4 Days Mount Emei In-depth Hiking Tour including Leshan Giant Buddha
Eco Hikingfrom Qingyin Pavilion to Golden Summit
Eco Hikingfrom Qingyin Pavilion to Golden Summit
Mount Emei is famous for its diversity. It is famous for its exceptional existence of Buddhism, also notable for exceptionally diverse natural landscape. Our Mount Emei in-depth hiking take you to trace how Mount Emei link the tangible with intangible, the natural with the cultural. It is a challenging but rewarding hiking of 2 full days, starting from the lower to the very top of the mountain in which you will encounter with many interesting temples, meet wild monkeys, see beautiful waterfalls and rivers, witness magnificent sunrise and sunset... If you are energetic or wanting to sweat and unwind from crowdedness or expecting to encounter closer with this world heritage site of both culture and nature, this is the hike for you. You even have a chance to stay a night in a temple on the mountain. Also visit Leshan Giant Buddha before hiking. What an experience it is!
Day 1 Chengdu - Leshan Giant Buddha - Mount Emei (L)
Today's highlights: Chengdu Panda Base, Leshan Giant Buddha
This morning you will make a stirring visit to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding which is not only the most important panda scientific research center, but also dwelling home for more than 100 Giant Pandas. Walk at leisure through the bamboo framed paths, and closely observe giant pandas of different ages eating bamboos, playing with each other, tumbling, climbing trees, etc. Don't miss the chance to visit the most adorable panda cubs in the panda kindergartens. If you are lucky, you may be able to see the precious panda babies in the nursery rooms.
Leaving the panda center, you will drive about 2 hours from Chengdu to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Leshan Giant Buddha which is the largest and tallest stone-carved statue of Buddha in the world. It was carved during AD713~803 on a mountain rock cliff by the river, with its head reaching to the mountain top and its feet standing next to the river. The total height is 71m; while the head is 14.7m high and 10m wide, ear is 7meters high, 28 meters between knees and insteps. Its insteps can hold over a hundred people. You may be wondering why such a giant Buddha was built? It is said to have been built to calm the turbulent waters that plagued passing boats and killed many people each year in ancient time. On the right cliff of the Giant Buddha, there is a plank road built along with the Giant Buddha. From the top to foot, the plank road has nine turns, thus it is called Nine Bends Plank Road. The widest part of the road is 1.45m and the narrowest part is only 0.6m, and there are 217 stone steps in total. You will walk down to the feet of the Giant Buddha for a closer view.
After the Giant Buddha visit, drive about 45mins to Emeishan City to check in your hotel. Have a good rest for tomorrow’s Mount Emei hiking.
Optional night activity: watch a fantastic performance show which is a combo of Emei Kung Fu, acrobatics, Sichuan opera, mask-changing, etc.during 19:30~21:00.
Look up at Leshan Giant Buddha from its foot stage
Day 2 Mount Emei Hiking (B)
Highlights of today: hiking from Qinying Pavilion to Xixiangchi Temple
After breakfast, take an eco-bus (about 0.5hr)to Wuxiangang Park Lot first from the tourist center, then take the old stone steps to head to Qingyin Pavilion. There are many small old temples and stone carvings along the away as good chances to stop and look around. From Qingyin Pavilion, remember not to take the right path which is heading to Wannian Temple. You should take the left path going along the valley. Walking a short while, you will reach Ecological Monkey Zone which is the biggest kingdom of the wild monkeys in Mount Emei. It is interesting to meet these lovely monkeys in freedom, but you should know beforehand that they may be very aggressive to rob foods from tourists if they find someone having foods in hands or hanging on bags.
Keeping walking from the monkey zone, you will find the paths starting to directing to higher elevations, which make the walking harder and harder, until you reach Xianfeng Temple which is the halfway of today’s hiking. Take a rest there to have a vegetarian lunch. Continue hiking from Xianfeng Temple to Yuxian Temple. This section of hiking is ups-and-downs, wriggling along small hills. After Yuxian Temple, the path is very steep, some sections of which are nearly vertical. Take a rest at Jiuling Hill where the path from Wannian Temple joins your path. Then comes the hardest hiking of today – Zuantian Slope (Slope Drilling into Skye) which rises vertically 300m with 32 turns and more than 1500 steps. Today's’ final destination is Xixiangchi Temple, also known as Elephant Bathing Pool (2070m). Legend says the white elephant of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva used to bathe in the pool in front of the temple. The temple also offers you magnificent far-reaching views of surrounding hills and valleys.
Accommodate at Xixiangchi Temple. The room amenities are quite basic. Vegetarian food and hot water are provided. Toilets and showering are outside your room.
Day 3 Mount Emei Hiking
Today's highlights: Sunrise, hiking from Xixiangchi Temple to Golden Summit
Hiking Sections of today: Xixiangchi - Golden Summit (about 6~7 hours)
Get up early to see the beautiful sunrise, and have breakfast provided in the monastery, then start to hike to Leidongping(2400m). This section is relatively relaxing which is also a great experience to enjoy the clean fresh air, explore some aged wild huge trees, and see the beautiful azaleas. Vegetation in the upper area of the mountain is quite different from those in the middle and lower mountain. They are mainly old fir trees. After about 7.5 km's walking, you will reach Leidongping. Leidongping has some better restaurants for you to have a feast meal.
After lunch at Leidongping, keep on the last part of hiking towards Golden Summit(3077m), the second highest location on the mountain. It usually takes about 1.5~2 hours to finish. After arriving at the Golden Summit, enjoy the breathtaking sunset if weather permits. In clear days, you can even see Mount Gongga (7500m) afar, the highest mountain in Sichuan.
Stay overnight in a local hotel / guesthouse at the Golden Summit.
Day 4 Mount Emei - Chengdu (B)
Today's highlights: Sunrise, Golden Summit
If weather permits, you can get up early to witness the unforgettable sunrise at the top of Mount Emei which usually starts around 6am.
After breakfast, take some leisure time to explore the 48meters high golden Buddha statue, bronze temples and other tourist spots on the Golden Summit. On some days, you may have luck to enjoy its magnificent wonder Cloud Sea
Sightsee around 1.5 hours on the Golden Summit area, then take a cable car down to Jieyin Pavilion, then walk about 1.5km (20 mins) to Leidongping to catch an eco-bus to the tourist center. The rest time is to transfer back to Chengdu or to catch your flight/train to next destination. Tour ends.
1. This price is for one person, based on a group of 2 adults sharing one standard double-bed room in 4-star hotel and traveling with our private tour in low seasons.
2. This price is subject to change according your traveling season, group size, hotel class, change of activities in your itinerary and possible fluctuation of currency exchange rate. If you want a lower price, you can get more people to join you, or use economy class hotels.
3. This price is only valid to March 31, 2025.
4. Reference exchange rate of USD 1= RMB 6.45. The final quote is based on current exchange rate. It may change according to the currency fluctuation, while the RMB quotation will be remained the same.
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Look up at Leshan Giant Buddha from its foot stage
Cute Pandas Living in Their Natural Environment
Xixiangchi Monastery (Elephant Bathing Pool)
Wild monkey in Mount Emei (Be careful, they may be aggressive)
Elegant beauty of the Double Flying Bridges at Qingying Pavilion
Emei Mountain hiking among wild forest
Fantastic sunset view from Golden Summit on Mount Emei
Emei Mountain Golden Summit View
Magnificent Mount Emei Sunrise
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