Morning: Arrive in Chongqing; private airport/rail pickup and hotel check-in.

Afternoon: Hop in a classic yellow taxi and cross the river via bridges—feel Chongqing’s famous “8D” multi-level traffic come alive. Ride the Yangtze River Cableway for skyline-and-river views.

Evening: Sky-deck “Cloud Eye” lookout for a panoramic night view of Chongqing.

Meals: Dinner | Lodging: Downtown hotel

Morning: Dazu Baodingshan Rock Carvings (UNESCO). Decode Buddhist narratives and exquisite Song-era craftsmanship.

Afternoon: Intangible Heritage Studio

Watch 4K film All Under Heaven, Dazu and 8K dome film on the art value of the carvings.

Meet a master (e.g., Liu Nengfeng studio): hands-on stone-carving (or make a carp lantern, one of two options).

Stroll Ciqikou Old Town—stone lanes, stilted houses by the Jialing River, snack on the famed Chen Mahua.

Evening: Watch “Chongqing · 1949”, a top immersive rotating-stage performance honoring the city’s heroic spirit.

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner | Lodging: Downtown hotel

Morning: Hotpot Experience Park

– Visit the Hotpot Museum (origins & dock culture)

– Learn base-stock ingredients and douban making (turning, sunning, airing)

– Observe master stir-fry, then cook your own classic/creative hotpot base and take it home

Afternoon: Shibati Traditional Block walk; then Republic-era Tea House at Luzu Temple for folk shows (opera sketches, storytelling, crosstalk, face-changing, fire-spitting).

Taste-quest around Jiefangbei & Bayi Road—noodles, skewers, sweet dumplings, suanlafen.

Evening: Hongyadong stilted complex—tiered lights over river cliffs, a real-world echo of a fantasy cityscape.

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner | Lodging: Downtown hotel

Morning: Coach to Wulong.

Afternoon: Three Natural Bridges—enter the “cathedral” of the earth (UNESCO Wulong Karst; film site of Transformers 4).

Evening: “Impression · Wulong” live spectacle in a mountain amphitheater—river chants, boatmen lore, and sky-echoing songs.

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner | Lodging: Wulong hotel

Morning: Project 816—declassified underground nuclear complex; walk vast caverns and reflect on Cold-War history.

Afternoon: Baiheliang Underwater Museum—1,200-year hydrological carvings, “underwater stele forest,” preserved 40 m below the Yangtze.

Visit Fuling Zhacai Memory Hall—learn the craft, then make & pack your own pickled mustard.

Photo stop Liziba Monorail—the viral “train through the building”; ride Line 2 to feel the hillside-city solution.

Evening: Two-Rivers Night Cruise (Yangtze & Jialing): Hongyadong ablaze, Grand Theatre aglow, Jiefangbei towers piercing the sky.

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner | Lodging: Downtown hotel

Morning: Chongqing Zoo—China’s largest panda population (≈23). Search for internet stars “Yu Ke,” “Yu Ai,” “Four-Lucky-Balls,” etc.

Afternoon: China Three Gorges Museum—choose 2 halls for guided focus (Great Three Gorges / Ancient Bayu / War of Resistance / City Road).

Airport/rail departure—end of your Chongqing adventure.

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch