Description:
The pandas are housed either in enclosures or in seminatural habitats -- if they're being prepared to return to the open reserve. Unfortunately, Wolong has had less success with reintroducing pandas to the wild than with captive breeding, so the majority of pandas are in large enclosures that include an indoor room and an outdoor courtyard. For bird's-eye views of the pandas in open-air pens, an elevated trail runs along an adjacent cliff face above the enclosures.
Opposite are the Lesser Panda Enclosures (Xiaoxiongmao Shengtai Guan). Although the smaller red pandas -- related to the raccoon -- don't get nearly as much press, they are undeniably appealing and usually more playful.
The best time to visit is between 8:30 and 10:30am, while the pandas feed.
- © Frommer's 2012
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Ask a local about Baohu Daxiongmao Ziran Zhongxin (Giant Panda Protection and Research Center)
Ask Wolong Nature Preserve Locals about Baohu Daxiongmao Ziran Zhongxin (Giant Panda Protection and Research Center)
Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2010
- Details
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Address:
- In the town of Hetao Ping, 5km (3 miles) before Shawan on the road from Chengdu
- Wolong Nature Preserve, Sichuan Province
Hours:
- 8:30am-noon and 1-5pm
Strenuousness:
- No Sweat
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