Our 10 Favourite Chengdu Tea Tours

1.Tea Village in lost Town and Buddha 1 day tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 32 reviews · from $169Our pick

Travel from Chengdu with an English-speaking guide such as Patrick to see the Leshan Giant Buddha by boat, wander an old town, and visit Jiajiang Tianfu Tea Plantation. You’ll pick tea, learn how it is made, drink freshly prepared varieties, and share local food with a tea-farming family. The day runs about nine hours, with roughly four hours on the road.

“It was a rainy day but still got to enjoy my time. I liked harvesting green tea leaves and learning how to dry and prepare it. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and provided a lot of information on Buddha statue, Chinese history, and took mRead more”

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2.Leshan Buddha + Panda Base or Old Tea House Private Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $99

Spend a full day with a private English-speaking guide, starting at Chengdu’s panda base or Pengzhen’s old tea house, then visit the Leshan Giant Buddha by boat, on foot, or both. Cora and Victor have earned special praise for their friendly guiding. The tour lasts about 9 to 10 hours, with entrance fees paid separately.

“It was my wife, mother-in-law and I. We did the panda base and Leshan Buddha boat trip. Our tour guide Cora was fantastic and very knowledgeable. She gave us lots of information on everything and answered all our questions. She was super friendly and great tour guide.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $60

Spend three to four hours with an English-speaking guide exploring a Chengdu spice market before learning mahjong in a Chinese-style tea room. Chilli Cool China provides hotel pickup and drop-off, afternoon tea, snacks, food tasting, and bottled water. Lance is one guide connected with this experience.

“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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4.Chengdu: Sichuan Opera Show ShufengYayun & Covered Bowl Tea

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 14 reviews · 1h 20m · from $34Best value

Spend 80 minutes at Shufeng Yayun, a traditional pear garden theater near Qingyang Palace in Chengdu. Sip covered-bowl tea while watching Sichuan opera scenes, puppetry, shadow play, rolling lights, fire-breathing, and rapid face-changing. Arrive 15 minutes early to collect your ticket and receive a seat within your selected area.

“Spectacle typique chinois à l’heure L’expérience vaut la peine de voir si vous avez du temps .Billet et instructions très claires”

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5.Experience Chengdu: Private Tea-Making Day Tour of Mengdingshan Tea Plantation

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · from $240

Leave Chengdu at 9 a.m. for Mengdingshan, where a local tea farmer shows you how leaves are picked and processed. Your English-speaking guide translates the lesson, then you taste tea, eat a Chinese lunch, and take home tea made during the visit. Guides have included Jenny and Coral.

“We certainly enjoyed this tour. From the drive into the mountains to a tasty Sichuan home cooked meal. Tea sipping. Collecting tea flowers. All Brilliant”

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6.Three-Hour Private Chengdu Tea Wholesale Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $46

Meet an English-speaking guide at Wenshu Yuan Monastery, or arrange listed hotel pickup, then spend about two hours in Chengdu’s vast tea wholesale market. Learn how green, black, white, oolong, and Pu-er tea are processed, graded, and packaged. With Jerry, you can taste tea before buying leaves, teaware, and accessories. This private tour costs $46.16 per person.

“Jerry was a fantastic guide! We had an amazing time and learned so much on this tour through the wholesale tea market. WE highly recommend!!!”

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7.One-Day Leshan Giant Buddha and Tea Terrace Tour In Lost Town

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $190

Start with hotel pickup in Chengdu, then see Leshan’s 71-meter Buddha by boat, eat local Qiaojiao beef, walk Suji Ancient Town, and visit a tea farm. A guide leads the day for up to 10 people. Check the final itinerary before booking, since some details also mention pandas and a bullet train.

“Great guide- very helpful and in-depth knowledge. Would recommend.”

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8.Exploring Tibetan Tea· 2DAYS Sichuan Last Primitive Ancient Town

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $598

Travel from Chengdu to Wangyu Ancient Town and Ya’an with a private English-speaking guide and driver. You’ll hike, make Chinese tie-dye, sleep one night in a local hotel, and visit a Tibetan tea museum and century-old tea factory. Lala, known for fluent English and a warm, humorous style, may lead the experience.

“Got to know Lala when we went in a group of 12 back in September. Language barrier was non existence as Lala speaks fluent English. Hence that eliminates your worries being at a foreign country.”

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9.Chengdu Dujiangyan Leshan Buddha Tea Plantation and Sichuan Cooking 3 Days

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $433

This three-day Chengdu trip pairs the Giant Panda Base and UNESCO-listed Dujiangyan with Leshan’s Giant Buddha, a tea plantation, old workshops, and a hands-on Sichuan cooking class. Your English-speaking guide, including guide Lucy on some departures, leads you from panda breakfast time to spicy noodles, chili oil, and local market shopping.

“Myself, wife and adult daughter arranged a full day tour via China Highlghts to visit the Giant Buddha at Leshan, the rural village of Suji, picking tea leaves and teas at a teahouse. The trip took a total of 13 hours which we all enjoyed totally.”

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10.Half-day Private Kungfu Tea course in Local Tea House

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $51

Spend about three hours in a Chengdu tea house and professional tea school with an English-speaking guide and tea master. Learn about six traditional teas, taste at least three, practice tea preparation, watch a formal ceremony, and take home a randomly selected tea gift. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

“We had an amazing time with our guide! He was very involved and enthusiastic. Our teamaster explained ever detail very well and the teahouse felt like an oasis in this big city! Yay! We graduated as teamasters ourselves!🏅”

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