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In Chengdu
成都大熊猫繁育研究基地
The recorded experience
- Experienced07:30
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Entered Chengdu Panda Research Base at 7:30 opening time using pre-booked passport-linked tickets and visited the panda enclosures to watch Giant Pandas and Red Pandas eating bamboo.
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- We visited the CHENGDU PANDA BASE the BEST place to see PANDAS in CHINA · 0:46Caption timestamp checked
To get in, we used our passport, so we pre-booked our tickets with Get Your Guide.
- We visited the CHENGDU PANDA BASE the BEST place to see PANDAS in CHINA · 0:46Caption timestamp checked
- Experienced
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Rode the internal golf cart around the park after queuing for nearly an hour.
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After almost an hour, we finally made it onto the golf cart.
- We visited the CHENGDU PANDA BASE the BEST place to see PANDAS in CHINA · 16:10Caption timestamp checked
Recommendation
Travelshorts’ observation: Booking golf cart tickets inside the Panda Base via WeChat/Alipay QR code required a Chinese mobile phone number, but staff at the desk allowed paying with cash for paper tickets.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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We could pay with cash and she's going to give us a physical ticket.
Recommendation
Travelshorts’ observation: Tickets pre-booked on Get Your Guide linked seamlessly to foreign passports, allowing direct entrance through the ticket turnstile by scanning passports without physical tickets or QR codes.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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- We visited the CHENGDU PANDA BASE the BEST place to see PANDAS in CHINA · 0:56Caption timestamp checked
The ticket is linked to your passport, so by showing our three passports, we came in.
Historical costs mentioned
- Panda Base golf cart shuttle ticketCN¥30.00
Transaction · Paid · PER_PERSON · Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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- We visited the CHENGDU PANDA BASE the BEST place to see PANDAS in CHINA · 10:26Caption timestamp checked
So the price looks like 30 RMB. It's only £3 for a ticket, but we're unable to do it without a Chinese number.
- We visited the CHENGDU PANDA BASE the BEST place to see PANDAS in CHINA · 10:26Caption timestamp checked
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- We visited the CHENGDU PANDA BASE the BEST place to see PANDAS in CHINA · 0:28Caption timestamp checked
then a 25-minute taxi journey, we're now here at the Panda Research Base in Chengdu in China.
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