Luochen Old Town
Leshan Giant Buddha
Emeishan
Emeishan
Chengdu is a paradise for tourist, a lot of beautiful nature reserves and historic sites scattered around it. Among them, Leshan Giant Buddha and Mt Emeishan are both Top tour destination in the world. China Exploration would take you to make a tour in this Buddhism route.
Leshan Giant Buddha is the largest Buddha statue in the world, and it is said the Buddha is a hill, and the hill is a Buddha. Leshan Giant Buddha has long been enlisted as the world Culture Relics Heritage by UNESCO. About 120 kilometers' express way from Chengdu, almost 2 hours driving, you can reach this wonder of the world. People can enjoy the giant from its front by cruise, and people can also walk down from his head to his foot. His foot provides the space for 20 people standing! And the latest discovery shows us another magic wonder: the whole mountain is just like a Buddha sleeping on the Minjiang river, and the statue of giant Buddha is just sitting in the heart!
And Mountain Emeishan is one of the four sacred Buddhism mountains in China, many ancient temples are scattered in the deep mountain, it must be visited for anyone interested in Buddhism. Besides it, the nature here is also very beautiful, dense forest, naughty monkeys, clean rivers, more than our expectation!
China Exploration will bring you an old town tour firstly, Locheng old Town, which is off the beaten track, and then admire the giant Leshan Buddha Statue, and then continue the tour in the Buddhism mountain the next day.
Day 1 Chengdu - Luocheng Old Town - Leshan Giant Buddha - Emei (L+D)
Your Chengdu tour starts in the early morning today, the guide from China Exploration will take you to Luocheng Old Town in about 2 hours on the express way. You will enjoy the wide Sichuan plain en route.
Luocheng Old Street still remains in its original state of less tourist due to its out of beaten track. Although Luocheng is a very small street, it is impressive to watch local old people chatting and playing Chinese bridge card in the old style tea house with satisfaction to their simple life. Also you will enjoy the authentic countryside.
After tour in Luocheng, you will continue half an hour's driving to Leshan. You will eat traditional Chinese food for you lunch at local restaurant.
In the afternoon, you will enjoy the wonder of ' Buddha is the hill and the hill is a Buddha ' at the other side of Minjiang river. And then you will walk up the Leshan Giant Buddha. You will visit Linyun temple firstly, and then walk down the zigzagging trail in the left side of Buddha. The Buddha is a small mountain, from its head to shoulder, and from leg to foot, about 30 minutes hiking. And then you need to hike up from its right side again. It is also a good place to view Leshan city cross the joint of Minjiang River, Dadu River and Qingyi River. And then you will walk about 30 minutes to Wuyou temple, where you can enjoy the statue of 500 Arhats.
In the late afternoon, your guide will take you to Emeishan for night in half an hour's driving. You will stay one night at the foot of beautiful Mt. Emeishan, also a Chinese style dinner will be arranged in hotel. And the hot spring of Emeishan is famous here, so we'd like to suggest you buying yourself a Hotspring bath as prize of today's tour.
Day 2 Emei Mountain - Chengdu (B+L)
After a good sleeping, get up in the early morning, and then your pilgrimage tour to Emeishan mountain starts. You will firstly take local environment bus to the Golden summit of mountain. It is a beautiful but huge mountain, taking more than 1 hour's driving to the parking ground of Leidongping. After you get off the bus, you will continue walking about 30 minutes to the start of cable car. It is a mountain trail, and you may encounter some monkeys begging food in the mountain trail. And after 30 minute's cable car, you will arrive at the top of Emeishan mountain. When sky is clear, you can overlook the Sichuan Basin, or even see the snow peak of Mt Gongka hundreds miles away. And the huge golden Buddha Statue is looking into 10 directions by his 10 faces.
After lunch, you will take cable car and environment bus back the foot of the mountain, and then walk to Tiger Subduing Temple, also called Fuhu temple at the foot of mountain. It is a beautiful temples of nuns, exquisite, ancient , and less tourist tracking.
In the late afternoon your guide will take you back Chengdu. It is 2 hours' driving again, just enough for you to have a short time's nap in your car. Yes, it is a bit tired after one day's mountain tour. Your guide will send you back hotel, and your Chengdu tour will be finished with sweet memory.
Group Size |
1 Person |
2-3 Person |
4-5 Person |
6-9 person |
Single Supplement |
price for per person |
$809 |
$468 |
$328 |
$293 |
$32 |
If you require, we can book hotels in Chengdu, and make private airport and city tour necessary.
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