Chengdu: 7-Day Private Tour with Mt.E-mei and Jiuzhaigou

Explore the highlights of Chengdu, Leshan, Emei, and Jiuzhaigou on a 7-day tour. Visit the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center, see the Giant Buddha, and explore the Huanglong Scenic Area. On Day 1, meet your guide at the airport and transfer to your hotel. On Day 2, visit the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center. In the afternoon, discover attractions in the Chengdu urban area. People's Park is a spiritual haven for the city's citizens amidst the bustle of downtown. Have a cup of tea in a traditional tea house. On Day 3, be driven to Leshan City. After a short break and lunch, begin your journey to the Giant Buddha. Listed in 1992 as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Giant Buddha in Leshan is 71 meters tall and has the largest inscription on a precipice in the world. Besides climbing up to gain a Lilliputian view of the Giant Buddha, go on a cruise to take a look at the huge inscription. Have a leisure walk to do food hunting on the street. Try pot chicken with Sichuan spices, Shaomai, crispy Leshan beef hamburger, roast duck with sweet and crispy skin, and toufu pudding. After the tour, be escorted to a hotel near Mount Emei. On Day 4, spend a full day visiting Mount Emei, another UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. Take a public sightseeing bus and the cable car to get to the top of the mountain. Enjoy the views around and a beautiful statue of a golden Buddha. On Day 5, be accompanied to the train station. Take a bullet train to Jiuzhaigou. Be picked up and transferred to a restaurant for lunch. After lunch, start your visit to the Huanglong Scenic Area. The best-preserved plateau wetland in China, it is a neighbor to Jiuzhaigou. Its four highlights are colorful pools, snowcapped mountains, verdant forests, and peaceful valleys. The chairlift going up is included to save you time and energy. Walk back down through the scenic area to enjoy the views at a relaxing pace. After the tour, be escorted to a hotel near Jiuzhaigou. On Day 6, after breakfast in the hotel, spend most of the day exploring the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, a wonderland named for its nine Tibetan villages ('jiu zhai' is Chinese for 'nine villages'). The valley ('gou') winds its way across some 80 kilometers and covers an area of 720 square kilometers. Visit its three main ravines: Shuzheng Valley, Rize Valley, and Zechawa Valley. Private vehicles are not allowed inside, so your guide will accompany you on a public bus which tours around the area. Appreciate the picturesque natural scenery with clear alpine lakes, overlapping waterfalls, colorful forests, snowcapped mountains, Tibetan customs, and blue ice. On Day 7, take a bullet train back to Chengdu in the morning. Be transferred to the airport for your flight back home or to the next destination.