Biking & Cycling Tours in Sichuan

Day 1: Arrive in Chengdu

Arrive in Chengdu. Enjoy our Weclome Party while getting briefed for the thrlling cycling tour. 

Day 2: Wenjiang - Pixian of  "Chengdu’s Garden" 

The tour starts from 8 am. You'll get transferred for 1.5 hours to arrive at Wenjiang, the Garden of Chengdu.  The first 15km of our ride takes us past many garden centres famous for cultivating Sichuanese Bonsai tree of over 1,000 years old.  Continuing for a 15 km of riding on the greenway, you'll go through the extremely quiet and peaceful small villages, farmlands and bamboo whilst the Jiangan River occasionally comes into view. With an additional 10 km of biking, you'll reach our final for today -  Sichuan Cuisine Museum, where you'll take our car to transfer to Dujiangyan to rest for tonight.
Riding Distance: 43km

Overnight: DujiangyanSightseeing 

Activities:Sichuan Cuisine Museum  Road Quality: Predominantly concrete or tarmacked greenways in good condition, with one short gravel track. 

Day 3:  Dujiangyan Panda Valley – Anren Ancient Town 

First, you'll visit Dujiangyan Panda Valley to meet with adorable giant pandas and cubs waiting for you. You'll start your ride on a calm country road which provides views of the mountains marking the beginning of the Tibetan Plateau on your right. You'll ride about 50 kms all the way to Jiezi ancient town, historically one of the last towns before the Tibetan Plateau on the Tea Horse Road.   After lunch, you'll  continue your ride along one of Sichuan’s most beautiful, and less-explored, country roads, Chongqing Road. It will take you through beautiful countryside and villages, before we finish the ride on the outskirts of Anren, dubbed "China’s Museum Town." For another 10 kms, you'll arrive at Anren’s ancient town, known for boutique shops, cafes, restaurants and workshops. Feel free to explore and enjoy in the evening.

Riding Distance: 73km

Elevation: +115m / -334m

Meals: All

Overnight: Anren Ancient Town

Sightseeing / Activities:

• Visit adorable giant pandas & cubs

• Jiezi Ancient Town

Road Quality: Predominantly tarmacked country roads in excellent condition 

Day 4: Pingle Ancient Town – Shangli Ancient Town 

You'll begin the morning by taking a 40-minute drive to the riverside town of Pingle,  one of the best regions for producing tea in all of Sichuan.  From Pingle,  your journey becomes more and more rural as we pass through stunning scenery and tree plantations. This section is more mountainous and after 30km you will reach the most challenging section of the trip – a 7km ascent taking you over a beautiful tea terrace mountain at an altitude of 1500m.  The tough accent rewards you with stunning views over the valley and a 3km decent, winding down the mountain and taking you to White Horse Spring; a temple housing a peculiar spring which has its own tidal system.  Finally, you'll arrive at Shangli Ancient town featuring wooden buildings. 

Riding Distance: 45km

Elevation: +1098m / -721m

Meals: All

Overnight: Ya’an

Sightseeing / Activities:

• Pingle Ancient Town

• White Horse Spring

• Shangli Ancient Town

Road Quality: Predominantly tarmacked country roads in excellent condition 

Day 5: Caoba – Hongya

After a 30 minutes tansfer to Caoba Town, you will ride by following the beautiful Qingyi River, which runs all the way to the following day’s destination, Leshan.  The  The ascent winds up the mountain side  with stunning views found on the peak, and the descent is thrilling and ends by taking you alongside the reservoir on your right with an imposing red rock cliff, full of prehistoric vegetation, on your left, bringing you to the ferocious rapids pouring out of Caoyutan Dam.  Passing over the dam, you will follow Qingyi River, joining a single lane country track, which take us all the way to the day’s finishing point, Hongya, The journey winds through forestry, bamboo and the occasional hamlet.   

Riding Distance: 55km

Elevation: +402m / -476m

Meals: All

Overnight: Hongya

Sightseeing / Activities:

• Qingyi riverside riding

• Caoyutan Dam

Road Quality: The first half of the day is on tarmacked country roads in excellent condition and the second half is on smooth concrete tracks.

Day 6: Hongya – Leshan

It is another day of varied scenery on a small road, with views alternating from the river and its cliffs to terraced tea plantations and dense forestry. Riding 30 kms, you'll meet the Sichuan Hand Made Paper Museum that records China's invention of paper in  the ancient time. Later, you will come across Jiajiang County’s Thousand Buddha Cliff with buddhist inscriptions carved into the rock by scholars from the Tang and Song Dynasties.  Conitnuing with a 30 kms of ride, you will arrive at Leshan, home of the largest and tallest carved stone Buddha in the world.  You will take a manageable uphill on a small road which rewards you with stunning views of tea plantations tiered out around and below you.  You will take a short cruise to visit the site and appreciate the 71m carving calmly and majestically towering and watching out over above you. 

Riding Distance: 64km

Elevation: +446m / -514m

Meals: All

Overnight: Leshan

Sightseeing / Activities:

• Sichuan Hand Made Paper Museum

• Thousand Buddha Cliff

• Leshan Giant Buddha

Road Quality: Predominantly small tarmacked country roads and concreted tracks with one 3km section of a dirt and gravel track.

Day 7: Leshan – Huanglongxi Ancient Town

Your biking begins on a single lane road that quickly begins to take you through farmlands, with mountains on your left. After a few kilometres, the Mingjiang River appears, which flows from the day’s destination, Huanglongxi Ancient Town, until you reach Zhongyan Temple, which is inside a large park holding Buddhist carvings with over 1500 years of history.  You  will continue our ride through a bamboo lined road, with the river and its broad low-lying banks, accompanying us on the left, until we reach Yongshou township to finish the day’s ride. From Yongshou it is an hour’s drive to Huanglongxi, where we will spend the night.  

Riding Distance: 55km

Elevation: +302m / -270m

Meals: All

Overnight: Huanglongxi Ancient Town

Sightseeing / Activities:

• Visit Zhongyan Temple

• Huanglongxi Ancient Town

Road Quality: Predominantly small tarmacked country roads.

Day 8: Huanglongxi – Xinglong Lake

You'll begin your final day of biking by riding straight from Huanglongxi Ancient Town for 20km to Tongzhi Dragon Kiln. You will follow the final tranquil road taking us through the paddy fields, farmlands and rural villages that form the suburbs of Southern Chengdu.  After winding through the countryside, we will reach Tongzhi Dragon Kiln and learn about traditional methods of pottery making.  You will end the cycling tour officially at  Xinglong Lake of Chngdu.  A celebreation meal will be served. 

Riding Distance: 50km

Elevation: +84m / -102m

Meals: All

Overnight: Chengdu

Sightseeing / Activities:

• Tongzhi Dragon Kiln

• Xinglong Lake

Road Quality: Predominantly tarmacked country roads in excellent condition

Day 9: Chengdu Departure

Airport or train station transfer. 

Meals: Breakfast