China · PANDA BASE TOURS
Feeding time is the whole point, and it happens before most tours leave the hotel. These 15 are compared on departure time, which centre they visit and whether the ticket is included, so you see climbing bears instead of sleeping ones.
Visit Chengdu’s Giant Panda Base with advance entry, morning timing tips, optional transfers, red pandas, museums, and 100-plus pandas.
“The tour was very good and our tour guide Jade was excellent!”
See giant pandas and 450 animal species at Beijing Zoo with direct QR entry, Panda House access, flexible booking, and practical visitor tips.
“it was a great experience to see the pandas. but please save the elephants in this zoo. they are held in appalling conditions and express signs of psychological distress. they should not be made to live like this.”
See Chengdu’s giant and red pandas with a private guide, hotel transfers, and an optional volunteer visit at Dujiangyan.
“Jason was an awesome tour guide to see the pandas! I was unsure if seeing pandas over and over and over in a zoo would be fun, but…I was wrong. This was a blast. And Jason provided transportation from the hotel, brought us through a Read more”
Review of Beijing’s Lama Temple, Summer Palace and Panda Garden tour, with practical advice on timing, lunch, shopping stops and overall value.
“This tour was really packed with experiences. Not only did we have a boat ride on the canal to the Summer palace, this was extra though, we saw the Pandas at the Beijing Zoo, a pearl factory for freshwater pearls, the Lama Temple and also a Tea ceremony to sample some of the varieties of Chinese tea. Alice our guide was excellent. Well worth the money!”
Review of Chengdu’s private panda and Jinsha tour, with Kuan-Zhai Lane, local guides, lunch advice, price value, and practical tips.
“Maggie is an exceptional guide who always wears a smile. She provided us with a wealth of background information not only about the attractions we visited but also about Chinese culture and traditions. Maggie also encouraged us to try locRead more”
Spend a day helping with panda care near Chengdu, from cutting bamboo to preparing food, with transfers, lunch, and an English guide.
“Visiting the Panda Base at Dujiangyan was the highlight of our 2 week visit to China. Seeing this beautiful animals so close its a fascinating experience. By volunteering for a day you become a part of a global effort to to save this endangered species. But most important is a proof that if humanity wants, it can be done!”
Review of Beijing’s private tour to the Panda House, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, lunch, and Hongqiao Market.
“An amazing day trip - plenty of sights and experiences included and enjoyed all of them. Sherry was an incredible guide - one of the best I have ever had on day trips like this - she was very knowledgeable about the history of Beijing and very friendly! I would definitely recommend this tour to friends and hope that they have Sherry as their guide :)”
Review Beijing’s Panda House, Summer Palace, Lama Temple, and Temple of Heaven tour, with lunch, private transport, guide, value, and tips.
“Jun, is amazing! Very informative and accommodating. I was travelling solo and I felt like I had a friend with me. Many thanks.”
Review of Beijing’s 8-hour private tour covering pandas, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, lunch, Pearl Market, and hotel transfers.
“Lucy was an amazing guide. She was very punctual, knowledgeable, patient and accommodating to the needs of my family especially my kids. She went at our pace and was very helpful with helping us get good deals and delicious meals. I would highly recommend her.”
See Chengdu’s giant pandas and the 71-meter Leshan Buddha on a full-day guided tour with transport, park entry, and hotel pickup.
“Our guide was very polite and well informed. He shared with us many local stories and made the tour an exciting experience. Very well delivered!”
Spend a hands-on day at Dujiangyan Panda Base cleaning enclosures, preparing food, observing pandas, and enjoying private transport and lunch.
“ONE IN A LIFE TIME EXPERIENCE. The driver was late coming to pick us up and we were afraid that we will miss our opportunity to hold/touch panda, however we were lucky and the day progressed as planed. It was raining so that kind oRead more”
Review of Shanghai’s private zoo and Zhujiajiao tour, with pandas, canals, lunch options, private transfers, guide tips, and value advice.
“The trip was wonderful the tour guide had a lot of knowledge and was a great guide, the driver was good he got us around Thank you we had a wonderful trip”
Review of Beijing Zoo’s $7 Panda House ticket, including pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys, booking tips, value, access, and key drawbacks.
“We could not find the meeting point, the QR we received did not work and in case we found out that there was no fee for entrance”
Review of Beijing’s private Great Wall and Panda House tour, with guide tips, transport, lunch, ticket value, itinerary, and booking advice.
“The tour guide Alice was so helpful and experienced. She made our trip to the Great Wall outstanding for this trip of a lifetime! Wow! Excellent day! This is a must do experience! The pandas were so cute”
Review of Chengdu’s panda and Leshan Buddha day tour, with boat ride, hotel pickup, guide insights, timing, price, and practical tips.
“Lucy, Lisa & Mr Driver were great companions for my day in Chengdu! :) I really enjoyed the sights! Would recommend!”
Pick the day out first. The city usually sorts itself out after that.
