Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding No.14 Giant Panda Enclosure — Attraction in Chengdu

Pandas were out in force, and awake when we went. Great place to go to see them. Bring your own food and water as the options in and around are pretty limited or overpriced. Buy your toy panda outside the Base off a street vendor to save money. If you are taking the underground, watch the walk at the end. 3.5 km to the Base, so be ready for a slog, taxi, local bus trip or a game of tour price rolette with the waiting buses. Once there, avoid the Swan pond downhill to the left (unless you like swans), and head straight in to see the Pandas. Be aware the red pandas are uphill (straight ish and to the right), great if the giant pandas are all asleep, but a bit secondary to the main event. The panda cinema is good if you...

A great chance to see Giant Pandas and Red Pandas including babies, if you arrive in June/July! It's not too hard to get good pictures since they are pretty sedentary and food motivated (by the zoo keepers). The crowds are less on weekdays and during the early morning (7-9am) so it's better to go then. Pandas do tend to hide if it is raining so that's not a good time.

Make sure that you grab a map at the bottom so you can figure out where each of the locations are. You can take a tram to the top of the hill and walk down, if you want to save a...

Well worth the trip out of town. Strongly recommend getting there by 7:30 as the gates are open and there are few people in comparison to later in the day. Beautifully landscaped gardens but bring your walking shoes as the pandas are spread across multiple sites within the park. Don’t forget the red pandas as they are tucked away in a separate area but tend to be a lot more active than there...