[2025 Foping County Attraction] Travel Guide for Foping Panda Valley (Updated Mar)

|Beautiful Scenery. Foping Panda Valley is a national 4A scenic spot located in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, and is famous for its rare flora and fauna. The valley is a great place to see wild animals such as giant pandas and golden monkeys. The scenic area is home to natural attractions such as San Die Spring and Erlong Xizhu, and is a great place to enjoy the beauty of nature and rare flora and fauna. It is a great place for hiking, leisure, and summer vacation. The scenic area is open from 08:00 to 18:00 in peak season and from 08:30 to 17:30 in off season. The ticket price is around CNY 40. Visitors can take a bus or drive to the scenic area to enjoy the natural scenery and fresh air of the Qinling Mountains. 1⃣ Tickets and Opening Hours: Tickets are CNY 50 per person in peak season (March 1 to November 30) and CNY 35 per person in off season. The scenic area is open from 08:00 to 18:00 in peak season and from 08:30 to 17:30 in off season. 2⃣ Transportation: From Xi'an, you can take a high-speed train to Foping Station. The journey takes around 50 minutes and costs CNY 56. After arriving at the station, you can take a bus to Panda Valley. The journey takes around 40 minutes and costs CNY 10. 3⃣ Tour Route: We recommend buying a CNY 10 sightseeing bus ticket to save energy. You can first go to Panda Forest Hotel and then go to Golden Monkey Grand Canyon to see golden monkeys. 4⃣ Accommodation: Panda Forest Hotel. You can book a room and get a free ticket to Panda Valley. There is a lake in front of the hotel, and you can often see golden monkeys. 5⃣ Food: We recommend trying local specialties such as Foping Sanxiang, fried vermicelli with bacon, and Shenxian Liangfen. 6⃣ Notes: The temperature in the mountains is low, so remember to bring a coat. There are many people during holidays, so we recommend planning your trip in advance.

Foping, a green treasure in the heart of Qinling Mountains, a paradise for giant pandas, and the hometown of dogwood, invites you to appreciate the beauty of nature, taste the authentic customs, and enjoy a happy parent-child time! A one-day tour is a bit "commando", so it is more appropriate to take the children for two days. 🟠Transportation Xi'an-Foping: 🚄43 minutes by high-speed rail, 3.5 hours by car In Foping County: Car rental🚗 (Wuling mini electric cars can be rented at the "Panda Car Rental" in front of the Qinling Museum of Humans and Nature) Electric cars🛵 (You can scan the code and ride at any time, but it is not recommended to ride with children) [TrafficLightVertical] Little surprise: Foping is a city without traffic lights🙄 🟠Accommodation 🏡Yunxi Hotel: Close to the old street, the best hotel in the county. This hotel where I brought my baby to stay was generally good. 🏡Xiamen Resort Farm: Close to the panda base, the environment, conditions and supporting services are first-class. 🏡Gingko Inn: Close to the high-speed rail station, with an Instagram-style white house and a popular swimming pool, perfect for taking photos. 🏡Foping Mountain Residence: Close to the high-speed rail station, Chinese garden style, with hot springs and small animals. 🏡Shanmi Jingju: Close to Wangjiawan, niche literary style, excellent geographical location, good service. 🟠Dining 🥣Old Street: Most of the online recommendations include Chuanxianglou, Jiangjunlou Hot Rice Noodles, and Linxieryu. I personally feel that the food in Old Street is pretty much the same. I recommend a town cuisine restaurant near Yunxi Hotel. I can't remember the specific name, but I remember it's at the entrance of the Party School. [Clink] You can try the local dogwood sparkling water in Foping, it tastes good 🟠 Itinerary (with a one and a half year old baby) Day 1 Self-driving in Xi'an → Yunxi Hotel → Foping Old Street → Panda Base (Yaojingtan) → Shawo Village → Wangjiawan → (Old Street Night View + Grilled Fish on the Lawn) → Hotel Day 2 Hotel → Panda Valley → Dining near the hotel → Self-driving return trip 🟠 Panda Base or Panda Valley [Panda Valley] is charged, it is a large forest park with 2 giant pandas and a group of golden monkeys. Whether you can encounter golden monkeys depends on luck. We didn't see any. We heard that someone had complained about monkeys injuring people the week before we went there, so they had to go up the mountain. The Panda Valley has nice scenery and is more suitable for taking children to play in the water. There are several good places, and there are battery cars to go up the mountain. [Panda Base] is free and is a breeding research base. It is not a big place and can be visited in 30 minutes. There are 4 giant pandas, which are so cute that you need to watch each one for 20 minutes! You must go early. The pandas will go home to sleep after they are full. We arrived at around 2 pm. There were 3 pandas playing outside. We were lucky. After leaving the panda base, you can go to the Fairy Pond. The water in the Fairy Pond is very clear, and there are hazelnuts and wild kiwis dropped on the road. I heard from the locals that you can sometimes see golden monkeys at the Red Army site in Shawo Village, and there is also a large climbing frame (a small staircase leads to the river, not easy to find) In short, if you want to see pandas, go to the Panda Base, if you want to see the scenery and take your kids to play in the water, go to the Panda Valley [Bowknot] Tips: You can check in and take photos at Wangjiawan, and you must watch movies and eat grilled fish outdoors. The fish tastes really good and is very fresh. There is also a small playground nearby for 5 yuan per person. At night, there are lights that change patterns, and the children love it. There is also a coffee shop nearby that sells fish food, you can buy a bag to feed the fish. [Medicine] Note that the temperature difference between morning and evening is quite large, so you need to bring some thick clothes. There is no need to turn on the air conditioner when sleeping at night.

