Chengdu Trip Overview
Combine a trip to the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base with visiting the Dujiangyan Irrigation System on this private tour with a knowledgeable guide. Admire cute pandas and learn about the care of giant pandas and conservation efforts to protect this endangered mammal.Appreciate the oldest and only living no-dam irrigation system in the world. It’s an over 2000-year-old ancient wonder which still works and benefits the local people until today.
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Duration: 7 to 9 hours
Starts: Chengdu, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Combine a trip to the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base with visiting the Dujiangyan Irrigation System on this private tour with a knowledgeable guide. Admire cute pandas and learn about the care of giant pandas and conservation efforts to protect this endangered mammal.Appreciate the oldest and only living no-dam irrigation system in the world. It’s an over 2000-year-old ancient wonder which still works and benefits the local people until today.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi), No.1375 Xiongmao Avenue the Outside Northern Third Ring Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu 610081 China
Your friendly driver and guide will meet you at your hotel lobby or your residence in Chengdu. After 30 mins driving,you will start your unforgettable day at Giant Panda Breeding Center,a non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals. On a guided tour, visit different sections of the center to get a full overview of a panda’s development, from a baby panda to the full-grown giant panda. Visit the baby garden, where you can see giant panda cubs, which weigh only about 3.5 ounces (100 grams) at birth and by the third month are able to walk on their own. Then stop at the sub-adult garden, where the adolescent pandas hang out, and see the adult garden, which houses the giant pandas in all their full-grown glory. Take pictures of this endangered species eating bamboo, sleeping or frolicking about. Finally, try to spot the sleeping red pandas stretched out on branches in the red panda garden.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Dujiangyan Irrigation System, On the Minjiang River at the west of Dujiangyan, Dujiangyan 611830 China
After seeing the cute panda, Enjoy lunch berfore head to Dujiangyan Irrigation System.See the oldest and only living no-dam irrigation system in the world.The system is a large hydraulic water project which consists of three main parts:the Fish Mouth Water-Diving Island,Flying Sand Weir,and Bottle-Neck Channel. Your private guide will explain the different role of these three parts and help you understand this amazing project. Impressed by this over 2000-year-old ancient wonder which is still working and benefit people until today.You will visit the ancient architectures here,such as the Erwang Temple , Fulong Temple, Anlan cable bridge and so on. Dujiangyan Irrigation System is a best place to experience natural and cultural, you can see human beings and the environment, hydraulic engineering and landscapes,nature and man’s eternal spectacle perfectly integrated here.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
