Chengdu Highlights + Jiuzhaigou - 5 Days

07:00 start from hotel and fast train to Jiuzhai

10:30 arrive and visit Huanglong Park

16:30 finish and drive to your hotel, overnight by base of Jiuzhaigou

18:30 arrive hotel in Jiuzhaigou

Huanglong Park : Huanglong Park is located in Xuebaoding Mountains and is a park of cluster of calcium lakes. Huanglong's large-scale, wonderfully-structured, and colorful surfaced travertine landscape. It is known as a wonderland on earth by its rare karst landform. Huanglong is famous for the wonders of turquoise lakes, snow-capped mountains, and wild forests, plus a small ancient Huanglong temple. The park of Huanglong is usually referred as Huanglong Valley, a north-south going valley that is 3.6 kilometers long. The park is in a terraced field. It was listed on the World Natural Heritage List in 1992. In addition to alpine landscapes, various forest ecosystems can be found here, as well as limestone formations, waterfalls .

08:00 start from hotel and visit Jiuzhaigou Park

18:00 finish and go back to hotel, overnight by the base of Jiuzhaigou

Jiuzhaigou, literally means "Valley of Nine Villages", is one of the best places to see the beauty of our mother nature. It is famous for having the most beautiful water views in China. The ancient Tibetan village in the valley is another attractive feature of Jiuzhaigou. Jiuzhaigou now is a national park, and was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992.Jiuzhaigou Valley is located in Zhangzha Town, Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Region of northern Sichuan, approximately 540km away from Chengdu. There is a saying popular among travelers - ”One doesn’t want to see any other water landscape after visiting Jiuzhaigou”. You can hardly image how stunning the water views are in Jiuzhaigou. There are 108 plateau lakes, together with many streams, waterfalls, rivers and beaches, form a colorful and peaceful picture. Travelers use six phrases to describe the features of Jiuzhaigou: green lakes, superimposed waterfalls, colorful forests, pure snow mountains, impressive Tibetan custom, and blue ice.

07:30 start from hotel and drive to catch fast train back to Chengdu

15:00 arrive Leshan and visit the Buddha by boat

17:00 drive to emei

18:00 drop off to your hotel in Emei, overnight base of Emei

Leshan Buddha: Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area is the must-see highlight of Leshan City. The world-famous Giant Buddha, carved into the western river cliff face of Lingyun Mountain, was included by UNESCO on the list of the World Heritage sites in 1996. Praised as the largest and the tallest carved stone Buddha Statue in the world, the Giant Buddha stands 70 meters tall. What makes the Giant Buddha so amazing is not only because of the huge size, but also the drainage system made of hidden gutters and channels.

08:00 start from hotel and visit Emei

11:00 arrive the summit and visit Emei

15:30 finish and drive to base of mt. Qingcheng

18:00 drop off to your hotel in Qingcheng, overnight base of Qingcheng

Emeishan: or Mount Emei, is located in the southwestern Sichuan Basin, about 120 km (2.5 hours’ driving) away from Chengdu Shuangliu Airport, 7 km to Emeishan City, and 37 km from its famous neighbor destinations Leshan. Emeishan plays a very important role in Chinese Buddhism, which make it be ranked as one of “Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.”(Another three are Wutaishan, Putuoshan, Jiuhuangshan). Emeishan, together with Leshan Giant Buddha, were ranked as UNESCO Natural and Cultural Heritage Site in 1996.

Golden Summit : Golden Summit is located at the second highest peak of Mount Emei, adjacent to Wanfoding (Ten Thousands Buddha Summit) of Mount Emei. Sanding on the mountain of Golden Summit and looking far, you can get a panoramic view of Chengdu Plain. When the weather is good, you can even see Mount Gongga Snow Mountain (Minya Konka). After the Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, the altitude increased by about two meters from the original 3077 meters to 3079 meters. The three of the famous Four Wonders of Mount Emei: Buddha Light, Sunrise, Cloud Sea can be enjoy here. Not only can you enjoy the sunrise of the Cloud Sea, but you can also worship the highest golden Buddha in the world - the multi-faced golden statue (48m) of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.

09:00 start from hotel and visit Mt. Qingcheng

12:30 lunch

14:00 drive to Dujiangyan en route visit Zhongshuge

15:30 visit Dujiangyan Park

17:30 drive back to Chengdu or optionla night tour for Blue Tears and Guanxi Old Town

Mt. Qingcheng: Qingchengshan, located 54km southwest of Chengdu city in Sichuan Province, is one of the ancient cradles of Taoist in China. It is also an intriguing scenic spot, which is covered by luxuriant and verdant trees. It is praised as ‘the most peaceful and secluded mountain under heaven’ for its evergreen scenery. And the name ‘Qingcheng’ means a town covered with evergreen forest in Chinese.

Zhongshuge Bookstore: Zhongshuge is a bookstore with unique design of its mirror ceiling that reflects the lights, providing a very surreal space within the store. It was known as “the most beautiful bookstore of China”. Zhongshuge is located in Rongchuang or Dujiangyan and has become a popular place to visit even among international visitors. Most people come here to take photos. It feels like a forest of books in an ethereal space that you may feel getting lost inside even though it’s not a very big bookstore.

Dujiangyan Park: Dujiangyan Irrigation System is a world heritage and one of the top attractions in near Chengdu city. The 2300-year-old water project work is a representative of ancient Chinese wisdom and the source of a Land of Abundance of Chengdu. Though Chengdu is praised as the ‘Land of Abundance’, over 2,200 years ago, the city was threatened by the frequent floods caused by the flooding of the Minjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. At that time, the local official of the Shu state, Li Bing, together with his son, decided to construct an irrigation system on the River t prevent flooding. After a lengthy study and years’ hard work by the local people, the great Dujiangyan Irrigation Project was completed. Nowadays, the project still plays a crucial role in draining off floodwater, irrigating farms and providing water resources for more than 50 cities in Sichuan province.