Top 11 Chengdu Tea Experiences

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 or Sheldon, view the Leshan Giant Buddha by boat, wander an old town, then pick and prepare tea at Jiajiang Tianfu Tea Plantation. Lunch, transport, tea tasting, and pickup are included.

“This trip is remarkable. It blends in beautiful sights (Giant Buddha) with an authentic and local Chinese cultural experience. My guide was Patrick and he and the driver were both amazing!”

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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, choosing Chengdu’s panda base or Pengzhen’s old tea house before visiting Leshan Giant Buddha. Cora and Victor are praised for clear explanations, thoughtful help, and photo guidance. Add the Buddha by boat, on foot, or both.

“I was looking for a tour to help us reach the Leshan Giant Buddha from Chengdu. And this tour was covering a little more, Panda Base being a secondary objective for us. The tour operator helped us to buy the entrance tickets to both attractions. The driver was also very helpful showing us what queues we should follow.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $60

Join Lance or another English-speaking local guide for a three-hour Chengdu outing that pairs a spice-market visit with a private mahjong lesson in a traditional tea room. You’ll taste local foods, drink tea, learn the rules, and play a few hands in a less-touristed neighborhood.

“I recommend this tour to anyone. Lance showed me around the local market, provided very tasty tea and taught me all I needed to know about Mahjong. I was solo so there was only the two of us and normally you need 4 people to play MahjRead more”

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4.Sichuan Opera Show ShufengYayun & Covered Bowl Tea

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

At Shufeng Yayun in Chengdu, you’ll watch an 80-minute Sichuan opera program with music, puppets, shadow play, rolling lights, fire breathing, and rapid face-changing. Your ticket includes covered bowl tea and snacks, with selected seating areas adding a massage, souvenir, dessert, or costume try-on.

“it was really fun with great interactive segments. Sichuan opera is a traditional Chinese performance, and the actors' skills were brilliantly displayed through their rapidly changing facial expressions. Face-changing, fire breathing, and sipping tea while experiencing Chengdu life—highly recommended!”

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5.Chengdu Signature Opera Face Changing and Tea

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $18Best value

At Shufeng Yayun in Qingyang Palace, you’ll spend about 80 minutes with Sichuan opera, face-changing, fire breathing, music, and shadow puppetry while sipping covered-bowl tea. VIP tickets add costume dressing plus a back massage, ear cleaning, or opera bookmark.

“I really enjoyed the face-changing performance! It was entertaining and impressive. The venue location was very convenient, making it a stress-free experience. Highly recommend!”

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · from $240

Ride two hours from Chengdu to Mengdingshan with a private English-speaking guide, meet a local tea farmer, pick leaves, process tea, taste the results, and take your own tea home. Lunch, entrance fees, and hotel pickup are included. Guides such as Jenny and Coral have earned especially strong praise.

“This was GREAT! I can't say enough good things about it! Our tour guide for the day was from a farming family in the area, and had clearly done a lot of homework before our tour to be sure he knew all about the tea process. His English wRead more”

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7.Three-Hour Private Chengdu Tea Wholesale Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $46

Meet an English-speaking leader, possibly Jerry, near central Chengdu and spend about two hours exploring one of China’s largest tea wholesale markets. Learn how tea is processed, compare green, black, white, oolong, and Pu-er tea, then taste leaves before buying tea or tea ware.

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $190

Spend a full day from Chengdu seeing the 71-meter Leshan Giant Buddha by boat, tasting Qiaojiao beef, walking Suji Ancient Town, and learning tea-making from a local family. A guide, lunch, vehicle, and boat ticket are included, with pickup inside Chengdu’s 3rd Ring Zone.

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

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $598

Travel privately from Chengdu to Wangyu Ancient Town and Ya’an with an English-speaking guide, overnight in a two-bed room, make Chinese tie-dye, visit a Tibetan tea museum and tea factory, and enjoy included meals, coffee, tea, transfers, and gifts.

“This is a great pick for foodies and history buffs alike. Thanks for our beautiful local guide-Lala, who share her secrets on the best places to eat and shop for authentic dishes and ingredients. Lala is also a humorous tour guide, sharing us a lot Read more”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $433

Spend three full days with a local English-speaking guide such as Lucy, visiting Chengdu’s pandas, Dujiangyan, Leshan Buddha, a tea farm, old workshops, and a family courtyard. You’ll pick tea, explore a wet market, and cook Sichuan noodles, steamed beef, lotus roots, and chili oil.

“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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11.Half-day Private Kungfu Tea course in Local Tea House

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $51

Spend about three hours at a local Chengdu tea house with an English-speaking guide and tea master. You’ll study six traditional teas, taste at least three, practice tea making, watch a tea ceremony, enjoy refreshments, and receive 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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