14 Half-Day Tours in Chengdu to Book Before You Fly

1.Half-Day Chengdu Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 465 reviews · from $90Our pick

Explore Chengdu’s Liangjiaxiang market, learn Sichuan cooking with local chefs, and enjoy the meal you prepare in this four-hour class.

“This was truly one of the best tours I've ever been on my whole life! Firstly, Im a solo traveler and sometimes finding tours for just one person can be a little difficult because most companies need at least two people for to be financially feasiblRead more”

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2.Private Half-Day Chengdu Panda Breeding Center Tour with Optional Volunteer

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 353 reviews · from $87

See Chengdu’s giant and red pandas with a private English-speaking guide, hotel transfers, crowd-smart routing, and an optional volunteer visit.

“Cindy was my guide and she was great! There are a TON of people even in off season so be prepared to get pushed around. Cindy was great at getting me good spots to see the pandas. She was knowledgeable about them as well. It moRead more”

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3.Half-Day Chengdu Back Alley Foodie Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 58 reviews · from $80

Learn to cook Sichuan hotpot, visit a Chengdu market, and eat at home with local beer during this relaxed four-hour food tour.

“Perfect experience! Amazing Chengdu food tour! We had such a fantastic time on this Chengdu food tour! Winter was the perfect host, extremely knowledgeable about the cuisine and history of Chengdu and Sichuan, and an all-around fun Read more”

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4.Half-Day steamed Buns Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 26 reviews · from $80

Explore a Chengdu spice market, learn Sichuan cooking, and make steamed Bao Zi buns in this friendly four-hour class.

“A great experience, the local market was fun, interesting and we got to try and use a little Chinese language. Lance our guide was great from start to finish and took lots of fabulous pictures which meant we could get with our cookery class. Read more”

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5.Half-Day Professional Mapo Tofu Cooking with a Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $69

Cook Sichuan-style mapo tofu, visit a Chengdu spice market, and enjoy tea, drinks, recipes, and round-trip transport in a small group.

“It was a very cool experience! Jerry, the tour guide, was very helpful throughout the experience, even before the activity had started. Before the experience had even begun, he reached out to clarify the different workshops that Chilli Uncool hRead more”

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6.Half-Day Sichuan Cooking Class Experience in Chengdu

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 17 reviews · from $83

Learn Sichuan cooking in Chengdu with a local chef, prepare four dishes, enjoy dinner, and take home recipes in a small group.

“Nice and interesting cooking class, Pretty expensive our group was just the two of us, so the cooking class was at the chef his home.”

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7.Half-day Private Mahjong course in Local Tea House

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $60

Learn Sichuan spices, taste local snacks, and play mahjong in a private Chengdu tea house with hotel pickup and an English-speaking guide.

“We had a wonderful experience with our guide checking out a local market and then learning to play mahjong. The guide was friendly and personable and was eager to show us his neighbourhood and patient with his teaching. It was also great to be in a less touristed area and see a different side of Chengdu.”

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8.Private Half-Day Tour in Sichuan Culture Show with Hot Pot Dinner in Chengdu

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 15 reviews · from $100

Review of Chengdu’s private Sichuan Opera and hot pot tour, with hotel pickup, a local dinner, face-changing, acrobatics, and practical booking advice.

“Travelling solo can have its downsides especially when it comes to hot pot and the amount of food so this is why I booked this tour, I didn’t want to miss out on the unmissable Chengdu experience. My guide Hayley promptly met me at Read more”

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9.Private Half-Day Tour to Chengdu Panda Base

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 5 - 8 hours · from $150

Review of Chengdu’s private panda tour, with early access, expert guides, private transport, red pandas, pricing, and practical tips.

“Sarah was an amazing guide. excellent English, full of energy and very informative”

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10.Half-day Dandan Noodles Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $100

Shop Chengdu’s spice market, cook Dan Dan noodles with a local chef, and enjoy tea, beer, recipes, and hotel transfers in four hours.

“I offered this cooking class to my girlfriend as a birthday present, and it was beyond what I hoped for! Everything was perfect. The market visit was super interesting, and Lance took the time to explain everything, answer all our (numerous) Read more”

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11.Half-day Private Panda Tour with Vegetarian Lunch in Nunnery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $80

See Chengdu’s giant pandas, share a vegetarian Buddhist lunch, visit Wenshu Monastery, and sip local tea on a private half-day tour.

“Enjoyable trip to see the Giant panda with a personal tour guide. Fast track to see the giant pandas without to many crowds. We did go to the morning session.”

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12.Half-Day Chengdu Panda Research Base Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $160

Review the private Chengdu panda tour, with hotel pickup, guide Weaver, timing tips, pricing, red pandas, and practical booking advice.

“Well organised and awesome guide on our half day trip. We saw plenty of pandas and learnt a lot from our guide. Thoroughly recommend this trip.”

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13.Half-Day Walking Tour with a Vegetarian Lunch at a Nunnery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $50Best value

Explore Chengdu’s spice market, taste Sichuan snacks, join a nunnery ceremony, and enjoy vegetarian lunch on this personal half-day walk.

“This is a great tour for those that don’t want the typical tour. Winter picked me up from my hotel and took me straight to a local wet market where he happily answered all my questions and provided lots of information about what was there aRead more”

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14.Half-Day Tour at Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Base

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · from $95

Review of Chengdu’s half-day panda tour, with private transport, entry, guide details, timing, price, value, and practical booking advice.

“I don't have much of a story to tell, because your driver was a no show. At 320 PM, I am on the phone with your tour operator and the driver still had not arrived. Needless to say I cancelled the trip. I do expect a complete refund for the trip. Read more”

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