Giant Panda and Buddha 1 day tour

This was such a fantastic day of adventure and knowledge! Our guide (Lucy) knew exactly everything that was needed to be known and where to go when we saw the pandas in the morning. She truly loves to give you all the knowledge she can about where she grew up. She even gave us great recommendations on what we can do on our free day before leaving. Highly recommend doing this tour when in chengdu!

Tour consisted of visit to Chengdu Panda Research Base and a trip to Leshan to see the Buddha statue. Clara was our guide and was engaging throughout, and provided many insights into the region as well as the history of the landmarks that we were visiting. Overall an excellent day out with a great guide and driver!

Teresa is a friendly guide and conversational in English. Gave good recommendations during lunch and provide good explanations throughout the trip.

We've decided to engage this 1 day tour even though exploring Chengdu on our own is very easy by using their subway system because of the distance to the Leshan Buddha and all the attraction tickets already included. They even provided us with a private chauffeured car which is in a excellent condition. Our guide, Teresa is a wonderful lady and she's very informative and guided us through the entire tour smoothly. At the end, she's more like a friend to us than just a tour guide. Keep up the great work Teresa!

Our guide Judy was great. Pandas were amazing. I think the 3 hour drive each way for the Giant Buddha is not worth it. The local food on the Leshan Mountain was delicious. The Buddha was giant, as advertised. But I'd skip it next time. Just see the pandas and find something else to do for the rest of your day.

We had Lucy Liu as our tour guy for the one day trip to panda base & giant budda. First of all, she was very knowledgeable, not only about the tour itself, but a lot of other things, such as Chinese Literature. We chat a lot on the way to panda base & giant budda, which was very sweet during the long distant driving. But, Lucy knows very well when to stop so we could rest as well. Second, I like the way she treated us like we were her family. She would tell us what was the right price to buy local specialities. The whole day with her, we didn't feel pressured. We felt very comfortable with her, which we valued the most important thing when we travel around.

I would recommend Lucy to anyone who is going to visit Chengdu or other nearby cities.

Lucy our tour guide was very good! Had very good English and very accommodating to our personal needs. Knew where and when to go to see the active pandas and skip the queues, saving so much time. Drive to Leshan Buddha required emergency stop which we were very grateful for. Gave us different options for lunch depending on budget. Took some good photos of us with Leshan Buddha. Very knowledgeable of Chengdu including restaurant recommendations. Awesome!

I only had one day in Chengdu and was hoping to make the most out of it. I booked the one day Giant Panda and Leshan Giant Buddha private tour. I was worried because of the distance between the two sites but it turned out to be super easy. My guide Carol, who spoke English perfectly was super helpful. Her and the driver picked me up at 7:30 am to drive to the Panda Research base. During our drive she taught me about the city of Chengdu and the pandas. She’s very knowledge and knew a lot about Chengdu’s history. I saw many different kind of pandas and Carol was able to navigate through the park very smoothly. She always knew where to go, to see the next panda. After we saw all pandas, including the red pandas, we headed to our next stop - Leshan Giant Buddha. The drive was quicker than expected, it roughly took 2,5 hours. Carol was able to tell me interesting facts about the tea plantations and areas between Chengdu and Leshan.
Upon arrival, Carol took me to a local spot for lunch. The food was delicious and the atmosphere very nice. Afterwards we went on a boat ride to see the in rock carved Buddha. I would recommend taking a boat because you have the best views of the Buddha. Our boat changed its’ position a few times, for all guests on board to get the most amazing pictures. Not only was Carol super helpful throughout the trip, organizing all the tickets in advance and having a route organized, she also recommended a hot pot restaurant for dinner to me, and even wrote down all the things I should order. I can highly recommend her and the tour.

Overall it was a very good experience. Our tour guide Kay was very helpful and friendly. He speaks fluent English and has provided a lot of interesting information about Chengdu. The food and restaurants he recommended was delicious and reasonable priced. The driver was also very professional. It was a very pleasant experience and I would recommend to anyone who is considering in a private tour for Chengdu!

