We're here at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding or also called Chengdu Panda Base in the heart of Sichuan, China. It is the sanctuary of more than 150 giant pandas and also the world largest giant panda captive. It's a research center, so, unlike a zoo, it does not focus on displaying the animals.
The whole base covers an area of 67 hectares, and it will take about more than 3 hours to walk through the whole journey. So, the base provides sightseeing battery car for tourists, and take battery car will spend about 1 ~ 2 hours to finish the tour. Chengdu Panda Base was founded in 1987 by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government. It started with 6 giant pandas that were rescued from the wild. By 2008, it had 124 panda births, and the captive panda population has grown to 83. They are found only in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. In total there are fewer than 2,000, of which 70% are distributed within the territory of Sichuan Province.
Therefore, when visitors from home and abroad come to Chengdu, Sichuan, one of their main objectives will be to see this lovely animal for themselves. Verdant bamboo, bright flowers, fresh air, a natural hill scene and a beautiful artificial view are merged ingeniously at the base. A great number of plants and as many as ten thousand clumps of bamboos and bushes have been cultivated to provide for the animals' diet and habitat.
The moment you step into this place, it feels like you've entered a panda paradise. The lush bamboo forest, carefully designed enclosures, and serene atmosphere make it the perfect environment for our furry friends to thrive.
Giant Pandas: We can closely observe the giant pandas of different ages resting, eating and drinking, playing with each other, using enrichment toys, or watch female pandas nursing their cubs in the nursery rooms. Giant pandas like cool weather. At cool times, giant pandas will play outside. But in summer time, pandas are likely to stay indoors to avoid the summer heat (over 26˚C or 79°F). Giant Pandas, one of the rarest animals in the world and known as “living fossil”, are not only extolled as China’s “National Treasure”, but also beloved by people around the world.

Giant Panda Museum: The Giant Panda Museum at the base is the world's only museum that focuses entirely on the giant panda. The Giant Panda Museum was opened in 1993 to further scientific education and to improve public awareness of the protection of both wild creatures and their environment. This is the world's only thematic museum for rare and endangered animal species. The three main exhibitions are in the Giant Panda Hall, the Butterfly Hall and the Vertebrate Hall. Chengdu Panda Base, also called Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. It is a site that panda fans cannot miss.
Baby Pandas: July to September is the born period for newborn panda babies, and you can see tens of super cute pink pandas just a little larger than your palm lying in a row at Sunshine Nursery House and Moonlight Nursery House.
Red Pandas: Chengdu Panda Base also holds some clever red pandas in the pleasant open enclosure. The red panda ranks as the world No.13 adorable animal species by CNN in 2013. Only, 10,000 red pandas are alive now and they do not remotely resemble with giant pandas but look like raccoon. When red pandas feel threatened or agitated, one of their defensive behaviors is to raise their bushy tails.
Tickets and Opening time:
Opening Time: 7:30 to 18:00,
Tickets: 55 RMB/person
Sightseeing Car: 20 RMB/ person
Time needed: half day
Best time to visit: Morning or before 2 pm to see active giant pandas.

How to get to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
About 10 km (6 mi) from downtown Chengdu
By bus
1. Take bus 87 or 655 and get off at the research base, then walk eastward to the south gate of the base.
By metro
To the south gate: take metro line 3 to Panda Avn. station, take Exit A to take the shuttle bus to the base.
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