1
Slow arrival
- Morning
- Arrival and check-in near People's Park.
- Afternoon
- Teahouse initiation: long-spout tea, ear-cleaning masters, mahjong spectators' guide.
- Evening
- First fire: a gentle Sichuan dinner.
Tours / 4-7 days · Gentle pace
Chengdu Slow
Pandas, Teahouses & Flavors
2–8 travelers 4 days Chengdu Monthly, March–November
The art of taking it easy, learned properly: hundred-year teahouses, pandas at breakfast, a wok class, and an herbal footbath evening.
How wellness fits this journey
Wellness here is Sichuan-style: unhurried mornings, a medicinal-diet lunch, and the famous herbal footbath — woven between the food and the pandas, not replacing them.
Itinerary, day by day
2
Pandas & woks
- Morning
- Early entry at the panda base — cubs at their most active.
- Afternoon
- Spice market, then a wok class; you cook, you eat.
- Evening
- Free — the teahouses stay open late.
3
Rest & restore
- Morning
- Qigong in a bamboo park with a local master.
- Afternoon
- Medicinal-diet lunch (yaoshan), then herbal footbath and tea medicine.
- Evening
- Sichuan opera variety arts, or a quiet river walk.
4
Departure
- Morning
- Late breakfast; transfer onward or extend to the mountains.
What's included
- 3 nights boutique stay
- English-speaking local guide
- Panda base early entry, wok class, all listed experiences
- Daily breakfast, 2 signature meals
- Flights in and out
- Insurance
- Personal expenses
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