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Overview
Panda Vaelly, aka Chengdu Field Research Center for Giant Panda under Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, is located at mountain foot of Yutang Town of Dujiangyan City. It's 60 km away from Chengdu, covering an area of 2004 mu, neighboring famous Dujiangyan Irrigation System and Mt. Qingcheng. The area enjoys favorable natural and climate condition, full of evergreen bamboo and primeval forest with tranquil streams run all year; just on this land, there are more than 700 species of flora and fauna, it couldn't serve better as a natural base for the giant panda wild-nature training and research before released into its nature habitant.
The Panda Valley can accommodate 30-40 giant pandas and 50-100 companion wild animals such as lesser pandas, etc. In the wild-nature training and experimental area with semi original ecology, the giant pandas undergo the wild-nature trainings before released to the wild, which contributes to the re-wilding of captive giant pandas and plays a significant role in recovering and expanding the wild giant panda population.

The Wild Giant Panda
The first wild giant panda was found also in Yutang Town of Dujiangyan in January 1953 and later transported to Chengdu Zoo, which marks the start of breeding giant pandas in modern times. On January 11, 2012, 6 giant pandas born in captivity were transferred from Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to Dujiangyan Research Center of Giant Panda Breeding and Release, which was the first batch of pandas going through wild-nature training researches, returning to the wild where their ancestors once came out and stepping on the way home of the world's largest artificial breeding population of captive giant pandas. After entering the Dujiangyan center, these 6 pandas would go through the wild-nature training of captive giant pandas and then would be evaluated whether it is suitable to return back into the wild. However, the 6 pandas just came here as an advance team and more giant pandas will come here for wild-nature trainings. Besides, there will still be some giant pandas to live in Panda Valley only for protection education activities.
The six giant pandas, as the first batch living in "Panda Valley", are respectively Xingrong, Xingya, Gongzai, Yingying, Zhizhi and Qiqi, among which Xingrong and Xingya are a pair of twins. All of them are sub-adult giant pandas which are bold and growing rapidly with strong adaptive ability to survive, like the children period of human. Gongzai is outgoing and seems stronger than those giant pandas of the same age, which is the archetype of the movie "Kung Fu Panda 2" and is worthy of the name "Kong Fu Panda". Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding spent nearly one year to carry out strict observations in various aspects such as pedigree, health, genetic background and gender ratio, etc., and finally selected the 6 giant pandas as the advance team to be released to the wild among 108 giant pandas. On that very day, the NBA star Yao Ming, who has been committed to wild animal protection, opened the cage and released the 6 captive pandas to the wild.
Since October 1, 2014, Dujiangyan Panda Valley has been officially opened to visitors.
Information
Admission Fee: CNY 58; Free of charge for children under 1.3 meters (4.3 feet).
Opening Hours: 8:30 - 17:00
Tips:Since Feb. 1, 2018, the program of Taking Photos Holding a Panda will be suspended, and it's unclear when it will be resume.
Duration:6-8 Hours
Attractions(Cities): Chengdu Panda Research Base, People's Park, Jinli Ancient Street, Kuanzhai Alley
Tour Style:One day, one private car, and an English-speaking local guide who has already booked every ticket on the list. Mornings start early at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding so you catch the pandas while they are still active; after that, the pace slows to a hillside teahouse in Renmin Park, gaiwan jasmine tea in hand. Between the two you walk Jinli's lantern-lit lane and finish in Kuanzhai Alley, where restored Qing courtyards now sit alongside small shops and tea rooms. Pick-up and drop-off match your schedule — a Chengdu hotel, a train station, or the airport.
Duration:8 Hours
Attractions(Cities):Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base, Leshan Giant Buddha
Tour Style:Two UNESCO-listed sights on one private day out of Chengdu. The morning starts at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding while the animals are still active in the cool hours, then the driver takes you south along the expressway to Leshan, where a 71-metre stone Buddha carved between 713 and 803 AD still stands at the junction of three rivers. Walk the Nine Bends Plank Road, take the river boat, or do both. English-speaking local guide, private air-conditioned car with an experienced driver, Panda Base and Leshan tickets included, hotel, train station, or airport pick-up.
Duration:2 Days, 1 Night
Attractions(Cities):Chengdu Panda Base, Renmin Park, Wuhou Temple, Jinli Street, Wenshu Monastery, Chengdu Museum, Tianfu Square
Tour Style:This two-day private tour moves between the old and new faces of Chengdu at your own pace. Day 1 starts at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in the morning, when the pandas are feeding, then takes in the teahouse scene at Renmin Park, the Three Kingdoms shrines of Wuhou Temple, and the snack stalls and craft shops of Jinli Ancient Street. Day 2 covers the Buddhist halls of Wenshu Monastery, the collections of the Chengdu Museum, and the modern plaza at Tianfu Square. A private car and an English-speaking guide carry you between all of them, with pickup from your hotel, train station, or the airport, and the daily order flexes if you want longer at the panda base or a slower teahouse stop. Lunch is left open so your guide can point you to local kitchens rather than tourist menus.
Duration:8-9 Hours
Attractions(Cities):Dujiangyan, Qingcheng Mountain
Tour Style:This day trip pairs two UNESCO-listed sights west of Chengdu: the Dujiangyan Irrigation System and Qingcheng Mountain. A private car and driver collect you from your hotel, train station, or the airport and stop first at Dujiangyan, where an English-speaking guide walks you through the 256 BC waterworks that Li Bing and his son built without a dam, still carrying Min River water onto the Chengdu plain after more than 2,000 years. You see the Fish Mouth levee, Flying Sand Reef, and Bottle Neck channel up close. After lunch you drive to Qingcheng Mountain, a founding site of Taoism, and take the cable car and stone paths past the front-mountain temples. Lunch is left out on purpose so your guide can point you to a local Sichuan kitchen; pace, photo stops, and vegetarian or lighter requests are easy to adjust on a private tour.
Duration:3 Days 2 Nights
Attractions(Cities):Leshan Giant Buddha, Mount Emei, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Renmin Park, Jinli Ancient Street, Kuanzhai Alley
Tour Style:This three-day private tour pairs Chengdu with two mountain and heritage sights. Day one covers the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base in the morning, then Renmin Park teahouse, Jinli Ancient Street, and Kuanzhai Alley. Day two drives about two hours to the 71-metre Leshan Giant Buddha, seen from the cliff path or a Dadu River boat, then on to an overnight at the foot of Mount Emei. Day three rises by eco-bus and cable car to the Golden Summit at 3,077 metres and the old temples before the return to Chengdu. A private car, driver, and English-speaking guide handle tickets and transfers, and pick-up and drop-off run from your Chengdu hotel, station, or airport.
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Hello,
Have they resumed photos holding a panda? If so, what's the cost?
How much is a package for entrance and volunteering? I want to be able to feed a panda.