Deep dive · 7 days / 6 nights
Four Bases, One Week
Chengdu, Dujiangyan, Wolong and Bifengxia in one loop, for travellers who would rather see four places properly than ten badly.
Duration
7 days / 6 nights
Group style
Private departure
Pace
Moderate
Best months
Oct–Apr
Built for the person who has already been to Chengdu and wants the rest of it. Four bases, two of them outside the day-trip radius, and enough time at each to sit with one animal instead of photographing twenty.
Day by day
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Day 01
Chengdu arrival
Land, settle, and eat something you will think about later.
- · Airport transfer
- · Neighbourhood walk
- · Route briefing
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Day 02
Chengdu base
Opening-time entry, a full loop, and an afternoon off your feet.
- · 07:30 entry
- · Nursery and cub kindergarten
- · Free afternoon
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Day 03
Dujiangyan
Panda Valley in the morning, the irrigation system after lunch, night in the foothills.
- · Red panda boardwalk
- · Semi-wild enclosures
- · Old town evening
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Day 04
Wolong
The mountain drive, then the outer loop as the afternoon cools.
- · Drive via Yingxiu
- · Shenshuping outer loop
- · Gengda overnight
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Day 05
Mountain morning
Base at opening, then the long road south toward Ya’an.
- · Early entry, kindergarten pavilions
- · Scenic drive south
- · Ya’an overnight
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Day 06
Bifengxia
The canyon base at opening, then back to Chengdu for a last dinner.
- · 08:30 entry
- · Returned-panda enclosures
- · Drive back to the city
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Day 07
Departure
A slow morning and a transfer that leaves margin.
- · Optional final tea house
- · Airport or rail transfer
Included
- — Six nights across four locations
- — Private vehicle, guide and driver for seven days
- — All base tickets and internal transport
- — Two hosted meals, including a Ya’an tea dinner
Not included
- — Flights
- — Visa fees
- — Most dinners
- — Camera permits where required
