Private Half-Day Chengdu Panda Breeding Center Tour with Optional Volunteer
Overview
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Spend a morning with some of China’s most majestic mammals during a private tour of the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center or the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center(only if "volunteer" option selected) from Chengdu. Accompanied by a professional English-speaking guide, stroll through the research and breeding facilities while observing the pandas and learning about their breeding and life stages. Visit the red panda area to see these quiet but territorial creatures.
Don't want to waste your time at the airport? Now you can take this chance to see lovely pandas with NO VISA required if you take international flight via Chengdu. Select Layover Panda Tour with private transfer between airport and panda base, easily make the most of your time with a simple click.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Volunteer are available. Please consult us for availability for this option.
Customers who book the panda volunteer option will tour the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center. The center is approximately 90 minutes away from central Chengdu.
What To Expect
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Meet your friendly English-speaking guide at your hotel lobby and you’ll head to the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center, a non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals. Spend your morning with the cutest, yet impressive, creatures in China! 3 hours inside the Panda Center, tour through the baby and adult panda areas. On a guided tour, visit different sections of the center to get a full overview of a panda’s development. Visit the baby garden, where you can see giant panda cubs born in summer, which weigh only about 3.5 ounces (100 grams) at birth and by the third month are able to walk on their own. Then stop at the sub-adult garden, where the adolescent pandas hang out, and see the adult garden, which houses the giant pandas in all their full-grown glory. Take pictures of this endangered species eating bamboo, sleeping or frolicking about. Finally, visit the red panda section to see these small adorable animals and try to spot the sleeping red pandas stretched out on branches in the red panda garden.
Options
Morning Panda Tour
Admission included Private Tour Guide Duration: 3 hours Private Transfer Panda Tour : We need your name and passport number to book tickets in advance. Pickup included
Panda Keeper Volunteer
Admission included Private Tour Guide Duration: 8 hours Buffet Lunch at Panda Center Private Transfer To Panda Rescue Center: Volunteer as Keeper, including panda enclosure cleaning, observe professional keeper feed pandas. Pickup included
Afternoon Panda Tour
Admission included Private Tour Guide Duration: 3 hours Private Transfer Panda Tour: We need your name and passport number to book tickets in advance. Pickup included
Chengdu Layover Panda Tour
Pickup included
What‘s Included
Professional English-speaking guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Return transfer between airport and panda base(only if layover panda tour selected)
Entry/Admission - Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi)
Volunteer for Panda (if volunteer option selected)
Private comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
Gratuities
Food
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
398 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great tour!
Matt C,May 31, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00William was amazing! Such a great tour and an even better guide. Very happy about this experience and that is all because of William!
Amazing tour
lisa B,May 28, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Absolutely wonderful experience, we had the lovely Perry as our guide who was fantastic & very knowledgable, a must visit when coming to Chengdu, highly recommend
Perry guided us smoothly around the park. We managed to see many giant and red pandas & he gave us interesting insights.
Sabine B,May 26, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Memorable Panda visit managed perfectly by Perry, a knowledgable English speaking guide. We saw many pandas around the park!
Highly recommended the tour and our guide Perry!
Matthew M,May 22, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00The pandas did not disappoint! And our guide Perry was wonderful throughout. He met us at the hotel and spent the day with us during the tour where he was very knowledgeable about each of the pandas. He even accompanied us back into the city center after the tour to help us find a specialty store for a lens that we needed for my girlfriend’s camera. Thank you again Perry!!!
Forgettable
Jean M,May 20, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00No real plus for this activity besides the comfortable transfer. My young guide was nice and helpful but was lacking experience and couldn’t offer much added value to the tour.
Amazing panda seeing tour
hzsf111,May 20, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What an amazing adventure seeing pandas! Thanks to Leo, our tour guide, who picked us up from our hotel on time and planned the best route exploring the Giant Panda Research Base, and seeing so many cute pandas and red pandas. We had a very close-up interaction with a red panda, it was adorable!
Dozens of pandas in a great setting with thoughtful guide
Elaine W,May 18, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00The 7:30 start was essential and William out guide was prompt and shocked us to straight to the panda centre. He astutely recommended we catch the visitors tram (30 yuan per person for all day use) so we got to the newer section of the park well before any of the crowds. We began at the Red Panda habitat and saw several running and climbing around. Over the course of the next 3 hours we worked out way back and saw multiple pandas, pairs and groups eating and playing. There were very few visitors around so it was tranquil - on a Monday morning. It was great how William answered all our questions and obviously knew the quirks and habits of the pandas - especially those at the nursery. After we had seen all points of interest William not only recommended a local restaurant, he took us to it (upstairs in a local shopping centre), asked the waitress to ensure we could be seated but also wrote down the names of dishes in Chinese. Truly he went above and beyond and as a result we had a lovely time.
Definitely a worthwhile...
Nicole M,May 18, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Definitely a worthwhile tour, my guide Perry was very knowledgeable, lovely, polite and extremely patient with me as I have COPD so it’s very slow going for me. He would also make sure I got good spots for seeing the pandas 😊 highly recommend it
A pleasure from start to finish. Highly recommend this tour.
Kerry N,May 15, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00This is a fabulous tour! Perry is the perfect tour guide - engaging, caring and knowledgeable! I have a really sore leg at the moment and Perry really looked after me. It was great to be able to connect because Perry speaks English so well. I learned so much about the amazing pandas!
Well done
gregsM126UJ,May 10, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Sylvia is incredibly knowledgeable regarding the pandas. She is very personable and friendly. I would recommend her and/or her team for this tour.
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