For people who have only two or three days in Chengdu, this is the ideal trip which has covered two most popular things to do: visit the giant panda and go to visit the world-famous heritage site – Leshan Giant Buddha. To get better experience, you will go to Dujiangyan Panda Base to have a full day’s panda volunteering project to contribute your own effort to protect our Giant Panda. On the second day, you will be taken to visit the world-famous Leshan Giant Buddha, which is only two hours’ driving away from Chengdu.
Tips from local tour guide
Dujiangyan Panda Park provides panda works for volunteer workers. Its mission is to raise money for panda protection and to give people knowledge about giant pandas to raise the awareness of protecting wild lives and nature. And it also provides opportunities for visitors/workers to have experience with the lovely pandas.
It is actually a project rather than volunteer works. Please avoid July and August for this tour since by then the panda bases are very crowded.
Full ltinerary
Get up early, and your tour guide will take you to Dujiangyan City which is only about 50km away from Chengdu. The Giant Panda Base is another 18km from Dujiangyan City as the only panda base in China that has Panda Volunteer project open to the public at present. Today, you will take part in a full day's project in the base, including: A) Prepare food for the panda. B) Clean the panda enclosure.
While during the free time, you can visit the red panda enclosure, hike to the tea farm in the park, watch panda documentaries. If there is any child involved, you can consider making panda bread or attending a panda lecture.
Last, drive back to Chengdu.
Today, we will go to visit the sacred Buddhist places as well as world-famous heritage site which are also great place to get amazing both visual and heart touching. Firstly, drive about 2 hours to Leshan city to see the famous Giant Buddha. Sculptured on the cliff facing the River, Leshan Giant Buddha is 71 meters high, and has sat here for more than one thousand years. You will walk the plank road built on the cliff to get close observation of the Buddha.
After about 2 hours’ stay at Leshan, drive back to Chengdu. Time is still enough if you want to catch flight to other destination
