Pandas & the Yangtze River
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Why you'll love it
Tour highlights
- ✦Hongya Cave at night — eleven storeys of glowing stilt houses above the Jialing River.
- ✦The famous magic lift — where a 1st-floor exit leads to an 11th-floor street.
- ✦Ciqikou old town — 1000 years of history down one cobbled lane.
- ✦Wulong Karst — the UNESCO stone bridges and Furong Cave, straight from a fantasy film.
- ✦Real hotpot — a 9-grid cauldron in a restaurant the locals queue for.
Day by day
Your itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival & old Chongqing
Airport pickup. Afternoon walk through Ciqikou old town. Evening dinner at a riverside restaurant with views over the two rivers. Welcome dinner included.
Day 2 — The skyline city
Morning at Liziba Station to watch the train pass through a residential building. Cross the Yangtze River cableway. Afternoon at Three Gorges Museum and People's Great Hall. Night at Hongya Cave — your guide knows the best photo spots.
Day 3 — Wulong Karst UNESCO valley
Full-day private car to Wulong. Walk beneath the Three Natural Bridges (a Transformers filming location) and through the Furong Cave. Overnight back in Chongqing.
Day 4 — Hotpot farewell
Morning at the Ciqikou teahouse for a Sichuan opera performance. Lunch at a famous hotpot house. Airport drop-off. Departure.
Good to know
Included & excluded
Included
- ✓Private air-conditioned vehicle & driver
- ✓Licensed English-speaking guide
- ✓Entrance fees for all listed sights
- ✓3 nights' 4-star hotel with breakfast
- ✓2 dinners (welcome & hotpot farewell)
Not included
- –International flights & China visa
- –Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
- –Personal expenses & gratuities
- –Dinners other than those listed
