[2024 Ya'an Attraction] Travel Guide for Bifengxia Panda Reserve (Updated Nov)

Hiking to see pandas.

Arrived at Bifengxia Scenic Area on November 15, 2024 Bifengxia is also known as the Lung of Tianfu It's winter now, and the north is already cold. The heating starts on the 15th, but it's not too bad in the south. The temperature doesn't feel too cold, but it's humid. For northerners, this humidity is still uncomfortable. Ya'an is also known as the Rain City (but the name of the Yucheng District is closely related to the weather). Hotels or homestays here are equipped with electric blankets, which must be turned on, otherwise the bed will be uncomfortable. In addition, the air conditioner must be turned on to keep the room dry and comfortable. The highest temperature during the day is 15–21°C, and the lowest temperature at night is 8–15°C. This data comes from the weather forecast app. During this period, there is also continuous light rain. Keep warm, wear a raincoat, and wear waterproof outdoor shoes, especially if you are staying for several days. The temperature will drop again later, and it may snow in December. The snow scene must be beautiful. It consists of two canyons, the left canyon is 7 km long, and the right canyon is 6 km long. It is V-shaped and is a closed-loop scenic area. The canyon is 30–70 meters wide, and there are many distribution points in the scenic area. We mainly visit the panda base area. There is also a zoo with other animals, but the two parks are separate. 1. You can make a real-name reservation and buy tickets online in advance. After purchasing the ticket, you can enter with your ID card. 2. After entering the panda base, you can buy a sightseeing bus ticket to go directly to Area 3, where you can see Area 1. To hike, go 200 meters to the left of the ticket office to enter Area 1 and pass the panda nursery, and continue to watch along the way. 3. If you walk to the aerial corridor (the aerial corridor costs 40 per person, if you don't walk, you have to return the same way and you can return to the panda base), you will reach the seal viewing area, which is considered to be out of the panda base. If you want to come back, you have to buy a ticket again and take the scenic bus for 3.5 km to enter the panda base. 4. Bifengxia (Panda Base) and (Zoo) are two separate entrances 5. Watch the pandas in a civilized manner, no noise, no smoking, no feeding 6. Accommodation is very convenient within 500 meters around the scenic area. You can walk to the entrance of the scenic area without getting up too early. There is no problem with eating and drinking in homestays and hotels. The conditions of the place we stayed in were relatively clean and tidy. Don't be too particular about it, after all, it is a primitive mountain forest. 7. The altitude of the scenic area is 1105 meters according to the app, and there is no reaction. Generally, this height is basically fine. 8. The scenic area is open from 09:00 to 17:00 9. Make a strategy before coming, travel safely, and set off happily.

Bifengxia Panda Base, Ya’an

#pandatour If you want to escape the tourist crowds, Bifengxia Panda Base is the perfect option for a peaceful panda experience. Located in Ya’an, Sichuan Province, this panda base offers fewer tourists and more chances to get involved in volunteer programs. You can spend your day helping feed the pandas, cleaning their enclosures, or simply watching these black-and-white giants lounging around in their spacious enclosures. It’s an excellent way to immerse yourself in a meaningful travel experience while contributing to conservation efforts. Don’t forget to hike the surrounding beautiful Bifengxia Gorge! #Pandatour #100WaysofTravel #VolunteerPandaAdventure

Detailed Guide to Bifengxia Panda Base | Fully Experience the Charm of the National Treasure

