Bifengxia Panda Reserve

Overview
Bifengxia Panda Base or Bifengxia Panda Reserve plays the vital role of the breeding, researching, and scientific education of giant pandas. There in the around 1074 mu wide panda center, panda lovers from the whole planet can closely watch the adorable pandas, join as a panda volunteer, and achieve their dreams about pandas.

Highlight
Bifengxia Panda Base (????????), short for Ya’an Bi Feng Xia Base of CCRCGP (China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda), is also known as Bifengxia Panda Reserve or Bifengxia Panda Center. For the safety and development of the captive population of giant pandas, China’s State Forestry Bureau planned and built the panda center in Bifengxia Valley in Yaan on December 28th in 2003. Being the “paradise” for about over 40 giant pandas of different ages, Bifengxia Center performs extraordinarily for the breeding, rescue, research, scientific education of giant pandas to save this rare and endangered animal species, together with Dujiangyan Panda Ark and Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base, and is reputed as the “World Natural Heritage - Giant Panda’s Habitat in Sichuan”.

Layout
At present, panda enthusiasts from any place of the world can come to Yaan City near Chengdu to visit Bifengxia Panda Reserve of 1,075 mu (about 177.09 acres) wide, covering the White Bear Ground (???), Overseas-born Giant Panda Paradise (??????, or called Leopard Mountain???), Panda Kindergarten (?????), Panda Breeding Station (?????), office area, pavilions and corridors for leisure, and eye-pleasing bamboo forests and other floras. Come to this large panda base to watch the endearing giant pandas and red pandas.

White Bear Ground: closest to the entrance of Bifengxia Panda Base, has 8 enclosures to hold mainly adult giant pandas. Staff there place some items like jute bags, PVC tubs, etc. in the playing area of pandas to make their captive places more like the natural environment. And some famous giant pandas given as gifts to Taiwan, UK, Singapore, etc. have also lived there in the White Bear Ground.

Panda Kindergarten: composed by nursery room and two sets of panda enclosures, mainly responds for the nursing of infantile pandas and the feeding of juvenile pandas. Since giant pandas are solitary animals, they only live peacefully with each other only during their juvenile period that is more than half a year old. So there are usually several juvenile giant pandas living together in one set of enclosures, and you can see them playing on the swings and tyres.

Overseas-born Giant Panda Paradise: used to be the home of many overseas returnee giant pandas from other countries and regions, now is the harmonious paradise for giant pandas in China and has 7 sets of enclosures. It has the world larges population of overseas-born giant pandas who are very adorable and active, popular like super stars. You can watch giant pandas of different ages closely and their cute gestures and facial expressions.

Information
Location: Bifengxia Scenic Area, Bifengxia Town, Yucheng District, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province
Opening time: 08:00-16:00
Ticket Price: Scenic area (including panda base): 118 RMB; Wildlife World: 180 RMB; Zoo + Scenic Area Package: 290 RMB

How to Get to Bifengxia Panda Reserve:
Take a bus to the Bifengxia at Xin Nan Men Bus Station in Chengdu. Buses leave from Chengdu to Bifengxia at 07:40, 08:30, 09:20, 09:30, 10:10, 11:00, 11:50, 14:20, 13:10, 16:10 and 17:00, and return from Bifengxia to Chengdu at 11:00, 15:00 and 15:40. The whole journey takes about 2.5 hours.

Bifengxia Panda Base Travel Guide
1. Why visit Bifengxia Panda Base?
Bifengxia giant panda base is a project integrating tourism, scientific research and giant panda breeding. In addition to the breeding and research of the national treasure giant panda, promote the protection of the giant panda, an endangered and rare species in the world, and further expand its population, so that this precious species can survive. Bifengxia Center performs extraordinarily for the breeding, rescue, research, scientific education of giant pandas to save this rare and endangered animal species, together with Dujiangyan Panda Ark and Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base, and is reputed as the “World Natural Heritage - Giant Panda’s Habitat in Sichuan”.

2. What is the travel information about Bifengxia Panda Base?
Ticket price: 118 yuan / person
Opening hours: 8:30-12:00; 12:00-16:30
Average time for this activity: 2-3 hours

3. How to get to Bifengxia Panda Base from Chengdu?
Take a bus to the Bifengxia at Xin Nan Men Bus Station in Chengdu. Buses leave from Chengdu to Bifengxia at 07:40, 08:30, 09:20, 09:30, 10:10, 11:00, 11:50, 14:20, 13:10, 16:10 and 17:00, and return from Bifengxia to Chengdu at 11:00, 15:00 and 15:40. The whole journey takes about 2.5 hours.

4. Does Bifengxia giant panda base provide giant panda volunteer program?
At present, Bifengxia Giant panda base only available for viewing giant pandas, and does not provide giant panda volunteer program. The bases of the giant panda volunteer program in Sichuan Province are Wolong giant panda base and Dujiangyan panda base.

5. How to get to Bifengxia Panda Base in Ya'an?
In Ya'an City, you can find buses directly to Bifengxia panda base in railway stations or bus stations. The usual fare is 5.5 yuan.

6. How long we should stay in Bifengxia Panda Base?
It's up to you here. Most tourists choose to spend a day on simple sightseeing. A small number of tourists will spend 2 days to explore the beauty of the panda base and nature reserve.

7. What is the climate of Bifengxia?
Bifeng is under the jurisdiction of Ya'an City. The climate here is mainly subtropical monsoon humid climate, most of which are in low latitudes. Although the landform is mainly mountainous, most of them are below 1500 meters above sea level, and the relative height is less than 1000 meters. Therefore, there is little difference in vertical variation, and the annual average temperature is above 14 ?.

8. Best time visit Bifengxia Nature Reserve?
July to October is the best seasons to visit Bifengxia Nature Reserve. Ya'an City is located in the southwest edge of Sichuan Basin, with mild climate, no severe cold in winter and no hot temperture in summer. The forest coverage rate of Ya'an City is leading in China. The air quality is excellent, the water quality is excellent, the folk customs are simple, and there are many delicious foods. It is a good place for summer vacation and leisure. Bifeng gorge is a summer resort.

9. Where to stay in Bifengxia?
The hotels around Bifeng area are mainly 3-star hotels, and more are local B & B. The price ranges from 80 to 500 RMB.

10. What to do in Bifengxia Natural Reserve?
Bifengxia scenic area covers three important scenic spots: Bifengxia nature reserve, Bifengxia zoo and Bifengxia giant panda base. Usually tourists can stay in Bifeng for 3-4 days, if you want to enjoy the plants and animals and the beautiful natural scenery here.