There are no traffic lights🚦 here. The average temperature in summer is 25 degrees Celsius🌡️. It is simply the perfect summer resort🍃. A great place to relax on weekends～ 📍Address: Foping ✔️Transportation: 🚄High-speed rail: Xi'an—Foping (46 minutes) 56r/person 🚗Self-driving: About 3 hours from Xi'an 🚖Taxi: There are only nine taxis in the entire county, you can note down the driver's phone number☎️ ‼️Note: There are no ride-hailing services here ▪️About travel tips✨ ✅Panda Base (4 pandas🐼) 🕰️Opening hours: (8:30-11:00) (14:00-17:00) 🎫Tickets: Free, register information at the entrance, no reservation required ✅Panda Valley: It is a forest park, the scenic area charges, adults 45r/person; students/children: 25r/person; there are two pandas🐼 in the scenic area, and lucky visitors may also see golden monkeys🐒 ✅Foping Old Street The old street can be toured in 10 minutes, mainly consisting of restaurants where you can taste local specialties. Recommended dishes include Foping Three Fragrances, Stir-fried Bacon with Vermicelli, Spicy and Sour Konjac. A huge new 🐼Panda Bookstore has been built on the main street, perfect for taking photos📸 ✅Foping Museum A 5-minute walk from the old street, free🆓 admission, closes at 16:30 ✅Wangjiawan An artistically rich village with a huge red chair perfect for photos. Surrounded by mountains, you can enjoy lotus flowers🪷 and a large sea of sunflowers🌻. In the morning, accompanied by mist☁️, it feels like a fairyland～ ▪️About accommodation ✨Moshang Huakai Homestay: The homestay environment is very good, with mountain view rooms overlooking the entire county. Free barbecue, vegetable and fruit picking, fishing, and a non-powered playground for children are available, making it perfect for a relaxing vacation🏖️

