Into the final area – the Panda Creek Valley, where there are 7 houses to see giant pandas in, and first up it’s the Embracing Moon Pavilion. Here there are…
Embracing Moon Pavilion (Panda Creek Valley) @ Chengdu Panda Base, May 2024
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Star Giant Panda Nursery House (Panda Forest Area) @ Chengdu Panda Base, May 2024
The Star Giant Panda Nursery House is the second house open in the Panda Forest Area – there are 4 indoor enclosures and 8 outdoor yards, so plenty of pandas…
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A quintet of cubs, Starry Sky Pavilion pt.2 (Panda Forest Area) @ Chengdu Panda Base, May 2024
Also in the Starry Sky Pavilion is a large central yard/indoor enclosure which housed 5 cubs when I visited – for me it’s one of the best things seeing groups…
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Xi Lan + Mei Lan born at Zoo Atlanta, Starry Sky Pavilion pt.1 (Panda Forest Area) @ Chengdu Panda Base, May 2024
The Starry Sky Pavilion is one of the open houses in the Panda Forest Area, and has a few returned pandas who were born in Zoo Atlanta, so it was…
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Panda Forest Area @ Chengdu Panda Base, May 2024 – an overview
The second area of the expansion is the Panda Forest Area. I didn’t get to this area back on my September 2023 visit because it was marked as closed –…