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Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

(成都大熊猫繁育研究基地)
Zoo and Animal Shelter
Chenghua, 成都市
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    Ruth T.
    "Good place to see giant pandas and red pandas."(7 Tips)
    Beata Y.
    "Baby pandas are super adorable and cute."(3 Tips)
    Altaf K.
    "Great place cute pandas 😍"(3 Tips)
    echo
    "HUG A PANDA HERE. Head to the Sunshine Nursery and reserve a spot"(2 Tips)
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  • Simple Discoveriesheart icon on user image
    If you love animals, you can spend hours here. Get here very early to see the pandas at their most active and with less crowds. We got there just after 8am and that was perfect.
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  • Abby T.heart icon on user image
    Abby TuJanuary 29, 2016
    Been here 5+ times
    Get there early (8am) when there isn't a crowd and the animals are extra alert. Most are sleepy by 10am-noon. See the red pandas first if you can, since it's harder to see them the rest of the day.
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  • echoheart icon on user image
    echoDecember 13, 2014
    HUG A PANDA HERE. Head to the Sunshine Nursery and reserve a spot (sign ups close at around 930; tour is at 10). Donation is 2000 RMB and goes towards panda research! Best experience of your life.
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  • ALFheart icon on user image
    ALFNovember 2, 2015
    If planning well, the bus trip from town costs you only 4 Yuan. Even if you don't come early, you are going to find some active pandas somewhere. Don't follow the mainstream routes for quiet watching!
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  • Helen Z.heart icon on user image
    Helen ZhangSeptember 5, 2016
    Best time to go is early in the morning (8-9am) when pandas are eating breakfast
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  • Altaf K.heart icon on user image
    Altaf KhMay 31, 2023
    Great place cute pandas 😍 but they’re extremely lazy😋 yet fun to watch. Loved the area thou i think it’s worth exploring
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  • Ana L.heart icon on user image
    Ana LoftusJune 24, 2018
    Make sure to arrive early in the morning. It gets really crowd. Go to the moonshine breeding building instead of the sunshine one. They are the same but the sunshine building has a really long queue.
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  • ianlanlanianheart icon on user image
    ianlanlanianNovember 26, 2015
    Very nice place, cool to see the pandas in their natural habitat and behaviour and it seems like theyre taken care of very well. Hope they get to release some in the wild some day.
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  • Ana L.heart icon on user image
    Ana LoftusJune 24, 2018
    Lovely Research Base! I was impressed with its cleanliness and organization (pretty rare in China). Make sure to arrive early to avoid the crowds.
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  • Jayneheart icon on user image
    JayneNovember 22, 2024
    Not the best place to see pandas. You hardly get a glimpse of pandas. It’s for walking , get some fresh air and see some nice plants. Visit Dujiangyan Panda Garden or Wolong if you want to see pandas.
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  • Love K.heart icon on user image
    Love KimbieJuly 2, 2016
    It is better to visit this place in the winter. Because in the summer it's simple too hot for the pandas to stay out all day.
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  • Mëa C.
    Mëa CúlpaJanuary 22, 2017
    If lucky, red panda will join you for a walk! This time so lucky that a red panda act as our guide for its domain...
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  • Maggie L.heart icon on user image
    Maggie LauAugust 18, 2014
    This place is huge. We arrived in the early afternoon and some pandas were still napping after lunch. The red pandas were very active though. Arrive earlier in the morning to avoid disappointment.
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  • Jernejheart icon on user image
    JernejFebruary 23, 2015
    Be there in the morning and stay for the day. It's huge place and it takes time. If you want to take a picture with panda book it in advance when you get there, it's limited. Price was 1000元.
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  • Johnny W.
    Johnny W.November 20, 2012
    Pay & take the tram to the top! It's a lot easier to walk back down. This place is huge! If you walk all the way to the top, you may be too tired to enjoy the whole park.
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  • leOnela
    leOnelaOctober 31, 2014
    9am is feeding time!! But it's packed with tour groups so get there a few minutes beforehand to get a good spot.
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  • Venny F. V.
    On summer better get here in the early morning on 08-12AM, where Pandas are eating & playing, sleep when weather so hot. Bring cash enough for Hug Pandas $2000RMB, cause they don't receive CreditCard
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  • Mariana S.heart icon on user image
    Very nice place! Pandas are very well kept! Come early in the morning to see them playing and walking around! Later gets full of people and jot so fun!
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  • Ruth T.heart icon on user image
    Ruth TsangAugust 15, 2015
    Good place to see giant pandas and red pandas. There are also very cute baby pandas. Should visit before 10 am before the crowd comes in.
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  • Helme Athrah J.heart icon on user image
    Helme Athrah JaafarSeptember 22, 2016
    Great to see how the panda are being treated here.. Recently it has been declared that it's no longer as an endangered species, thanks to Chengdu Research Base.. Great job..!!!
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  • bri c.
    bri crewJuly 27, 2017
    Oh this will be just great to be able to play with the pandas after the "caregivers" beat the sh*t out of them! You all are idiots and just as evil as the people who work there.
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  • Terence L.
