Private Tour

Private Half-Day Chengdu Panda Breeding Center Tour with Optional Volunteer

Overview

Available languages

Chinese

English

Mobile ticket

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.

3 hours•Admission Included

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

Reviews

4.83

291 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

254

Amazing trip
Arthur,
Jul 6, 2025
- Viator
5.00
It was really good. Jojo knew everything there was to know about the pandas and the base they reside. She was very fun and offered to take loads of pictures. After she even offered to alsoshow me around wenshu monastery and showed me some local delicasies. It was alot more fun than expected and came with more than originally planned. I highly recommend taking this half a day trip
Cute pandas, very basic tour
Yendri Z,
Jul 4, 2025
- Viator
3.00
The panda conservation center is very nice, a large park with many areas to visit. We really liked that by going early, we were able to see the pandas in the open spaces before they were brought in when it got hotter. The shuttle service from the hotel was fine, the problem was the guide, who didn't seem very interested in sharing information with us. He was passive and content with reading us information that was in front of us. He didn't take us to see the red pandas either, and at the end of the tour, as is typical in these cases, they took us to a souvenir shop where, according to the guide, they had everything sold within the park at cheaper prices, but in reality they were other things and of lower quality (agreed with the business). Overall, I felt like we didn't get the value for the cost of the ticket.
Great view of some pandas
Sarah P,
Jun 23, 2025
- Viator
3.00
Great 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
4.00
Ok 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
5.00
Had 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.