Spread across the three provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi, Giant Panda National Park protects and connects wild giant panda habitat. It was officially established in 2021, as part of the first batch of national parks in China, and is roughly 20,000 square kilometers. 

Giant pandas live at elevations between 1200 and 3500m in broadleaf and coniferous forests with a dense bamboo understory. The scenery in Giant Panda National Park is diverse, with lush bamboo forests, snow mountains, rivers, and wetlands.

Other mammals typically seen in Giant Panda National Park include the snow leopard, takin, black bear, Tibetan macaque, golden snub-nosed monkey, tufted deer, Chinese muntjac, Himalayan goral, Mainland serow, leopard cat, porcupine, yellow-throated marten, masked palm civet, and greater hog badger. Many bird species also make the national park their home, including Temminck's tragopan, golden pheasant, Lady Amherst pheasant, and silver pheasant.

Giant Panda National Park is more than just a panda paradise; it's a beacon of hope for biodiversity conservation. With an integrated management system, the park aims to protect and expand panda habitat, restore degraded ecosystems, engage local communities in conservation efforts, and promote sustainable tourism and research.

We will visit local communities and learn about how they have developed, economically and socially, alongside the national park. In a typical trip through Giant Panda National Park, we may bushwhack through dense bamboo forest, observe animal traces like giant panda footprints and porcupine spikes, and join a wilderness patrol in Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve.