Chengdu Highlights: 4-Day Giant Pandas & UNESCO Buddha Expedition

Arrival at Chengdu International Airport (TFU or CTU). Your private chauffeur and bilingual guide welcome you with a luxury Mercedes van and transfer you to your downtown 5-Diamond hotel.

Begin with a leisurely stroll through Chengdu People's Park. Sit beside century-old teahouses in traditional bamboo armchairs, sampling Gaiwan jasmine green tea and enjoying the peaceful rhythms of Sichuan daily life.

Welcome dinner: Curated mild Sichuan banquet (tender tea-smoked duck, sweet water noodles, non-spicy mapo tofu for international guests). Walk down Jinli Ancient Street beneath glowing red silk lanterns.

Early morning VIP entrance to the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base. Watch playful giant pandas and red pandas munching fresh morning bamboo shoots. Visit the nursery to view newborn baby pandas in glass incubators.

Farm-to-table lunch at a scenic countryside garden retreat with freshly harvested local seasonal ingredients.

Private curator-led visit to the Sanxingdui Museum. Marvel at the enigmatic 3,000-year-old oversized bronze masks, golden sceptres, and sacred divine trees that rewrite ancient Chinese history.

Comfortable chauffeured drive southward in your luxury MPV to Leshan along scenic farmland highways.

Board a private boutique sightseeing boat at the confluence of the Min, Dadu, and Qingyi rivers. Enjoy panoramic unobstructed photography of the colossal 71-meter-tall Leshan Giant Buddha carved directly into the red sandstone cliff, avoiding crowded 2-hour staircase queues.

Riverside gourmet lunch tasting fresh Leshan sweet-skin duck and soft tofu pudding. Relaxing scenic drive back to Chengdu.

VIP evening attendance at the classic Sichuan Opera Face-Changing (Bian Lian) and fire-spitting master performance with front-row tea service.

Explore Wuhou Shrine, dedicated to the legendary strategist Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms era. Walk through tranquil red-walled bamboo corridors, a photographer’s favorite.

Stroll through Kuanzhai Alley (Broad and Narrow Alleys). Explore Qing Dynasty courtyard mansions converted into modern design studios and teahouses. Farewell culinary tasting lunch.

Private chauffeured transfer to Chengdu Tianfu or Shuangliu International Airport for your departure or onward flight to Yunnan, Chongqing, or Beijing.