CONTACT USExperience 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. We can customize an exclusive itinerary based on your needs, ensuring you have a wonderful day.
Tour ‘Wow’ Points
Observe the Adorable Pandas
Go to the panda base to witness numerous giant pandas and panda cubs. This visit also provides a unique opportunity to learn more about their distinctive behaviors and way of life.
Take up a Food Challenge at the Traditional Farmers’ Market
Step into Chengduer’s daily life and experience the warm community relationship. You can enjoy unique snacks at affordable prices and know how to bargain like a local at the market.
Learn to Cook Classic Sichuan Cuisine in a Local’s Home
Visit the home of an experienced Sichuan chef and learn how to make delicious and authentic Sichuan cuisine.
Suggested Itinerary
Here is a suggested itinerary and we are happy to customize a tour according to your interests and schedule. The times listed in the upcoming itinerary serve as guidelines. Depending on the conditions of the day and your personal requests, the guide will make suitable adjustments.
8:00 amMeet Your Guide
Your private guide will be waiting for you at the airport, train station, cruise port, or hotel lobby according to your schedule.
9:00 amPanda Breeding and Research Center
Visiting the city’s panda base can be challenging 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.
1:00 pmOriginal Farmers’ Market
Chengdu was named the first city of gastronomy in Asia by UNESCO, and the local delicacies are rooted in a close-to-life market.
Try some local snacks, such as pickled dishes, century eggs, Chinese rice wine, and so on.
Integrating 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.
If you’d like, the chef can join you in the market to purchase the ingredients needed for Sichuan cuisine.
2:00 pmSichuan Cuisine Making Experience
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 recipe. Try to play mahjong in the living room as well if you want to.
5:00 pmWave Goodbye
At the end of the trip, we will escort you to your hotel, the airport, the cruise port, or the train station. Please specify your requirements.
