Giant Panda Breeding Base

Dozens of pandas eating bamboo; arrive 08:00 for feeding time.

Visitor info

Opening hours: 07:30-18:00
Ticket: 55 CNY
Suggested visit: half day

Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.

Why it's worth it

The world's most successful giant panda breeding centre — over a hundred pandas across the bamboo groves of the northern outskirts, from pink newborns in the nursery to full-grown adults demolishing bamboo breakfasts.

Don't miss

Pandas at breakfast (8:00-9:30) — afterwards they sleep like furry boulders for hours
The nursery window during summer-autumn baby season, when cubs the size of bread loaves nap in rows
Red panda enclosures — different compound, criminally underrated, occasionally they cross your path

Getting there

Metro Line 3 to Panda Avenue station, then the official shuttle bus to the gate; a taxi from the centre takes about 30 minutes.

Tips

Be at the gate at 7:30 opening — the two-hour gap between 'cute' and 'asleep' is brutal
Take the sightseeing cart (10 CNY) to the mountain-top Moon House first, then walk downhill past the nurseries
Book online with passport; foreign visitors have a separate ticket channel that usually skips the queue

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