Panda Tour in China

Old Feb 22nd, 2011, 01:04 AM
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Panda Tour in China

I plan to have a giant panda tour in China in the middle of June? The most famous city to see panda is Chengdu, so I will spend 4 to 5 days in this city. And I would like to know
1. Chengdu Giant Panda Base or Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve, which one is better?
2. Besides to see panda, any other recommended attractions for my first-time Chengdu travel?
3. How can I arrange my extension tour from Chengdu? Is Chengdu easy to enter into Tibet? Besides the extension route to Tibet, any other cities can be arranged as the top China travel tours?

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Old Feb 22nd, 2011, 07:06 PM
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In my opinion, Wolong Panda Reserve may be better because the place is a base to keep the original living environment of Giant Panda.Located at the southwest of Wenchuan County, and first constructed in 1963, it is one of the earliest comprehensive national reserves. The place has more than 100 pandas, accounting 10% of the total number in the country. Besides, there are other rare animals and plants as well as rich water resources.

Chengdu Panda Reserch Base is in the city area while the Wolong Base is located near the Chengdu city and should be got by bus.
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Old Feb 23rd, 2011, 10:34 PM
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Thank you for your suggestion.
As you mentioned Wolong Panda Nature Reserve, could you provide me more information about it?
Is it too far from Chengdu?
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Woolong Panda Reserve closed after heavy damage during the big earthquake and has not re-opened.
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Old Feb 24th, 2011, 04:21 PM
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We did a trip to Chengdu a few years back with trip report here:

http://tinyurl.com/5wuwkqj

and a few pictures here:


http://tinyurl.com/6h9nq4f

Aloha!
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Old Feb 24th, 2011, 04:42 PM
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I visited Chengdu in 2004 - plenty to do but bad weather. TR at http://wilhelmswords.com/rtw2004/index.html - Chilly Chengdu
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Old Feb 24th, 2011, 04:56 PM
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Wolong is about 130km northwest of Chengdu, with half of it on expressway, half of it mountainous highway. Like Shangainese said, it suffered extensive damage during the 5/12/2008 earthquake.
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Have you considered seeing the pandas in the wild? It is rough work but I have been to both places you are planning on going but the experience is somewhat zoo-like (unless things have changed in the recent years). You can reach the only company dealing with wild panda safaris at: www.wildgiantpanda.com

I am not sure how solid your plans are just yet, but nothing beats seeing the critters in the wild!

Cheers,

Coke

www.cokesmithphototravel.com

PS: We are doing this exact trip next month...
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Old Feb 24th, 2011, 10:13 PM
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Thanks for your all to give me a lot of information.

Sorry to hear that the Wolong Reserve had been closed.Maybe I will choose Chengdu panda base as my panda tour.
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To Coke,

I am glad to heat that you will have a tour to get touch with the wild animals. Maybe I have no more time to do the preparation of this kind of tour. So I anticipate your travel story about this tour after you finish it.
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