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Destinations Visited: Giant Panda Reserve, Red Panda Reserve, Golden Monkey Reserve...
Departure: Private Tour / Flexible Date
Love hiking and wild animal? Why not take this hiking tour in wildlife nature reserves when you plan your vacation to China? This trip is for nature and animal lovers who are looking for active holidays. In this trip you will walk the nature reserves in Sichuan with moderate pace. The reserve hiking include the Giant Panda Reserve of Yaan and Wolong. You will have chance to spot Red Pandas, Samber Deers in the wild as well as Giant Panda in Yaan Panda Base.
Book NowThis is a gound tour. Please remember to have a day pack with you to take necessary items for each day's visit, sometimes including packed lunch or snacks for yourself, drinking water recommended 1L minimum, sunglasses, rainproof, warm-keeping clothes and hat, sun block and lip oil, etc.
Start from Chengdu city by 9am we will drive first into the Qionglaishan Range where it is one of the natural home of Giant Panda. Qionglaishan Range is with mountainous terrain and dense forests. We will arrive by the deep mountains of Qionglaishan between Yaan and Garze at Labahe, a nature reserve of Giant Pandas and other wildlife including red pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys, Sichuan takin, samber deer, various birds. After we arrive Labahe in the afternoon we will start our hiking from near the waterfall to Deer Pond for around 4km following the river with leisure pace. The river and forest views are beautiful in different seasons.
This is our first day of hiking we shall have sufficient time to walk at a comfortable pace to slowly orient ourselves. After the hiking we shall check in to our hotel that is located inside the park of Labahe in the complete nature. We shall have chance to spot samber deer by late afternoon or evening. Spotlighting(night tour to spot wildlife) is available in certain seasons.
Total driving 3-4h, total walking 4km, easy pace;
Overnight altitude at 1900m, highest altitude at 2000m.
Today is a full day hiking Labahe Reserve to its higher and core areas.
We will start from our hotel after breakfast and go to the tourist bus station by using the park tourist park to go to the higher part of Labahe after 8am. Arrive at the higher part by the cable car station at around 2700m we will then start our hiking down from there on the road in nature. Animal lovers may consider to walk around the bus terminal and stay around for longer time for high chance of sighting Red Pandas in the season of August to February, or May to June.
Optionally we may consider to use the cable car to go up to the top of mountain called Jiaoshan. In some seasons the cable car may involve long time waiting due to not enough people so may need to wait til a cable car is full. After the cable car we will arrive the top of the mountains at 3500m and from there it is around 2km walking up to 3750m by the very end of paved boardwalk. The walking on this part above 3500m can be strenuous due to higher altitude. Although in good weather days the views are amazing that one can often see cloud below you and more mountains sometimes covered in snow. In spring season in April, May and June there is a high chance of spotting Chinese Monal at this altitude. After this part of hiking go back the same way and use cable car to go down the mountain. From the cable car it is also a great place for spotting wildlife since it’s in a higher position over the canopies and trees.
From the upper bus terminal walking down will involve walking on road for some part but mostly will be quiet and scenic. The highlight part is the “Panda Trail” that goes in to the forest and include the Red Rock trail in to the valley. This part of hiking is mainly on unpaved road and plank or boardwalk with normally no people and complete wild forest and valley views with chance of spotting Red Panda, Lady Amherst's pheasant, Tibetan Macaque, Samber Deer and also chance of Sichuan Takin and other forest and bush birds.
Today’s walking is also flexible that the lower part of the hiking is skippable if one chooses to also include the Jianshan hiking (the higher part hiking). After the hiking we will then drive out of the reserve and continue drive for around 2 hours to the Yaan City and stay there for the night.
Total driving 2h, total walking 12+km, moderate pace;
Overnight altitude at 500m, highest altitude at 2700m (optional to 3750m).
Panda Trail Hiking - Labahe
Labahe Hiking
Red Panda
Red Panda
Labahe Higher Trail in Spring
Labahe Higher Trail in Summer
In the morning we will drive for about 1 hour to the base of Mt. Wawu.
Mt. Wawu means roof mountain with a very flat top and steep drop on all sides. Mt. Wawu is one of the lower mountains in Qionglaishan Range in Yaan as part of the Giant Panda Reserve of China and a popular tourist place in Sichuan near Chengdu. Mt. Wawu is renowned as "Pearl in the Green World". Wawu means table mountain or Flat-top mountain, with ever running streams and long waterfalls, lush forests and seasonal different views. Mt. Wawu is one of the best places to watch Red Pandas in real wild conditions. The tourist highlights of Wawu include Yanv Lake, Zhengjue Temple, Yuanyang Pond, etc. It is a well-established tourist park with cable cars and tourist buses available to the summit.
