip to the Giant Panda Base, which completely simulates the wild living environment of Giant Pandas, it looks so natural that also has lakes, streams, bamboo forests, lawns, etc. There are more than 100 giant pandas, you can observe the Giant Pandas in a close distance and learn about their living habits. In addition to Giant Pandas, you can also see small animals such as black-necked cranes, peacocks and ospreys. Besides, you can send postcards with panda postmark at the Panda Country Post Office near the gate of the museum or watch documentaries about pandas at the cinema in the museum.

Then, head to the majestic Wenshu Temple to have a spiritual trip. It was built in the Sui Dynasty, houses plenty precious cultural relics and thousands of Buddhist scriptures and documents. After appreciating art treasures, you can enjoy Sichuan’s unique bowl tea in the tea house of Wenshu Temple. After lunch, your tour guide will take you to the entertaining Renmin Park, which is considered as one of the best places to truly experience the life style of “leisure Chengdu city”.

Next, head to the antique commercial street – Jinli, it is one of the most popular scenic spots in Chengdu, and also a part of WuHou Shrine Museum. Here, you can enjoy the craft of making clay figures and sugar painting, and also browse the shops with unique characteristics of The Three Kingdoms. There are various of characteristic snacks, tea houses, cafes, bars, inns, etc. You can take some terrific photos especially at dusk the whole street looks surprisingly beautiful.

At Last, head to experience the local customs of old Chengdu by visiting the relaxing Broad and Narrow Alley. It is a relatively large existing Qing Dynasty ancient street in Chengdu; in Broad Alley, you can enjoy the most authentic Sichuan cuisine and experience the local customs of old Chengdu while the Narrow Alley is a leisure life area focusing on the Western-style food culture, art and leisure.

After visiting, your driver will escort you back to the hotel.

Meal: B

Altitude: 503m

Traffic: Car

Hotel: In Chengdu

Welcome to the wonderland – Jiuzhaigou. We’ll drive about 1 hour from airport to visit the beautiful Huanglong Valley. It is situated in the Minshan Mountains in northwestern Sichuan Province, and it has one of three most outstanding travertine lake terraces in the world, which is 3.6 kilometers long, and lies under the grandiose peak of Xuebao Peak (Snow Treasure Mountain: 5,588 meters) like a yellow dragon. It’s also why the name of this Valley is Huanglong (Yellow Dragon). You can admire the incredible Five-colored ponds at the top of the valley, which have different sizes, shapes, colors, dazzling like beautiful emeralds.

Furthermore, Huanglong Valley is also famous for superlative scenery of snow mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, wild forests, etc. It is an vital habitant of Giant Pandas and Snub-nosed monkeys. Hence, Huanglong gained the reputation of World Natural Heritage Site in 1992. After about 3 hours sightseeing in the valley, you will leave the park and drive about 2 hours to Jiuzhaigou to check in your hotel.

Meal: B

Altitude: 503m

Traffic: Car, Plane

Hotel: In Jiuzhaigou

Start a brand new day by visiting the amazing Jiuzhaigou National Park. Your guide will accompany you to hop on a sightseeing bus to enter the park to explore the fairyland landscape of Jiuzhaigou. Jiuzhaigou is considered as the home to nine Tibetan Villages, and it is a reserve of superb and diverse natural beauty of which the waterfall and plateau lakes are praised as the most admirable waterscape in the world. According to official records, there are up to 114 turquoise pools and lakes, 47 tranquil springs, 17 groups of waterfalls, 11 rapids and 5 beautiful tufa shoals scattering in the three main valleys of Jiuzhaigou, Rize Valley, Zechawa Valley and Shuzheng Valley.

Jiuzhaigou is too much worthy for your deep exploring and our guide will organize your visit route according to your time, energy, and crowd level, and accompany you to admire the breathtaking scenery of Jiuzhaigou at a comfortable pace.

After Jiuzhaigou sightseeing, your tour guide and driver will escort you back to your hotel.

Meal: B

Altitude: 503m

Traffic: Car

Hotel: Jiuzhaigou

Today is free for you until your tour guide and driver escort you to the airport in time for the scheduled flight to Chengdu or other destination. Tour ends!

Meal: B

Altitude: 503m

Traffic: Car

Hotel: No