Next up in the Overseas Panda Paradise, it’s Fan Xing (梵星)! Fan Xing was born in The Netherlands at Ouwehands Dierenpark in 2020, to mum Wu Wen and dad Xing Ya. Because of the ongoing travel restrictions, I didn’t get to see her there. She then moved to China in September 2023, and now stays in the Ya’an Bifengxia Base. Her neighbours there are Bei Bei on one side, and Yun Duo and her young cubs on the other – good company I’d think, and I’ve seen pictures of her up trees and looking over into Yun Duo‘s yard, which is adorable^ Friends were visiting the day before I was and so I heard she had been quite active and near the front of the enclosure that day, that must have used her energy up because on my visit she was mostly to the back of the enclosure and sleeping! I got lucky and saw her up and moving around a little later in the afternoon, but that was only after waiting a long time – but it was worth it – she’s such a cutie =D While at this enclosure we also met a Dutch couple who were also on holiday to specifically see the pandas, it’s lovely to see other people also doing panda-filled holidays like me!

The photos I got certainly aren’t the best, she was really at the reach of my camera lens and was through several trees and bushes, but I still am happy with them.