| Fully Experience the Charm of the National Treasure. Bifengxia is located in the northern mountain valleys of Ya'an, a small city in Sichuan, composed of lush forests and spectacular gorges. The ecologically excellent scenic area includes two different types of tickets, with the wildlife park to the left of the main entrance and the Bifengxia Ecological Gorge to the right, where the pandas live. The Panda Base and the Bifengxia Ecological Gorge are within the same ticket range, a semi-independent attraction surrounded by natural gorges, affiliated with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Take the elevator down from the entrance of the gorge, then walk to the Panda Base from the right gorge for about 1 hour, or take a scenic area bus for only 10 minutes, with buses departing every 20 minutes or so. The place is not crowded and does not require queuing, making it a great spot to carefully appreciate the national treasure. 🌟Highlights: Following the visiting route after entering the base, the Panda Base can be divided into three major areas: White Panda Flat, Panda Kindergarten, and Returned Panda Paradise, with a total of more than 60 pandas in the base, and under normal circumstances, visitors can see 20 to 30 pandas. White Panda Flat is the first concentrated panda area, consisting of 8 sets of panda enclosures, with a wide view, but the distance from the fence to the panda activity area is relatively far. 👍Highly Recommended: Panda Kindergarten is located in the middle area of the base, with the panda nursery on one side. The indoor part is not open, but the viewing spots on both sides of the outdoor hill are very close to the pandas, making it ideal to watch the pandas eat during the bamboo feeding times. On the other side is a free-range area consisting of two sets of enclosures, with many toys set up, where you can see many pandas active at once, including many adorable panda cubs. 👍Highly Recommended: Returned Panda Paradise is at the end of the base trail, with dense jungles and a serene environment, and the least number of tourists. Many older returned pandas are here for 'recuperation'. In the middle of the walk from the kindergarten to the Returned Panda Paradise, there is also a Leopard Mountain Villa, where Xiang Xiang, the most famous star of the Bifengxia Base, born in Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, resides.

Two-day tour of Ya'an Bifengxia Scenic Area

🚗🚗🚗Travel route: Day1: Ya'an Station→Bifengxia→Ya'an Bifengxia Panda Base→Bifengxia Hanging Coffin→Bifengxia Natural Inn Day2: Ya'an Bifengxia Panda Base→Bifengxia Wildlife World→Chengdu East Station Chengdu-Bifengxia train ticket is over 60, and the journey takes one and a half hours. Bifengxia is a great place to escape the heat. In Chengdu, it's hot every day, but here you need to add a thin coat in the morning and evening. The booked homestay is in the scenic area, and it takes about ten minutes to walk to the panda base. I wanted to see the pandas, but there were too many people at the Chengdu base. I had to queue up at seven in the morning. There are many pandas and few tourists at the Bifengxia Panda Base. You can see more than 30 pandas at a time. The bamboo forest in the park is dense, and each panda enjoys half a mountain, which is the ceiling of the panda base. Here live Beibei, the son of Meixiang, Xiangxiang who returned from Japan, the little general who was blacked out by the whole network bicycle seat, and many cute fat babies. It's best to go to see pandas before 9 o'clock, they are just having breakfast, and if you go late, the pandas are sleeping. Remember to keep quiet during the visit! In the afternoon, I set off for a hike in the left canyon. The landlady of the homestay said that it would take more than three hours to walk in the left canyon. At that time, I thought I could walk fast, but the result was continuous down steps and up steps. The whole journey is 7.5 kilometers, with waterfalls, pools, hanging coffins, and bamboo everywhere on the mountain. No wonder the giant pandas chose here. It really took three hours to walk and play, and I waited for half an hour at Qingyun Ladder, so you must listen to advice when you are out! If you are not physically strong, it is recommended to go to the right canyon, which can be completed in an hour's walk.

When you arrive in Ya'an, be sure to visit the Bifengxia Panda Garden. It is the first wild zoo in the southwest and the first ecological wildlife park in the country. Of course, the most important thing here is to look at our national treasure - the giant panda! Then why is the scenic spot open at 1:30 in the afternoon? It is expected to give the pandas a good time to sleep. It is convenient for tourists to take pictures when they eat in the afternoon. Otherwise, they may just be sleeping when they go to the zoo. Not far from a thousand miles, it will not be worth the loss. Some of the adult pandas are in the bamboo, and some are lying down, no matter what they look like, they are embarrassing. Even if I stay here all day, I wont feel tired. After all, the cute panda is so cute.

Bifengxia Scenic Area is divided into two parts, one part is Bifengxia Scenic Area, which is part of the Institute of Giant Pandas, part of which is a safari park, and two parts are purchased separately. Although I have been there twice, I have never been to a safari park once, so I must check it out the next time I come back. The first point to enter the Panda Garden is a few giant pandas, each with a wooden house, commonly known as the Panda Villa. But the status of these few cute pets is that they sleep in addition to sleeping, and the sleeping position is strange. Even so, it still feels cute. Yan Bifengxia Giant Panda Research all three places to see giant pandas, each place is not far apart, the third point is far away, compared to the first two points of the panda, the third The giant pandas at the point will be much more lively, just taking pictures of the pandas eating bamboo, very cute.