Our Sichuan holidays & tours
Sichuan has a scenery as dynamic as its spicy cuisine. The world’s largest stone buddha, the Leshan Giant Buddha, stands 71m tall, but there’s no more towering presence in the province than its resident giant pandas, kept in special breeding and research centres like Chengdu Research Base. In the east you have Chengdu, the capital, and scenic national parks and riverside towns. Head west and you reach eastern Tibet’s high plateaus, home to nomadic herders and their yaks. Our holidays use local guides and small and locally run hotels, striving to give you a taste of a fully authentic Sichuan – mouthwatering indeed.
Our top Sichuan holidays
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China active & cultural holiday, 16 days
From
€2817
16 days
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Great Wall hiking, countryside cycling and iconic culture
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China 10 day holiday, food & heritage
From
€2791
10 days
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Explore Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu and Shanghai
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Cycling holiday in Eastern Tibet, Sichuan Province
From
US $3486 to US $3567
15 days
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Chengdu, Xiaojin, Danba, Dong-gu, Bamei and Kangding
Small group2026: 16 Aug, 13 Sep, 11 Oct
Minya Konka Mountain trek in Sichuan, China
From
US $3013 to US $3225
13 days
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Spectacular mountain trekking in Sichuan province
Small group2026: 17 Aug, 14 Sep, 5 Oct, 2027: 17 May, 21 Jun, 19 Jul, 16 Aug, 13 Sep, 4 Oct
The Essence of China vacation
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£2835 to £3720
19 days
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Explore cultural & religious heritage
Small group2026: 12 Oct, 13 Oct, 19 Oct, 23 Oct, 26 Oct, 27 Oct, 30 Oct, 2 Nov, 3 Nov, 9 Nov, 10 Nov, 2027: 9 Mar, 12 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, 22 Mar, 23 Mar, 29 Mar, 30 Mar, 2 Apr, 5 Apr, 6 Apr, 9 Apr, 10 Apr, 12 Apr, 13 Apr, 7 May, 10 May, 11 May, 17 May, 18 May, 25 May, 31 May, 8 Jun, 15 Jun, 22 Jun, 29 Jun, 6 Jul, 13 Jul, 27 Jul, 3 Aug, 10 Aug, 23 Aug, 31 Aug, 3 Sep, 4 Sep, 6 Sep, 7 Sep, 10 Sep, 11 Sep, 13 Sep, 14 Sep, 8 Oct, 11 Oct ...
Cycling holiday in Sichuan, China
From
US $2373 to US $3162
10 days
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Meet the giant panda while cycling in China
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China family holiday in Sichuan
From
US $1218 to US $1452
6 days
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Chengdu, Leshan Giant Buddha, Mt. Emei, Anren Ancient Town
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China food and culture tour
From
US $2668 to US $2905
11 days
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China real food adventure, dumplings to delicious hotpots
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Sichuan holiday highlights
Panda watching in Sichuan
Welcome to panda land: Sichuan is the province of China most associated with these gentle giants, thanks to famous research centres like Chengdu Research Base and others where you can see them up close. Some of the adorable residents are so popular that they have hundreds of thousands of social media followers. You can even volunteer with pandas on our trips – spend a day at a research centre, learning to make panda cake out of bamboo and help clean out their enclosures.
Sichuan family holidays
Pottery and pandas! Monkeys and magical face changing: our Sichuan family holidays show that this province is perfect for travelling with kids. Not only are there amazing fluffy pandas to see, but you can all muck in and learn how to make porcelain pottery and meet playful monkeys at Mount Emei. Children will love the magic of bian lian, a dramatic art where performers change masks in an instant. The skill of ‘face changing’ is a closely guarded secret handed down through generations. China is very safe for travellers, easy to get around and all in all an easy experience for families. We recommend it for kids aged six and above.
Sichuan cycling holidays
Sichuan is well known for its diverse landscapes. You can cycle out of Chengdu to the panda research centre for starters, then go on to explore China’s old towns – restored villages and settlements that make for scenic cycling. Leave the saddle for excursions to visit pandas and hike on Mount Emei. Alternatively, head further west in the province towards eastern Tibet, reaching high elevations as you cross 4,000m passes around Yala Mountain, meeting nomadic communities herding their yaks through the grasslands.
Best time to go to Sichuan
Eastern Sichuan is not known for its sunny weather – in fact, it’s often cloudy and wet, and the city of Ya’an even has the nickname ‘the cloudy city’. Spring and autumn are the best times to visit Sichuan, as in the rest of China. You avoid the hot summer when there’s high humidity, high rainfall and temperatures in the 30s°C. You also dodge the cold winters, when even fuzzy pandas come down the mountains to escape the chill. In May and September, average daily highs are a comfortable 25°C in Chengdu, and humidity is low.
Our Sichuan holidays reviews
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Linda Seaton08 May 2017
Loads of highlights in our 6 week holiday: seeing pandas & the Terracotta Warriors, walking the Great Wall, sound and light show in Yangshuo, the Potala Palace in Tibet. read more
