The Shenshuping Panda Base in Wolong Panda Reserve also allows its visitors to hug a panda. It is about 110km (about 2 hours' driving from Chengdu). The hugging experience is the same.
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IMPORTANT NEWS: Currently Panda Hug is suspended in all panda bases due to Covid-19 risk. Panda volunteering is reopen to foreigners, but only expats can join. To avoid crowds, we recommend Dujiangyan Panda Base or Wolong Panda Base for better experience. Find a panda tour here.
Twenty-eight of the 60 are in 10 European zoos. Most zoos have 2 or 3 pandas. The zoos with the most pandas are Adventure World in Japan with 6 and Pairi Daiza in Belgium with 5. Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand is the only zoo with a single panda.
American zoos do not actually own the pandas that we enjoy going to visit. China rents pandas out to the tune of $1 million a year. Zoos typically sign a 10-year contract, which means that at the end of that contract, a zoo will have spent $10 million renting one panda. And any cubs that are born while at the zoo?
To land this incredible job, you must be at least 22 years old, have a basic knowledge of pandas, be able to write, and know how to take pictures. Job recruiter Ye Mingxin explains, “You need perseverance for this job.
There is literally one place in the entire world where you can hold a baby panda bear and it's at Dujiangyan Panda Base and Center for Disease Control which is two hours outside of Chengdu, China.
The Chinese government, which gifted the first pair of pandas — Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling — to the U.S., now leases the pandas out for a typical 10-year renewable term. The annual fee ranges from $1 million to $2 million per pair, plus mandatory costs to build and maintain facilities to house the animals.
Red Panda EncounterYou may even be able to touch them gently on the back!* It is an experience you will never forget. Please Note: masks and gloves are required for the safety of the animals during this encounter.