The Sichuan Cuisine Museum and Dujiangyan in One Day

Dujiangyan and the Sichuan Cuisine Museum are 37 km apart by road, and the museum in Pidu lies between Dujiangyan and central Chengdu, so several sellers put both in one day. The one in the calendar below is Catherine Lu’s Tour’s Chengdu Day Tour: Dujiangyan & Sichuan Cuisine Museum: hotel pickup in Chengdu at 7:30 AM, an English-speaking guide and a private car, the Dujiangyan irrigation works and Guanxian Ancient Town, then the museum with its unlimited snacks, entry to both included. It shows from $143 on promotion, usually $159 (checked November 2026), which is each for two adults on the option without a cooking class; one adult paid US$259.20 for it on 26 November 2026.

Catherine Lu’s three options

Read for 26 November 2026, when all three options were 10% off their usual price; start 7:30 AM (checked November 2026).

The price includes the guide, the car and driver, and the entrance fees to Dujiangyan and the museum. Meals are not included, nor tips for the guide and driver. Every participant’s passport details are needed when you book, and there is a fair amount of walking at Dujiangyan, so wear comfortable shoes. Catherine Lu’s itinerary has Dujiangyan in the morning and the museum after; one reviewer in May 2026 did the museum in the morning, so the order can change.

Its two reviews, read in November 2026, are both five stars. In August 2026 a reviewer wrote that the class “was with just two of us with an instructor from the museum”, after a lunch in “a huge dining hall with 5 or 6 cooking stations” and before “a private tour of the museum”; he called the day “a great combination”. The May 2026 reviewer singled out the Pixian bean paste fermentation at the museum and the walk across the suspension bridge at Dujiangyan.

The days that do both

Prices read for 26 November 2026 (checked November 2026).

Read the tickets column before the price. Chengdu Neo Maco Travel Co.,Ltd.'s day leaves both admissions to you on the spot, with your passport, while the other two include them. On that day the shuttle inside the Dujiangyan scenic area is extra too, if you want it.

On Viator, SilkRoute Adventures sells a 12-to-13-hour version with an opera show: entry to both sites, a cooking experience and snack tasting at the museum, and a Sichuan opera ticket in the evening, with pickup from central Chengdu but no hotel drop-off after the show. It lists from $285 (checked November 2026); the option and party size of that price were not read.

Which day to book

Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Sellers price by date and party size, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.

Catherine Lu’s day is the one with the class as an option and with reviews that describe it. If you only want the snacks at the museum and would rather not pay for a class, its first option or ManjingTravel’s private day both cover the entry fees. For the museum on its own, Sichuan Cuisine Museum tickets sets out the tickets.

Dujiangyan in brief

Dujiangyan is the ancient irrigation system on the Min River, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. The tours walk its three works: the Fish Mouth that splits the river, the Flying Sand Weir that spills floodwater and silt, and the Bottle-Neck Channel that lets water onto the Chengdu plain. Catherine Lu’s day also crosses the Anlan suspension bridge and stops in Guanxian Ancient Town by the Nanqiao bridge. We have not printed the scenic area’s fees or hours: the tours above either include the ticket or buy it with you on the day.