Your tour guide will pick you up at your Chengdu hotel at around 8:00am (or your convenient time) and excurse to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, about 10 km far from downtown of Chengdu.

The center has kept more than 20 cute giant pandas as well as some other rare and endangered wild animals, like lesser pandas, black-necked crane and white storks, etc. Here you will have the chance to see how giant pandas get fed and take photos of these living fur balls for your later travel reference. A short film about the panda mating habits and the museum exhibitions concerning the panda history, today and future can enable you to further know about this adorable mammal.

In the afternoon, you will visit other local highlights--Wuhou Temple, Wenshu Temple, Jinsha Site Museum.

Wuhou Temple was built to commemorate Zhu Geliang, the minister of the Shu Kingdom 2,000 years ago. You will get to know the historic relic site and culture of Three Kingdom here.

Wenshu Temple, located in northwest of Chengdu, will feast your eyes with rare and precious cultural relics and thousands of Buddhism sculptures. Meanwhile, you can also sip the noted bowl tea of Chengdu in the tea house and enjoy the leisure time in the park.

Jinsha Site Museum offers tourists a chance to know about the age-old kingdom culture. Here you will see various functional and decorative items of relics dating from 1200-600BC from pottery and tools to ivory, jade artifacts stone carvings and ornate gold masks. Meanwhile, you will get to know the ancient sacrificing rite and their life style from the exhibits as well.

Out of the Jinsha Site Museum, you can choose to return to your hotel, or get off at your desired spot in the city center or go to see the noted Sichuan opera face changing to marvel at how many different masks the performer can change in the twinkling of an eye.

You will be meet by our English-speaking guide at your hotel at around 8:00 am (or your convenient time), then start your day excursion to the Grand Buddha in Leshan.

Leshan Grand Buddha towering at the confluence of three rivers is a magnificent stone statute carved out of the mountain cliff. The creating work of this great wonder was started by a Buddhist monk called Haitong in the 8th century with the hope that the Buddha will tame the treacherous water to protect the boatmen. Many steep stairs are involved to cover the whole Buddha. Optional boating trip is available for the visitors to appreciate the whole statute.

After visiting the giant Buddha, we will transfer you to your hotel at the foot of Mt. Emei.

Today enjoy half mountain sights of Mt. Emei. Take a cable car with your guide up to Wannian Temple. Wannian Temple is one of Mt. Emei's signature temples and is frequented by devoted worshippers. The beamless brick hall has survived 18 earthquakes in the past 400 years. A visit to the hall is highlighted by a large copper statue of Bodhisattva Puxian (protector of the mountain) on a white elephant.

Out of the temple, we will walk down along the path to see the scenic area--Qingyin Pavilion (Pure Sound Pavilion). The exquisite pavilion, red pagoda, stone bridge, stream flowing over the rock formations, lush plantations and chirping birds unveil you a peaceful painting.

Continue the tour to sidle through the skyline (Yixiantian) and see the wild monkeys in Eco Monkey Area. Transfer back to your hotel in Chengdu and end today's tour.