Sichuan · Small-Group Escape

Pandas & Jiuzhaigou,
the Bullet-Train Way

2 Days
Chengdu ↔ Jiuzhaigou
Max 14 Travelers
Tour Highlights

What You'll Experience

Pandas, Before the Crowds A Full Day in Fairyland Six Hundred KM in 105 Minutes Culture After Dark
01
Pandas, Before the Crowds
Our early, counter-flow route through the Chengdu Panda Base — west gate in, south gate out — puts you at the enclosures while the pandas are breakfasting and the crowds are still on the road.
01 Up Close with Pandas →
02 Jiuzhaigou, All Day →
03 The New Bullet Train →
04 A Tibetan Evening →
Day by Day

Two Days, One Epic Ride

01
Day

Pandas, Bullet Train & a Tibetan Evening

Chengdu → Panda Base → Chengdu East → Songpan → Jiuzhaigou
Tianyuan Howard Johnson Resort (5☆) / Poly New Jiubin (4☆), Jiuzhaigou
07:30

Meet Beneath the Climbing Panda

Your licensed English-speaking guide meets the group at Taikoo Li IFS, right under Chengdu’s famous giant climbing-panda sculpture. Small group, max 14 travelers — keep your luggage with you, we leave straight for the pandas.

08:00 – 11:00

Panda Base, Ahead of the Crowds

A deep, unhurried visit to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on our exclusive route — west gate in, south gate out — designed to dodge the crowds and catch the pandas at their liveliest morning feeding. Full English commentary throughout.

11:00 – 11:40

Lunch Break

Relax over lunch at a vetted restaurant beside the base (own expense). Your guide translates menus, recommends dishes and keeps everything moving.

11:40 – 13:30

One-Stop Transfer to Chengdu East

The coach swings back past IFS for a single convenient split, then carries tour members straight on to Chengdu East Railway Station — no dragging luggage across the city.

13:30 – 15:45

Guide-Assisted Check-In

Your guide handles station check-in and boarding with you, and coordinates the full handover with our local Jiuzhaigou team — you simply find your seats.

15:45 – 17:30

Bullet Train into the Mountains

Ride the new mountain railway from Chengdu East to Songpan, watching the Sichuan basin fold into alpine valleys. On arrival, a private coach takes you to your Jiuzhaigou hotel.

Evening — Optional

A Tibetan Night in the Highlands

Join a Tibetan family dinner — khata welcome ceremony, butter tea, yak specialties and a Guozhuang circle dance — or take in a spectacular Tibetan song-and-dance show (both optional, bookable with your guide).

The famous climbing panda sculpture at IFS, the meeting point Panda feasting on fresh bamboo Young panda lounging on a mossy log Panda snacking on bamboo shoots
Tianyuan Howard Johnson Resort exterior at night Resort lobby at Tianyuan Howard Johnson Indoor heated pool at the resort Lobby lounge seating at the resort

Tianyuan Howard Johnson Resort, or similar 5-star hotel in Jiuzhaigou

02
Day

A Full Day Inside Fairyland

Jiuzhaigou → Songpan → Chengdu East
07:30

Breakfast, Then the Gates

Breakfast at the hotel is on us, then the shuttle takes you the short hop to the park entrance — in line before the first wave of day-trippers.

08:00 – 16:20

The Essence Route, All Day

A full eight hours inside Jiuzhaigou National Park on the classic route: Shuzheng Valley with its stacked blue lakes, Rize Valley home to Five-Flower Lake and Pearl Shoal, and Zechawa Valley with Long Lake at the end of the line. Park shuttle buses link the valleys; boardwalks get you to the water.

17:15

Meet & Transfer

Gather at the designated meeting point by the park exit. Your coach departs for Songpan Station with the evening train in mind.

20:40 – 22:20

Sunset Ride Home

The bullet train carries you back across the mountains to Chengdu East. Arrive 22:20 — tour ends, cameras full. Safe travels!

Autumn colours mirrored in a Jiuzhaigou lake Pearl Shoal waterfall cascading over calcified rocks Nuorilang waterfall, the widest travertine fall in the park Shuzheng lakes — stacked turquoise ponds in the forest
What's Included

Inclusions & Exclusions

  • Licensed English-speaking guide, Day 1 meetup through Day 2 return
  • Entrance tickets: Chengdu Panda Base & Jiuzhaigou National Park
  • Round-trip bullet-train tickets, Chengdu East ↔ Songpan
  • 1 night at a Jiuzhaigou hotel — 4-star Poly New Jiubin or 5-star Tianyuan Howard Johnson — with breakfast
  • All ground transfers: IFS ↔ Panda Base, stations ↔ hotels ↔ park gate
  • Small group — max 14 travelers per departure
  • Lunches and dinners (your guide recommends and translates)
  • Optional Tibetan evening: family dinner or song-and-dance show
  • Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
  • Gratuities for guide and driver (entirely at your discretion)
  • Hotel in Chengdu before or after the tour
Tour Price

Tailored Pricing

Every journey is quoted individually — dates, group size, hotel class and route all shape the final price.

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