In the morning we will start from hotel and go to the entrance and check in. During certain seasons the park can be crowded especially in summer time in July and August. There may be long queues of getting in to the park but usually the cable car is not very crowded. We will start by around 8:30am (or 9am) in winter and use 2 sections of cable cars to the summit at around 2700m by elevation. From the cable car terminal we shall arrive the very top on the “Flat Roof”, from there we will start our walking on a circuit trail for total around 5km in forest. We shall have high chance of sighting Red Pandas and several endemic birds including parrotbills. The hiking is on flat paved boardwalk. We will have an opportunity to walk to the Yuanxi waterfalls and Lanxi waterfall that drop down for over 200m to the bottom of the mountain.
After hiking we will then go down the mountain using cable cars. More active hikers may consider to walk down for 3km down to the middle part of mountain and then use cable car or tourist bus to go down the mountain. After the hiking at Mt. Wawu we will then drive to our hotel by Yaan city for overnight.
Total driving 2+1h, total walking 8km(optional additional 3km), easy pace;
Overnight altitude at 500m, highest altitude at 2700m.
Mt. Wawu Hiking in May
Waterfall of Mt. Wawu
Red Panda
Red Panda
In the morning we will start from our hotel after breakfast and drive for around 30 minutes to Yaan Bifengxia Panda Base for today’s trip. Yaan Bifengxia Panda Base is one of the 6 panda bases in/around the city of Chengdu. Bifengxia means Gorge of Green Hills, it is also a tourist attraction that has gorge and waterfall scenery that share the same natural environment with the panda base itself. Bifengxia Panda Base is home to around 30 to 40 pandas in total. It is a less-touristy panda base comparing to the other ones near the city of Chengdu. We will spend 2-3 hours watching the pandas and panda cubs by the panda base in Bifengxia and then check out the panda base and do the hiking of Bifeng Gorge. The walking is on paved stairs for total around 7km to finish the circuit trail with views of waterfalls, small rivers, cliffs and forests. Bifeng Gorge is a typical landscape of subtropical rainforest in China. The stairs are not steep but can be damp. Normally one starts by the panda base and walk down to the bottom of the valley then follow the river down and then up. Coming up the valley you can use an elevator by the end of hiking.
Afterwards we will drive for around 2 hours to Dujiangyan and sleep for overnight.
Total driving 1+2h, total visiting 2-3h, walking 7-8km, easy pace;
Overnight altitude at 600m, highest altitude at 1100m.
Panda at Bifengxia
Bifeng Gorge Walking
Today we will do hiking in Wolong Nature Reserve. We will first start by our hotel in Dujiangyan and drive for around 1 hour to the base of the reserve in the village and may need to switch to a local transfer to go up the mountain. The hiking is on very steep terrain above the river gorge in the forest with chance of seeing different birds. If you are keen to go deeper into the forest then better to start earlier by 7am from hotel so to have more time for walking up from 2250m to the top by 3000m and back the same way in total 10km hiking. the views are great and sometimes misty. This hiking by the end will have a low probability of sighting red pandas and traces of giant pandas have also been found by the top of the hiking trails. The walking up is steep recommend to use walking poles.
You may choose to do the easier version of this hike by Ganhaizi with total distance of 8km from 2300m to 2700m and back the same way. This easier alternative is less steep and demanding but comparing to the first option it doesn’t get you very close to the usual panda playing/living locations.
After the hiking, we will drive 2 hours back to Chengdu. Tour ends by dropping you off to your hotel in Chengdu or you may consider to extend this hiking for 4 more days .
Total driving 1+2h, total walking 10+km, Challenging pace;
Highest altitude at 2000m.
Hiking Wolong Reserve
Red Panda Poop
Hiking Wolong Giant Panda Reserve
Hiking Wolong Reserve
--Optional Extension 4 Days for Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys Reserve and Sichuan Takin Reserve--
This is the part of extension of Sichuan Wildlife Reserves Hiking. You may consider to extend this hiking trip for 4 more days to include a chance to watch Golden Snub-nosed Monkey in China! And also a chance to watch Sichuan Takin! Please note this golden snub-nosed monkey extension is only available from 01 April to 30 November each year while the other seasons this place will be shut off.
The former night will then be spent in Wolong instead. In the morning we will have a chance to sight for Golden Pheasants near Wolong before starting a big half day driving to Jiuzhai. We will drive up one of the valleys near Wolong for possible sighting of Golden Pheasants for around 1 hour and hopefully we will see a golden pheasant walking by although this is not guaranteed.
The driving is long and we will make stops along the way. We shall arrive Jiuzhai in late afternoon and have rest for early start the next morning.
