Chengdu Panda Base - Up Close to Giant Pandas & Red Pandas in Natural Environment Near Chengdu
Currently, Chengdu Panda Base is a great open park full of nature with the largest amount of CAPTIVE pandas in China. Till the end of 2018, there are nearly 120 giant pandas (including baby pandas) and 76 red pandas in the base, providing you a rare opportunity to feast your eyes with so many adorable “black and white animal” in one trip. Hence, Chengdu Panda Base is marked as the must-see tourist attraction when come to Chengdu, giving you experience of a lifetime!
Best Time to Visit
March to May is the “falling in love period” that the pandas are very active to play with each other, climb tree, crawl and roll on the ground outside...If you visit during autumn or winter, you may see tiny newborns in the nursery!
Try to visit in the morning when the pandas are most active. Feeding takes place around opening time around 08:00am. Pandas spend most of their afternoons sleeping especially during the height of midsummer. That’s to say, Spring, Autumn and Winter are very suitable to visit Pandas. And if you come in summer, try to see them in the early morning!
What Can You Do at Chengdu Panda Base
- Have a closer look at giant pandas at different ages from the new born to the aged by visiting several enclosures. You’ll get a very clear and vivid understanding about pandas’ life cycle.
- View the “baby pandas” being taken care in the Delivery House of Giant Pandas and be amazed how incredible the tiny creatures are as they just born at 100g, with huge weight difference with their “mom”.
- Go into Giant Panda Museum as well as Giant Panda Story Cinema to enrich your mind with more information about history, why giant pandas are endangered and how to protect them.
- Wander leisurely in the open green park full of lush vegetation and encounter with red pandas, swans, peacocks and have some fun with them.
- Take photos of giant pandas at any time, leaving the best memory in your camera and catch the time to take pictures together.
Location
No.1375 Xiongmao Avenue the Outside Northern Third Ring Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu
How to Get There
If by taxi, you can reach to Chengdu Panda Base within 30~40 minutes from your hotel which costs around 50 Yuan. Also, travelers can take metro Line 3 to “Xiongmao Avenue” Station and then hop on the bus “198a/198” to arrive at the entrance of Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. It takes about 50 minutes to 1 hour by metro.
I stayed at Millennium Hotel and Resorts Chengdu , a five star and best luxury hotel in Chengdu.
