As the treasure animal of China, panda is the must-see during the visit in Chengdu. To see the cute pandas, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is the best place. Located 10 kilometers north of Chengdu downtown, founded in 1987, the base is one of China's most important refuges for endangered wildlife.
At the beginning, there were only 6 giant pandas in Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding . In the following 21 years, the number increased to 83 including the original 6. Covering an area of 2,000,000 square meters, the base is not only the home to giant pandas, but also various kind of endangered animals including lesser pandas, black-necked cranes, white storks, white swans, black swans, wild gooses, mandarin ducks, peacocks, golden monkey and some others. The necessary facilities for giant pandas in the base include sleeping room, fodder room and a medical room. Meanwhile there are also a Giant Panda Museum, the research laboratories and a training center for visitors to know much more information about the national treasure animal.
Visit Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, the panda breeding center is the place you should not miss. There you can see the baby pandas sleeping in baby playpens through glass. Kindly remind that photography is not allowed here because the flash can hurt baby pandas' eyes.
If you decide to visit the Panda Base, it is highly recommended to go in the early morning. In the morning the pandas are most active. After eating breakfast at 9:30am, it's time for play. Visitors will see the pandas playing with each other, climbing trees, and happily posed for photographs. If you visit in the afternoon, you may see them just lie around lethargically and sleep.
Once paid 600RMB, visitors could take a picture with a panda in the base. But due to the canine distemper accident causing two pandas' deaths in Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue & Breeding Center in Xian on Jan. 6, 2015, to better protect the animals, visitors could no longer hold a panda to take photos in Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
To see the treasure animal of China, to know more about the habitat of them and to go back to nature, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is the right choice for you.