Chengdu Panda Breeding Center and Historic Private Day Tour (Dufu's Thatched Cottage, Wuhou Temple)
- Visit Chengdu’s famous Giant Panda Breeding Center at Mt. Futou, just 10 kilometers north of the city center
- Spend your morning watching extremely cute giant pandas in their natural habitat
- Explore historical sites Dufu's Thatched Cottage and Wuhou Temple with a friendly English speaking guide
- Do as the locals do and travel across Chengdu via public transportation
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What to expect
Complete your visit to China with a trip to the country’s premier giant panda sanctuary! A friendly, English-speaking guide will meet you at your hotel early morning and bring you the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The base is located just 10 kilometers from the city center at Futou Mountain. It is fully equipped for giant panda breeding, with a baby panda house, several enclosures for adult pandas and cubs, health stations, a giant panda museum, and a laboratory. The base aims to create a simulation of the panda's wildlife environment so they can be eventually released to further the preservation of this endangered species. After spending your morning surrounded by these cute creatures, you’ll return to downtown Chengdu for lunch before heading over to Dufu's Thatched Cottage, a memorial museum for one of China's greatest poets. The tour’s last stop is Wuhou Temple, which is dedicated to Zhuge Liang, a famous statesman, ideologist and strategist during the Three Kingdoms Period.
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Reviews
very experience tour guide and worth waking up early to avoid the crowd. The pandas are very adorable. However, crowd starts to form towards noon.
The tour guide was very responsive. It was a very pleasant trip.
We had the best experience with Clark (Cui Yang) as our tour guide. He made the trip more personal and more enjoyable. Also, if we had any questions he was always there to help as best as he could. Even though we came during the holiday, we had so much fun! Thank you for everything! :) Def should book this tour!
Autumn is a good season to watch pandas. The weather is cool and even rainy. The pandas are running out to play. The tour guide is very professional and takes us to the highest point to start the panda base. From top to bottom, we can avoid most tourists. This tour will see more than 50 pandas, and they will be overturned!
Pandas are cute !!!! Very helpful n professional guide. The seniors in my group are very happy cause they can enter the place for free
This was a good tour with a good English speaking Guide (Taylor). The Chengdu Giant Panda Base was fun but you have no opportunity to hold or touch the pandas. This tour does not entrance tickets into the Base. There are discounted price tickets for persons over 60 years of age.
The tour guide is very friendly and the explanation is also very good. The itinerary is very comfortable and will not be as fast as other tour groups or too oppressive. Very comfortable and enjoyable experience overall!
I was fortunate enough to bump into Mr. Cui Yang, a tour guide, for a total of three days. I went to the pandas, Qingcheng Mountain, Leshan, etc. He arranged very carefully and thoughtfully, explained the details, and introduced the food of the local people. It was great. First class! thank you very much!
I love this tour! Worth the price. if you go to Chengdu, see pandas is a must.
Although many people and the rain that day, the tour guide handled it very well and flexibly, making the whole process smooth and satisfying. very good
Good to know
Insider Tips:
- Most food and snacks in Chengdu are very spicy so eat with caution
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is quite expansive. You can opt to hire a sightseeing vehicle inside the base for about CNY10 per person