Private Tour
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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Private comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
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)
Gratuities
Food
What To Expect
Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi)
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
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
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
Reviews
284 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great view of some pandas
Sarah P,
Jun 23, 2025
- Viator
3.00Great view of some pandas, I would recommend you go in the morning only as otherwise the pandas will be inside and not as good as view. It was a very speedy tour and walking at pace up hillier parts and steps which I found harder . You can get transport there yourself and get entry only I believe - check it out , I would recommend that a good and better option . No need for guide and then you can go at your pace . Also remember your ID as I needed my passport . I would recommend to go but not this option .
Kind of fun for the kids but not worth it.
Ryan H,
Jun 10, 2025
- Viator
4.00Ok experience but don’t get your hopes up to get near a panda let alone touching it. While our guide Sam was very helpful, the actual tour was a disappointment. We did see some famous panda but it wasn’t much different seeing them in the zoo. We got close to just one giant panda as the staff fed it and that’s about it of being a “volunteer”. Let me just put all the rumors to rest: the staff said VERY clearly that you are NOT allowed to get within one meter from the pandas because they don’t know our the guests’ scent. So wherever you heard that you can touch the panda is NOT TRUE. What else disappointing about this is we spent 1 hour watching a video that’s not really interesting. We can watch the documentary on YouTube. It was a waste of time.
Panda-monium
Amgrismer,
Jun 6, 2025
- Viator
5.00Had a great day hanging out with Jason and roaming the facility. All of the activities to break it up and learn more about the panda’s life at the facilities great. I had done this pre-Covid and got to be a lot closer to the pandas, but this was still a good experience for what is available today.
Pandas
daniel e,
May 8, 2025
- Viator
5.00Excellent experience. Our driver and guide were both very professional, punctual, and attentive. Our guide was able to answer many questions about Chengdu and her experience living there. She was knowledgeable about the Panda breeding center and able to take us to the areas for the best Panda viewing. The Breeding Center itself was remarkable with the cage-less enclosures and beautiful landscaping. Viator had issued a mistaken reservation to us which was cancelled the day before our tour. However they were able to rebook us quickly.
I did this tour solo and...
Brayden H,
May 4, 2025
- Viator
5.00I did this tour solo and had Emma as my tour guide. From the beginning of pickup she was extremely friendly and very easy to talk to. She was very knowledgeable during the tour and answered any questions I had as well. She made it feel like it was just visiting the park with a friend and I am very thankful for having her as a guide. Her english was amazing as well!
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