Also thanks to Kay for helping us rehome a stray dog that we came across in LeShan!!

I thoroughly enjoyed my day tour with Cecila- she was so knowledgeable, helping us navigate the Panda Base to see best sights amongst the throngs of people. Also visited the leshan Buddha by boat which was amazing! Great lunch and coffee stops, great company and shared so much history with me.. couldn’t recommend more highly

We had Cecile take us to both the Panda and Leshun Buddah in a one day tour. We knew most of the day would be in the car because that's what you sign up for when you select this tour due to the Buddah being 2.5 hour drive away, but the car and driver were very comfortable and the journey felt quicker by Cecile letting us pick music to play on the car speakers and us having a sing song in the back. Cecile was fun and very personable telling us stories about her life. She was very enthusiastic about the pandas and took lots of pictures for us on her phone to send to us later. The pandas were fantastic and it was great we were picked up early to see them having their breakfast before they went off for a mid-morning snooze. We could have done more in Leshun as we drove all the way there and only saw the Buddah for about half an hour on the boat. It was good, but maybe more history and info on the area would have been more interesting. Lunch was traditional and really tasty. We let Cecile pick as it was a local restaurant and we had no idea what was on the menu, but it all was all really yummy and extremely cheap (about £3 each for a big meal)! Would recommend if you're not in Chengdu for long and want to see both attractions in a oner. You can easily do both yourself without guide but by choosing this tour you get the comfort of the driver and Cecile guiding you where to go. Only downfall is that it's to a strict time schedule in order to miss traffic in the evening so by going on your own you'd have the freedom to spend as long as you want in each area. We left earlier as well due to one of our friends booking an opera that evening so it was good Cecile and driver accommodated and got us back in plenty time for her to see the show.

If you have time in Chengdu this one day Trip is a must see. To start the day you will visit the Giant Panda Park in Chengdu. Then immediately following you will head to Leshan to have a nice lunch in a local restaurant (food was amazing!!!) in Leshan. Cecile our tour guide was top notch and very informative. We had some challenges with the boats to the Giant Buddha not running do to fog. She quickly shifted gears and made sure we got to the Buddha park and got some amazing photos. If you love Pandas and culture this tour is hard to beat. Cecile was an amazing guide and the Driver did an amazing job transporting us safely to and from Leshan. This tour is highly highly recommended!!!

Had a short but comprehensive trip at the Panda Base, which was extremely productive given the crowd!

Had a great local lunch before visiting the Giant Buddha, recommended by Lucy - our awesome tour guide.

Lucy was informative on the places where the car passed, making the long journey an enjoyable and educational one. Understood more on the city, food, culture, people, and green tea!

Will strongly recommend Lucy!

Lucy was wonderful.. Very accommodating and able to adjust tour to my pace (pretty quick!) We experienced a local lunch and even allowed me to visit a teahouse at my request. Highly recommend this!

I finally met the pandas.
Chengdu, a misty city, my first impression when I first came to this city with Cecile.I thought the trip will be tough as it keeps raining all day but she still managed to make it a fun one, you can never get bored when she's around.
Especially, the panda babies... so soft and fluffy as if you can grasp them with a hand. I could never forget that feeling.
I believe that it really is the kind of trip that foreigners were looking for in China.

The trip started with picking up at the hotel .After 2 hours country side view we arrived Leshan Giant Buddha.Our guide Lucy told us a lot of interesting stories.The buddha is ameizing .Then some local wet market visiting .we tryed many kinds of snacks there and experienced the local life.My son likes the local snacks very much .The highlight was tea terrace hiking and handmade tea ourselves.We had an excellent tour there.

My wife and I would warmly recommend the Panda park & Leshan bouddha excursion.
Lucy, Our Guide, was fantastic !
She made our day.
She has a lot of stories to tell and Lots of information / knowledge to share during the day. Our driver is skillful and warm and nice man.
It was a great day for us....