    Terence LauJune 30, 2012
    To take a photo holding a panda cub (which is awesome) its 1300 RMB cash per person! I barely had enough - so be sure to cash up before you come. It's in the Sunshine nursery - #10 on the map
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  • Alex P.heart icon on user image
    Alex P.September 1, 2014
    🐼Get there early(~8am,before panda feeding), preferably on weekdays. Avoid fake taxis on your way back(they look very similar to official ones,except number plates+unusually active drivers)🐼
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  • Sundai S.heart icon on user image
    Sundai SunMarch 28, 2016
    They are just so cute. Also you get to learn how much time/energy/effort/money we put to encourage them to reproduce, it's almost comical.
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  • Kieran H.heart icon on user image
    Kieran HamiltonNovember 16, 2018
    Pandas!!! So many to see, plenty of gift shops and if you have a spare ¥2,000 you can pet one!
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  • M Y.heart icon on user image
    M YetimJuly 24, 2019
    Nice place to see pandas. Better to come early around 7-8 AM to avoid crowd. Do not forget to pack your lunch with you.
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  • Urbanus J.
    Urbanus JaoMarch 25, 2015
    !!!public transport tip:need to transfer at least once. from downtown,many buses lead to Chengdu Zoo bus terminal,like No.64,99,18,166…and here you take bus no.198 or 198a,go off at panda base stop.
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  • James G.
    James GallowayJuly 14, 2013
    excellent place. we took a taxi up there from chengdu, cost about 60rmb. to get back into the city, rather than take one of the black cabs, i took the bus to chengdu zoo, then a taxi. very cheap.
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  • Ross
    RossNovember 28, 2018
    Pandas eat a lot of bamboo and can poop as much as 28 kilos a day.
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  • leOnela
    leOnelaOctober 31, 2014
    Moonlight nursery is a long walk away from everything but that's where the very young pandas and mummys live!
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  • Jaime R.
    Jaime R.January 22, 2014
    In order to go back to Chengdu just a few meters from the entrance there are shuttle buses that take u to Jinli Street for CNY 15 . You can buy the tickets just across the tourist center information.
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  • Beata Y.heart icon on user image
    Beata YangFebruary 8, 2015
    Go to he moon nursery which is located at the northwest part of the place. Baby pandas are super adorable and cute.
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  • Simon L.
    Simon LillyMarch 22, 2015
    AWESOME. Get there early to avoid the queues, avoid weekends and take the electric cart upto the top when you enter the park... Enjoy
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  • Paul H.heart icon on user image
    Paul HayesSeptember 23, 2014
    Get there early and see the pandas before the crowds. Then return a few hours after feeding when pandas are more awake.
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  • Iylia F.
    Iylia FahmiDecember 24, 2015
    Costs us RMB50 by taxi from Somerset Riverview. N the experience is definitely worth it! Too many cute pandas!!
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  • leOnela
    leOnelaOctober 31, 2014
    Be there before it opens so you have enough time to go around the areas while it's still quiet and the pandas are awake and active!
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  • The Ritz-Carlton
    The Ritz-CarltonOctober 9, 2013
    Remember to book in advance if you want to hold a panda at the Panda Breeding and Research Center as they only let a limited number of people hold one each day.
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  • Linda L.
    Linda LeongNovember 20, 2013
    A Nice place to visit !. I brought a bag with a lovely hand painted Panda on it for only RM150... nice...love it ♥
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  • Timothy C.heart icon on user image
    Timothy ChanAugust 18, 2014
    Arrive early to see pandas when they're most awake and interactive, also to avoid the crazy crowds.
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  • Bertrand L.heart icon on user image
    Bertrand LSeptember 26, 2016
    Go early morning to see the pandas awake! Awesome park, a must do in Chengdu !
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  • Yee
    YeeNovember 24, 2013
    If you love panda, you will be 萌ed cry here, if you don' t like them, hehehou, how dare you!
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  • 💁🏻 S.heart icon on user image
    💁🏻 SrKeedaSeptember 11, 2017
    Been here 5+ times
    Four years ago we took the Backstreet Boys to the Sun Nursery Room and they cuddled these panda cubs here!
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  • ingrid c.
    ingrid chanAugust 31, 2012
    Come here earlier so that it won't be too crowded. Recommended to buy shuttle bus tickets because the panda site is too far away. And better come here during winter :)
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  • Niamh B.
    Niamh BreslinSeptember 17, 2013
    Get there before 9.30 latest if you want to hold a panda! Enter and then run straight to the back to the Nursery to sign up!
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  • Can K.
    Can KulFebruary 5, 2014
    Great place. Therefore, you shouldn't go in spring festival or other Chinese special holidays. Park can be more crowded.
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  • leOnela
    leOnelaOctober 31, 2014
    Be on the lookout for them around their playgrounds, it's easy to miss them if they're playing very near the fence
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  • Love K.heart icon on user image
    Love KimbieJuly 2, 2016
    These cuties are to be seen close up! You'll just want to cuddle them, the minute you lay your eyes on them. 🐼🐼
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  • Marco Aurelio H.heart icon on user image
    Marco Aurelio HernándezOctober 26, 2017
    The view of so many pandas is just to much, cuteness overload
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  • Mitsu N.heart icon on user image
    Mitsu NakaApril 5, 2019
    Lots of panda bears in vast area
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  • Tommy Y.
    Tommy YangAugust 6, 2014
    Buy tickets online & get your 2D codes in advance to skip the queue.
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