Panda Pandamonium

We saved the best for our last day in China and........... we were certainly not disappointed AT ALL!!! These cuddly fluffly animals (yes they are real and no, there is not someone inside a suit- though we agree it looks like it too) are found at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Centre, in the Sichuan province. Chengdu's breeding centre is THE MOST successful out of all the breeding programs worldwide in terms of the number of cubs born, and those which are still surviving today.


A little video....

As you can see from the pictures (and vid) they are adorable and my camera was working overtime. We had to be at the centre very early in the morning for feeding time because after these cuddly characters eat their daily allowance of bamboo, they don't do much at all besides laying around in a sugar coma. We saw the adults and the one and two years olds and also the 2 month old cubs (we were not allowed to take photos of them :( .... ) . It was a fabulous way to end our trip in China.



They also have red pandas at the breeding centre, which while cute, are nowhere near as cute as the giant pandas in my opinion. In fact they can look a bit naughty and i don't think you would want to be left alone with one.