This tour was great, and just as advertised. Worley was an awesome tour guide, and knew so much about Chengdu and pandas. We were picked up promptly at 7:30am at our hotel, and were taken to the Panda Breeding Center. We were able to tour the facility and see all the pandas before getting ready for our photo with the panda! It was 20 seconds or so with the panda, who was sitting and eating bamboo the whole time. It was amazing though, and definitely worth it. Thanks again to Worley for all the information she provided and the fantastic tour!
Review by: Timothy F, January 2018
I took this tour back in November. Worley met me at the hotel promptly and we headed toward the panda center about an hour away. She was full of information about the center and the city of Chengdu. Worley clearly was passionate about pandas and made the perfect host for the day! We spent the afternoon at the center. Worley helped find the best vantage points for views and photographs. This was one of the most memorable aspects of an incredible 2 week trip to China. I highly recommend this tour!
Review by: Seiko M, December 2017
It was amazing experience. Panda cub was so cute and was able to hold her about half minute. Our tour guide Jenny was super nice and lovely. She was punctual and spoke English really well. She explained lot about Chengdu and pandas and gave lot of tips what to do and where to go in Chengdu. Must do!
Review by: Najat A, December 2017
Best tour guide and driver ever, thoroughly enjoyed our trip
Review by: ffej52, December 2017
A highly enjoyable day. The Panda Center is laid out remarkably well. The panda areas are spacious, natural and highly viewable. What a treat. And, as a bonus, our Viator guide was delightfully personable, well informed and quite conversive in English. Thank you for the experience.
Review by: louis s, November 2017
The guide was very good. We saw a lot of pandas. I only wish we had more than five minutes sitting with the panda.
Review by: mauve5000, November 2017
This was changed to a full day Wolong panda volunteer. Met at my hotel by Worley and driver right on time. A couple of hours drive to the reserve. Worley gave me a lot of panda and Chengdu information. She loves the pandas very much. The day was wonderful only 3 of us as volunteers. Well organized. We cleaned the enclosures, we swept up the floors, we feed the pandas and made from scratch the panda cakes. I took the optional panda picture opportunity with a one year old panda. Ive got some amazing pictures. Lots of opportunities to walk around the reserve. They are dedicated to saving pandas.
Review by: Daniel N, November 2017
My panda experience was great. I was picked up at my hotel on time and guided by Worley. She was very knowledgeable and spoke perfect English. Definitely recommend this experience.
Review by: Bianca P, October 2017
My day started with Rudy picking me up at my hotel and we were off to the panda breeding center. Rudy was top notch. We chatted all the way and I learned so much about him, Chengdu, Chinese culture, etc. I was glad to know that Rudy didn't just drop me off but came along and played tour guide. I saw about 10 or pandas - Tai San, Bao Bao, etc. That was so incredibly helpful because I do not speak mandarin. The only ones I didn't get to see were the red pandas because that area was under reno. After I 'held' the baby panda, I got my t-shirt, certificate and pin, and we were out. We chatted some more on the way back and he got me back to my hotel safe and sound. All around a wonderful experience!
Review by: Jim S, October 2017
excellent tour guide and wonderful experience
Review by: Christa J, October 2017
The private car drive was very nice and comfortable. The Panda center is further out from Chengdu and is a good panda center but not near as nice and the one in Chengdu. Definitely go to the other one to hang out and spend some time with these great animals. My guide took me around for over an hour to visit the Panda house, but I had already done this yesterday at the other and was not near as impressive. The draw back was it was slightly rainy and my hair got ruined for my pictures which is all I cared about...I just wanted to touch a Panda!!!. So the final thing was to get ready and see the panda....he was roughly a year old and super cute. You do wear isolation gowns and gloves. You honestly only get 45-60 sec with the panda.....so enjoy as much as you can. They will take pictures for you and they did a great job with that. I had a ton of pics on both of my cameras from the girls. I just wished someone had told me to put my hair up.....would have looked better. Don't expect them to be all excited that you are there to get pictures.....its a quick in and out....they are not impressed that you paid money to get pictures. But once again....that all I wanted....to get up close to these amazing creatures. I don't regret the experience....just wish it was longer.
Review by: Christa J, October 2017
Car was great. The center is not as large as the one in the city....so please make sure to visit the one in Chengdu....it was amazing. The visit here was short....but all I cared about was see the panda. Its short....so take it all in as you only get less than a minute to interact with panda. Just wish someone told me my hair didn't look the same as when I arrived : I would have pulled it back....oh well.....people only want to see the sweet Panda face anyways. I don't regret it....I just won't spend the money to do it again through.....that was a pricey picture. Also note that there were two people with the center that were there to help take pictures.
Review by: aaron s, October 2017
Our tour guide was amazing!
Review by: fields.201, September 2017
It is an amazing experience to pet a panda. I say pet because our babies were about 1.5 years old and really just sat next to us, rather than us being able to hold them. As others have mentioned, the time is short, but still a must do. I was also pleased that the facility is very nice.
Review by: Julie T, September 2017
I did the optional baby panda holding and I just wanted others to know that it is technically a baby under 2 years old but the panda was very large and you don't get to hold the panda, you get to sit next to it and put your arms around it while it's eating bamboo. You're also restricted to the areas you can touch the panda arms, shoulders, legs, top of head, back and you only get 20 seconds. The tour is also not 3 hours...the trip there and back is 3 hours, but the actual tour was about an hour and a half and it took half an hour to take photos with the panda with about 20 other people. But me being a crazy panda fan, this was totally worth it despite only having 20 seconds.
Review by: Sergey N, September 2017
The Chengdu Panda Center tour was a fantastic experience. The tour was well organised and began before the crowds started to appear. Our English-speaking guide, Mars, was wonderful she was very friendly, told us a lot about Chengdu and answered our questions. She led us through the center at a relaxed pace, making sure we didnt miss any pandas Thank you Mars! _br/_ Would highly recommend this tour when visiting Chengdu.
Review by: Joseph M, August 2017
The guide was knowledgeable and friendly. The panda facilities and pandas were interesting and impressive. The only drawback was the number of people and long lines to see pandas of special interest, such the newborn.
Review by: Joseph M, August 2017
The guide was knowledgeable and friendly. The panda facilities and pandas were interesting and impressive. The only drawback was the number of people and long lines to see pandas of special interest, such the newborn.
Review by: Ramses D, July 2017
Woorly was an excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable about pandas! Communicated very well in English. Very kind and punctual, and had a great time as our tour guide!
Review by: Rita J, July 2017
The tour of the Panda Breeding Center in Chengdu was very, very interesting. Our guide Jenny was awesome she had a lot of information about the animals and the center itself. We went in the morning and the pandas were very mobile at that time. We particularly enjoyed seeing the babies in the incubators and also the young ones trying to crawl. We only wish they were still doing photos with the pandas, but it understandable since they don't want them to get sick. A worthwhile tour!
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