From Xi'an to Hanzhong, take National Highway 108 to cross the Qinling Mountains. On the way, you pass through Foping County, Hanzhong City, the country's least populated county at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains (this is also the area with the highest density of wild giant pandas, and there are rare Qinling subspecies of giant pandas here) , caught a glimpse of the big signboard of "Panda Valley", and was pleasantly surprised to visit inside. The people who received me were giant pandas "Hengheng" and "Qiangsheng". The two national treasures were unmoved and indifferent to my visit. They were doing whatever they were supposed to do. I didn't take it seriously, but I was still frightened: I was very clear about the huge status gap between myself and them, and I didn't dare to think anything wrong. However, the two national treasures do not have any bad intentions, they are just not good at words. They candidly showed me their philosopher-like thinking and performed their daddy-pulling skills without any hesitation. It really opened my eyes and made me enjoy it! This chance encounter was brief but pleasant. I hope the two national treasures can continue to maintain a happy and worry-free attitude towards life without ambitions. After all, the country has set up such a large garden in the Qinling Mountains with such a beautiful environment, and has dedicated people to take care of it, so there is nothing to worry about. It is said that there are often activities of Qinling Golden Monkeys near the Panda House, but this family has no fixed location and no fixed schedule, so we never had the chance to meet them during this trip. In addition to watching pandas and golden monkeys, there are many parent-child activity venues in the park, making it a good place for family outings. The Qinling Mountains is a model area for biodiversity. There are many rare plants in the park, making it a good place to increase relevant knowledge. [Transportation Route] It is 20 kilometers away from Foping County and 160 kilometers away from Hanzhong City. It is directly connected by National Highway 108 and there is no railway, so there is no other way than self-driving. There is a parking lot at the entrance of Panda Valley, so there is no need to worry about parking. [Opening hours] 8:30-17:30 every day. [Tickets] Adult/Student/Children/: 45/25/25. [Notes] Refer to Figure 2 for the park tour route. It takes about an hour and a half from the entrance to the Panda House. It takes about an hour and a half to go up the stream along the steps. Although it is not steep, it requires a certain amount of physical strength. Fortunately, deep in the Qinling Mountains, the air is fresh, the water is clear, and the trees are lush. Mountain climbing is also extremely enjoyable. If you really don’t want to walk, you can take a battery car in the park. Be careful about mosquitoes during the warmer seasons.

😍😍Decided to go to Foping on a whim, bought a high-speed train ticket for 8:47 am the next day, and off I went~ It's a 50-minute journey. Stepping out of the station, the first thing I felt was the coolness! The climate was around 20 degrees, so pleasant that even the midday sun didn't feel hot. First stop: Rented an electric bike to eat General Tower's hot bean curd skin noodles. Second stop: Walked to Dongshan Park, started climbing at 10 am, and reached the top in half an hour! Note that the climbing point indicated by the map has many steep stairs, which made me tired and hot. I didn't encounter anyone on the way up, but I did unexpectedly come across a little squirrel🐿️, which was delightful! There's a viewing pavilion at the top where you can overlook the county scenery, beautiful and breezy, very comfortable! I took another path down the mountain, which was in good condition. The exit point was next to a residential house, quite hidden! Third stop: Foping Old Street. Just a short walk down from the mountain, the old street isn't long and is lined with restaurants. There's a Panda Library, which is small. Fourth stop: Took a taxi to Wangjiawan, a flat rate of 20 yuan. Taxis are scarce in Foping, and there are no ride-hailing services. I had planned to ride an electric bike there, but for some reason, it indicated that I was out of the operational range midway, so I took a taxi to be safe. However, I found out later that I could ride back, so I biked back to the county. Wangjiawan is a newly popular attraction with an internet-famous red bench, hot air balloons, and lotus ponds. But it was too sunny at noon, nothing was operating, and the only cafe was closed. I guess it would be better early in the morning or in the evening. Fifth stop: A farmhouse meal! The owner suggested one dish would be enough, so I ordered the spicy and sour konjac, delicious! Sixth stop: Panda Base. It's free, just need to register! I took a bus from the high-speed train station, which usually departs around the time the train arrives, a 30-minute ride costing 10 yuan. I arrived at the base at 3:30 pm, and it was still a bit sunny today, so the pandas would come out for a bit and then go back in. The base isn't very big, but there are four pandas. Panda Valley seems to have only two, but the scenery is nicer. Took the 6 pm high-speed train back after the tour! In summary: Foping is a small place, and you can finish touring it in one day without staying overnight! If you do want to stay, you can choose one of those internet-famous hotels with recreational activities to enrich the experience. A must-try: Schisandra berry sparkling water, super refreshing when chilled! There are designated parking spots for shared electric bikes, and you can't just park them anywhere! Jinshan Park is opposite Dongshan Park, and I've heard that the scenery is even more beautiful and it's easier to climb!

