CHINA HIGHLIGHTS®
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Wolong Panda Center Reopen!
We are the First Cooperated Tour Company -
Trace Wild Giant Panda with China Highlights
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We are the first tour company in China to operate Panda Keeper Program
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Our guide Vivian used to work at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
China Panda Tours
Our panda tours provide you with various choices to meet different needs. We offer an opportunity to see them in person, hold one of them, and help take care of them in Chengdu; if you just want take a look at panda, multi-city tour with panda zoo is a smart choice. Choose from the following packages, or tailor make your own China panda tour.
Panda Keeper Program is now available in Dujiangyan Panda Base and Wolong Panda Research Center.
Choice A: Giant Panda Volunteer Program
1 Day: Dujiangyan Panda Volunteer Program Tour
Make the most of your day to get close to adorable pandas and take care of them.
4 Day: Wolong Panda Tour
Visit the new Wolong Panda Resarch Center, feed pandas and hike in the real habiltat of wild pandas.
Choice B: Top Tour to See Giant Pandas
12 Days: A Close Encounter with Pandas
Beijing–Xi'an–Chengdu–Yangtze–Shanghai
Cover the most famous sights in Beijing, Xi'an and enjoy your close encounter of Panda Keeper Program at Dujiangyan of Chengdu.
Top Faqs
1. Where can I see pandas?
The best place to see giant pandas is surely at their hometown – Chengdu, at Bifengxia Giant Panda Base or Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. You can also see giant pandas in zoos of the following cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guilin and Hong Kong.
2. What's the best time to see pandas?
During daytime, it is best to visit during their meal or playing times. Early in the morning 08:30 to 10:30 is very suitable, when pandas come out to eat and play. March to May is the "falling in love period" for pandas, so baby pandas are usually born between June and September. If you come between September and December, you will have a greater chance of seeing cative baby pandas in the panda bases.
3. Can I hold pandas and take photos?
Wolong Panda Rearch Center and Dujiangyan Panda Base have the volunteer program and the program totake photos holding a panda. You can join a donation program that allows you to hold a panda next to you and take pictures with it for about 20 seconds. It is not included in the Panda Keeper Program. The donation amount is CNY1,800 per person [Sep. 2016].
Only 30 tourists are allowed to take close-up photos with pandas each day. This program is subject to the availability of pandas on that day. Please take enough CNY cash, as payment by a non-Chinese credit card is not accepted there.
The reopening date of these programs at Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base and Bifengxia Giant Panda Base is still TBA.
4. Confusing Names of Four Panda Bases
There is only one Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base (official name), located 10 kilometers from Chengdu city center. Due to different translations, you may have seen some other confusing names, but they all mean this base. There are other 3 panda bases near Chengdu: Wolong Panda Research Center, Dujiangyan Panda Base and Ya’an Bifengxia Giant Panda Base. Below is a map illustrating their differences and location for your information:
