8-Day Tour in Sichuan

Day 01 From Beijing to Chengdu           stay: Chengdu Yinhe Dynasty Hotel?????????/strong>
Take direct flight from Beijing to Chengdu, the group will be picked up by local English tour guide with warm welcome in Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, and sent to the hotel. In the noon, you will taste some special local dishes at Baguobuyi restaurant, which boasts a reputation for its delicate Sichuan cuisine. Then go to visit Wuhou Temple and Jinli Street after lunch, which are highly recommended by???Lonely Planet???. At dinner time, you will be picked up to the restaurant to have a lavish buffet, where you stay at. Then it’s a free time in the evening. You could enjoy Chengdu night scene by yourself. (L/D)

Day 02 Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center   stay: Chengdu Yinhe Dynasty Hotel?????????/strong>
Have breakfast in the hotel in the early morning. At 7:30am, you leave from the hotel to Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center to see pandas. It takes about 40 min. to get there, and you will have about three hours to stay in the center. You could hold Baby panda to take photos with the donation fee. Around 11:00am, you leave Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center for Wenshu Monastery to have lunch, the vegetarian food is also highly recommended there. In the afternoon, you will go to visit Dufu Tachetted Cottage. In the evening, around 6:15pm, you are picked up to taste local snack food as your dinner and then relax in the teahouse. Around 7:30pm, you will go to watch Sichuan Culture Show. After that, you will be sent back to the hotel.(B/L/D)

Day 03 from Chengdu---Leshan---Emei Mountain       Stay: Emei Shan Hotel (Hot Spring Hotel)?????????/strong>
Have breakfast in the hotel, leave from Chengdu in the morning around 8:00am, visit beautiful rural scene of Chuanxi Plain. (About two hours drive on the expressway) Arrive at Leshan at noon, after lunch go to visit the statue of Giant Buddha which is the biggest one of the world, and Lingyun Temple, if possible you also could visit DongFangFoDu (a Buddhist scenic spot,35 RMB excluded), then drive to Emei Mountain and visit around Baoguosi Monastery by yourself. Overnight in Emei city. (B/L/D)

Day 04 Full day sightseeing in Emei Mountain          stay: Chengdu Yinhe Dynasty Hotel?????????/strong>
In the early morning, have sightseeing of the Golden Summit???the Cloud Sea and Huazang Temple, etc. After that, leave for Wannian parking which is located in the waist of Mt Emei by the pollution-free sightseeing bus, and then take the cable car to Wannian monastery,have sightseeing of Qingying pavilion, a strip skyline. Enjoy the beauty of Emei mountain, and monkey mountain, enjoy the pleasure of the coexistence of man and monkey. Then return to Chengdu to have dinner. (B/L/D)

Day 05 From Chengdu to Huanglong Valley             Stay:Jiuzhaigou Xingyu international Hotel ?????????/strong>
Have breakfast in the hotel, then you will be drove to Chengdu Shuangliu Internationa airport to take flight to Jiuhuang Airport. It’s about 50 minutes flying; the local tour guide will meet you in Jiuhuang Airport. Then drive to Huanglong to visit Huanglong valley (about 2-3 hours drive), the whole sightseeing in Huanglong. It takes about 3-4 hours, the average altitude of Huanglong is 3200M,so do not  push yourself in order to avoid the altitude sickness.(Cable Car ticket excluded, 80RMB/person for up line, 40RMB/person for down line, you can also visit Huanglong by foot). Overnight in Jiuzhaigou. (B/L/D)
(From Nov 20th 2007 to 29th Apr 2008, we will skip Huanglong park and Visit Muni gorge Park.)

Day 06 Full day sightseeing in Jiuzhai Valley          Stay:Jiuzhaigou Xingyu international Hotel ?????????/strong>
After having breakfast in the hotel, transfer to the entrance gate of Jiuzhaigou Valley. Then you’ll need to take a public green sight-seeing bus to explore this wonderful Jiuzhai Valley.(For a chartered green sight-seeing bus, add USD40.p.p) There’s only one buffet in Jiuzhai Valley which you could have lunch there. You can also take some food for your lunch. The whole sightseeing will finish around 05:00pm, and then go back to the hotel. After dinner you could enjoy the Tibetan culture show (excluded) Overnight Jiuzhaigou.  (B/L/D)

Day 07 Fly back to Chengdu           stay: Chengdu Yinhe Dynasty Hotel?????????/strong>
After breakfast, you will be drove to Jiuhuang Airport, and fly back to Chengdu. It’s free day then. You could go to visit some places you think are interesting. At dinner time, have a get-together dinner to celebrate successful tour. (B/L/D

Day 08 From Chengdu fly back to Beijing                                  Tour end
After breakfast, you will be drove to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, fly back to Beijing, tour end! (B)