Chengdu to Mount Emei Scenic Area Private Day Tour

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Departing from Chengdu City
Chengdu to Mount Emei Private Day Tour
  • Reach the summit of the highest of China's four sacred mountains of Buddhism
  • Enjoy the breathtaking view from the top of Mount Emei, a UNESCO World Heritage since 1996
  • Combine your journey with a trip to nearby Leshan to see the largest stone Buddha statue in the world
  • Do as the locals do and travel across Chengdu via public transport, but with your own English-speaking guide

What to expect

The first Buddhist temple in China was built on the summit of Mount Emei in the 1st century AD, making it an area of exceptional spiritual and cultural importance. There are now over 30 temples, all done in the local traditional style and most are built on hillsides, taking advantage of the terrain. Standing at 10,226 feet tall, Mount Emei was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996 and has become one of Sichuan Province’s must-see sites. Your friendly, English-speaking guide will make sure you reach the Mount Emei Scenic Area and get back to Chengdu with ease and comfort. The mountain is best to visit during the summer as bitter cold and heavy snowfall can render the summit inaccessible. Another good time to visit is in early autumn, so you can use the myriad stone carvings along the trails and stave off the cool mists by hunkering down with a warm cup of green tea at one of the temple tea houses.

Mount Emei Scenic Area
Ride a cable car to Mount Emei's lofty Golden Summit
Mount Emei Scenic Area
Marvel at the sight of the Golden Buddha, standing tall against the backdrop of mountain ranges
Mount Emei Scenic Area
Watch as the sea of clouds envelop the surrounding areas of Mount Emei

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Review for: Group of 2-3

The guide was very polite, came on time, looked after and well recommended. Along with helping to take pictures as well. The place is beautiful, travel is a bit tiring. But worthwhile

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Review for: Group of 2-3

The first try klook private guide was really good, highly recommended. I was lucky to see the sea of clouds / foguang on Mount Emei. After the climbing tour, Xiao Li's tour guide also took us to taste the food of Emei.

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For the price I've paid for 2 pax S$284.90, and to travel by metro is not worth the price. And this price does not include bus and cable to Emei. We have to pay another RMB370 each pax = RMB740 for 2 pax (est S$150). The travelling is too time consuming and tedious and long for this price. The price i'd paid is for the guide to show me how to take metro and change to express train and ride for 1.5 hours++ and catch a taxi and change to another bus and ride for another 1 hour 45 mins++ and change to cable car and guide us up to Mount Emei with brief intro. The guide does not know that foreigner needs to queue at another line in order to take the express train and she made us join the queue and only to realize we were at the wrong queue upon entry and have to re-queue at the tourist line TWICE (to and fro). Mount Emei is a nice place to visit for tourist. But for this price to travel by metro > express train > taxi > bus & cable (to and fro), it is not worth it (EXCLUDING additional to pay RMB370 each pax). I would recommend those who wants to visit Emei to check with their hotel's on tour package to go to Emei without booking thru this Klook package. I have spent S$284.90+S$150=S$434.90 (for 2 pax) just for a guide to show me how to take metro, train, taxi, bus and cable car and walk up to Emei. 6:50am meet at hotel and back to Chengdu's metro around 9:30pm without dinner. Last but not least, the restaurant that the guide brought us to for our lunch before the hike, near the cable station is expensive (est. S$60+) and she eats with us without paying.

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Review for: Group of 2-3

Fantastic view at the Golden Summit! But many steps to climb and have to ensure the long cable car queue.

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Review for: Group of 4-6

Tour guide Amy very nice and friendly~ along the trip tell us the background of the story. We had reach the top of the Mount Emei, but the weather no good, we can't see the blue sky. Overall the good. Can have a try. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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Review for: Group of 2-3

We had an experienced guide, James. We reached the Emei cable car station and was informed that the crowd up there was very crowded due to the students who had finished their 高考. James quickly changed the itinerary to Leshan Big Buddha and Ebony museum. He also helped me to plan my itinerary for the next day. Though we didn’t get to go to Emei, we had a good trip overall thanks to James.

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A must do sightseeing trip in Chengdu despite a long journey by train, bus and on foot to reach the peak. Having difficulty to communicate locally, our guide Amy was great in guiding us throughout the tour.

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Review for: Group of 2-3

Thanks for allowing us to change the tour to other places instead. Really appreciate that as my mum is tired from all the walking and too tired to go up to Mt. Emei.

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Review for: Group of 2-3

clark was a great guide! knowledgable and tried very hard to cater our needs! 2 thumbs up!

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Review for: Group of 2-3

Not worth the price. Two of us travelled with one tour guide via public transport like high speed railway, bus and metro. Tour guide Amy is patient, helpful and accomodating lady. Place worth the visit. It was a hectic trip and will not recommend this package due to the inconvenience and transportation could be better for the price we paid for.

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Insider tips:

  • Please note that the Mount Emei Scenic Area is very crowded during Chinese public holidays. You may want to schedule your visit outside of these dates
  • Temperature at Mount Emei can get very low so wear warm and waterproof clothes
  • Please wear shoes that suitable for climbing or hiking

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