|||Per capita 500r! A 2-day and 1-night summer vacation trip Surrounded by mountains, the greenery is super cool! 🍃 Rich species, lush vegetation, and beautiful landscapes... Crested ibis, golden monkeys, pandas... can all be seen. If you're lucky, you can even get close to them, especially the group of golden monkeys that often wander in Panda Valley 🐒 They are the gentlemen among monkeys, cute and polite —————————————— 🔍 Foping 2-day and 1-night travel guide —————————————— 🚕Transportation: Self-driving or public transportation The small town provides 10 shared electric cars 🚗 and many shared electric motorcycles, all scenic spots have direct bus access 🚌 🏡Accommodation: There are hotels and homestays around, the prices are very beautiful, and the environment and facilities are very 👌 ⛰️Attractions: ✔️Foping Old Street An ancient city street with a history of more than 300 years Open all day, there are people strolling until 22:00 in the evening. Through the long old street, you can see the local people's life and the Qinling Mountains in the distance blending together, the night view is very beautiful! 📮There are post office check-in points, local snacks, and a one-stop food and drink. ✔️Local specialty dishes 'Foping Three Fragrances', 'Foping Slippery Meat' river fresh 'Pickled Small Fish' are very delicious!! Personal recommendation Jin Yi Restaurant (especially pot rice) ✔️Foping Panda Base Completely free‼️Newly opened panda museum! You can watch for free with a reservation! There are four giant pandas 🐼 in the whole museum that can be observed at close range, I'm so cute that I can't walk anymore😭

I really love Xi'an! The fun Chang'an Street, the delicious Rou Jia Mo🥙, the fun city tour, Unexpectedly, less than 1h from Xi'an🚝, there is a small county town with few people, where you can see pandas, stroll around the old street, and eat delicious food—Foping County 📍Location: Foping It takes about 4h to drive from Xi'an How to play here: ✅See pandas As a level ten panda lover, coming here finally doesn't have to squeeze with people to see pandas. The panda breeding base here is free to see pandas, and you can see the cute giant pandas🐼 as soon as you enter (it is recommended to make an appointment in advance) In addition, there is Panda Valley (requires tickets) which is the first place in Qinling where giant pandas were found, and you can also come here to see giant pandas. ✅Visit the Qinling Man and Nature Museum Here you can learn about Qinling biology, Qinling ecosystem, be infected by the charm of this land, and there is also the specimen of the world's only brown giant panda 'Dan Dan', and you can also see more than a hundred kinds of animal and plant specimens in Qinling, which can't help but praise the diversity bred by this land! ✅Stroll around the old street for a hundred years A 300-year-old street, with white walls and black tiles, the streets are full of life during the day, and at night it's like traveling to the ancient world～ ✅Local farmers keep bees and catch fish There is a famous beekeeping base in Foping, where you can taste the freshest honey and experience the fun of beekeepers; you can also come here to eat the farmed cold water fish, the fish here are fat and delicious～ It is recommended to arrange 2 days and 1 night here, taste the local special food, and you can also live in the green mountains and rivers, and breathe the negative ion air freely! This time I came to Foping with Ali Public Welfare to do public welfare, and let Foping, this small county town, become better～

Why bother going to Sichuan to see pandas when there are crowds of people There is also a giant panda habitat around Xi'an in Foping It's a great choice for a holiday getaway It's very suitable for sightseeing and parent-child science popularization 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮 tour guide 1️⃣This is a natural museum gifted by heaven. There are many natural ecosystems, wild animals, and large museums are also very suitable for children's science popularization 2️⃣There are some of the world's first brown giant panda Dandan specimens (there are also many national protected animals here) 3️⃣There are also many local characteristic experiences such as shaking honey, intangible cultural heritage carpentry crafts (Secretly say that Alibaba public welfare and the government are protecting our intangible cultural heritage together) 4️⃣You can stroll around the old city night market at night, it's very lively and there are many snacks Transportation🚅 | 43 minutes from Xi'an Address📍 | Panda Valley, Foping County, Hanzhong City

About the golden monkey ~ Did you eat the golden monkey milk candy? This is the first time I have seen a golden monkey in the real world. What makes me surprised is that the face of this golden monkey is actually blue. Of course, the golden monkeys of different breeds are different. The golden monkeys in the Foping Golden Monkey Grand Canyon belong to the Sichuan golden monkeys, with a lot of aliases. But the fur of the golden monkey is quite beautiful, and their facial structure is also very interesting. This is an intimate contact with wild animals that you can't miss when visiting Foping!