Chengdu Panda Base, Wenshu Monastery & Kuanzhai Alleys 1 Day City Tour
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is a non-profit organization engaged in wildlife research, captive breeding, conservation education, and educational tourism. Located on the Axe Hill that is 10 kilometers north of Chengdu, this 600-acre research station and breeding ground has been in operation since the year of 1987, with only six giant pandas rescued from the wild. Now the number of pandas has increased much under the careful rearing from all keepers and researchers. Wenshu Monastery houses some 300 Buddha statues of various materials including iron, bronze, stone, wood, and jade. These masterworks of art generated from ancient and contemporary China, serve as a testimony to its friendly exchanges with the world. Kuan Zhai Alley is composed of wide alley and narrow alley, in which there are a lot of traditional Siheyuan (courtyards). It is one of the hottest tourist destinations in Chengdu that well worth a visit.
HIGHLIGHTS
*To see many lovely pandas from months old to over 10 years old
*Experience old Chengdu and slow life by walking in Kuanzhai Alleys
*Visit the jade Buddha statue brought from Burma to China in 1920's by a monk walked over the whole distance
TRIP INFORMATION
- Tour code: CPT-CT-06
- Price: from $113 p/p
- Tour type: private tour
- Departure date: flexible
- Travel route: Chengdu
- Trip length: 1 Day
Detailed itinerary:
After lunch, you will transfer back to downtown area. Firstly you will visit Wenshu Monastery, the famous and once the largest Buddhism Temple in west Sichuan. Walking in the yard, you may feel an inner peace from heart. This monastery is also a good example of Western Sichuan gardening which is concise with primitive simplicity. Later, shift your sight to Kuanzhai Alleys. The so-called Narrow and Wide Alley shows what old Chengdu was like. It is a preserved area with refurbishment where you can see typical grey bricks used to construct buildings in ancient Chengdu. There are many handicrafts men setting stalls along the alley, including ear cleaning, sugar art and long-stemmed tobacco pipe folk. You can move slowly to get an insight of Chengdu’s leisure life from long time ago.
Return to hotel in the late afternoon.
Chengdu Panda Base, Wenshu Monastery and Kuanzhai Alleys City Tour
As the hometown of Giant Panda, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding should not be missed when you come to Chengdu! In the morning your private tour guide and driver will be greeting at the hotel, and then you are going to see the lovely creatures. Located in northern suburb of Chengdu, this Panda Base takes us about 40-50 minutes to get there from downtown area. In this park-like base, you are sure to see many pandas at one time that we cannot realize in other places all over the world.
Wave goodbye to the pandas, you will have lunch at restaurant.
√ China Panda Tour's experienced travel consultant 1 on 1 service 24hours/7days from inquiry to back home;
√ Entrance tickets to listed viewpoints in the itinerary & necessary shuttle bus/cable car/sightseeing bus tickets;
√ Escorted by experienced English-speaking tour guide;
√ Meals mentioned in the itinerary;
√ Private transfers with professional driver between hotel/attraction/airport/railway station/restaurant as listed in the itinerary;
√ Booking of flight/train/cruise tickets per your preferences;
√ Accommodation in each city, hotel level/feature is decided by your choice;
√ Traveler's accidental insurance.
OUR SERVICE INCLUDES:
-- This itinerary can be flexibly adjusted according to your requests. You can change the order, or extend the tour with more cities or days, or even shorten it with deleting any cities or days. Our professional travel consultant will help you revise the itinerary until suiting your schedule.
-- China Panda Tour also provides French/German/Spanish/Russian/Cantonese/Mandarin-speaking tour guide service.
-- If you only want to rent a car for your trip, please kindly inform us. China Panda Tour's professional drivers would provide you with satisfying service.
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COMMUNICATION
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CONFIRMATION
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