Total driving 6+h, easy pace;
Overnight altitude at 1400m, Highest altitude at 2000m.
In the morning we will start from hotel and drive to Baihe Golden Monkey Valley and walk to watch golden snub-nosed monkeys. Jiuzhai (Baihe) Golden Snub-nosed Monkey Valley, short for Jiuzhai Golden Monkey Valley is a nature park featured with Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys for visitors to watch. The monkeys are not kept in captive but rather in nature and made easy to watch for visitors. The whole area has total around 1700+ Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys while in this park visitors can see total around 100+ monkeys at the moment (2026). Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys in Golden Monkey Valley are living in nature and not kept in captive. At the moment this place has the closest to nature living environment for Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys in China and the most possible place to watch Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys in nature.
The visit involves walking on boardwalk for total 4-8km with some parts of trail not accessible in certain seasons. We shall spend the whole morning in the park and have enough time to watch the monkeys before we check out the park and drive in the late afternoon to Tangjiahe for overnight.
Total driving 4+h, total walking 4-8km, easy pace;
Overnight place at 1000m, highest altitude at 2000m.
Golden Snub-nose Monkey
Golden Snub-nose Monkey
Golden Snub-nose Monkey
Golden Snub-nose Monkey
Tangjiahe Nature Reserve is a protected area of nature located by the northeast of Minshan Range in Guangyuan of Sichuan Province, bordering Gansu by its north and Sha'anxi Province by its east. Tangjiehe Nature Reserve and its sorrounding area is home to wildlife including Giant Pandas, Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys, Sichuan Takins, Leopard Cat, Revee's Muntjac, Chinese Goral, Asiastic Black Bear, etc. Tangjiahe is home to as many as 430 different vertebrate, 2400 different plants. It is one of the best places in China to watch wildlife.
In the morning we shall check in to the reserve of Tangjiahe and use tourist bus to go to the end where visitors are allowed and from there we shall walk down the valley following the road where usually the wildlife is spotted (mainly Sichuan Takin, Tibetan Macaque, Reeves Muntjac, and lower chance of Fish Owl, Wild Boar, Chinese Goral, and even lower chance of Otter, Black Bear, Yellow-throated Marten, Chinese Tuft Deer, etc). The walking is on paved road with easy pace and we shall have multiple stops for sighting. Depending on the weather and season, we will use tourist bus to go to the other valley by the north and walk for more on also paved road in more remote part of the reserve of Tangjiahe if time allows.
After the hiking we will check out the park and go to the same hotel for overnight.
Total driving 1h, total walking 10+km, moderate pace;
Overnight altitude at 1100m, highest altitude at 1400m.
Hiking Tangjiahe Reserve
Hiking Tangjiahe
Sichuan Takin
Tibetan Macaque
Today is our last day of hiking and we shall go back to Chengdu by late afternoon.
We will start our day with driving here in the morning for 1 hour and start hiking for total 4-8km inside the valley. Laohegou is one of the main Nature Reserves in northern Sichuan dedicated for Giant Panda, Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys, Sichuan Takin, Leopard Cat, and other wildlife. It has a size of over 110 sqkm and the first Non-government funded nature reserve in China. It neighbors Tangjiahe Reserve by its west and Baishuijiang Reserve by its north. It is one of the less-developed yet heavily protected reserves in China and kept as a primitive and wild reserve with zero constructions inside.
We will drive in and walk the side valleys on 1 or 2 sections of unpaved trails as well as some parts on road. Except the summer seasons the other seasons will see no people here. Although the chance of sighting for wildlife is not guaranteed and probability of Sichuan Takin, Tuft Deer, Wild Boar are unstable in different seasons.
After the hiking we will check out the reserve and drive back to Chengdu in 4 hours. We shall leave the reserve no later than 2pm. Arrive in Chengdu by late afternoon and drop off to your hotel in the city. Tour ends.
Total driving 1+4h, total walking 4-8km, moderate pace;
Highest altitude at 1900m.
Tuft Deer
Hiking Laohegou Reserve
1.This is a private tour package. You may choose your own time to do this tour. This tour is customizable.
2.The best season to do this tour is from late August to the next June in terms of weather. The other seasons also good. From late June to early August some reserves may see heavy rain that may pose uncomfort for hiking and traveling, making the sighting of animal also hard.
3. This tour is suited for travelers between the age of 6 and 70. It is one of the best family adventure tours in China.
4. Red panda with highest probability of over 80% from late August to December in Labahe/Wawu. Other seasons lower probability but still possible. Golden monkey with almost 100% probability and Sichuan Takin with probability of over 80% from August to the next May. Giant Panda 100% probability in Yaan Panda Base but in the wild with extremely low probability.
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