Wildlife Tours in China

Get close to giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan Province, home to 80% of China's wild pandas. The 92-acre site has a nursery where you can watch infant pandas, then head to Leshan to see the 71-meter-tall Great Buddha carved into red sandstone cliffs where three rivers meet.

See giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, home to over 80% of China's wild giant panda population. Walk through the 92-acre facility and watch infant pandas in the dedicated nursery. Head to Leshan to see the UNESCO-listed Giant Buddha, an 8-meter-tall statue carved into red sandstone cliffs overlooking where the Min, Qingyi, and Dadu rivers meet.

Visit Dujiangyan Panda Base about 1.5 hours from Chengdu, then head to Chengdu Panda Conservation Centre to watch giant and red pandas munch bamboo. Walk along sections of the Great Wall, a UNESCO site stretching from the Yellow Sea to the Gobi Desert, then see the Terracotta Army in Xian.

Cruise through the Three Gorges along the Yangtze River past limestone cliffs and waterfalls, then visit Chongqing's Panda House to see giant pandas. Later head to Yangshuo's karst landscapes where water buffalo graze through green rice paddies beneath limestone peaks.

Visit Chengdu's Panda Conservation Centre to watch giant pandas in natural habitat settings before moving on to Chongqing. Along the Li River near Yangshuo, you'll see cormorant fishermen working among emerald-green paddies and limestone karst formations, covering diverse areas from Yunnan's mountains to Guilin.

Head to Chengdu's Panda Conservation Centre to see giant pandas in naturalistic habitats that mirror their bamboo forest homes, with a museum detailing the breeding program's conservation efforts. Get a close encounter with a cormorant fisherman along the Li River near Yangshuo, witnessing this traditional fishing method against the limestone karst peaks.

Trek through Lachu Valley to see Mount Kailash's north face at Drirapuk Monastery, watching for wild donkeys and Tibetan antelopes across the grasslands. Cross Dromala Pass at 5,630m and walk down past Kadoe Lake, then circle Lake Manasarovar's turquoise waters at 4,590m with Mount Naimona Nyi rising beyond.