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Befengxia Panda Research Base, Ya’an, Sichuan, China
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Xiaoxitian Hostel is located in the renowned Befengxia Panda Base, within easy walking distance to the base.
Enclosed in the mountains it is 16 km from Ya’an City and 150 km from Chengdu. This is in a very rural area in the valley, so please do not expect too much in modern accommodation or comfort. However, this is a family run hostel and has very friendly staff, with clean and tidy rooms.
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Rooms
There are 2 or 3 beds in each room alongside a bath and 24-hour hot water. A laundry service is available.
Facilities
You are offered 3 good meals in the restaurant, which is named ’Family in Mountain’ and is located in Xiaoxitian. The food is typical Chinese and will contain a variety of delicious dishes. When it comes to transport, Xiaoxitian hostel is just inside the Panda base. There are many shuttle buses to Ya’an and Chengdu City every 35 minutes. Please note that There are no ATM in the Panda Base, but there are many Banks of China, and several ATM machines in Ya’an and Chengdu.
You can use the Internet in the office in the Panda Base, whilst there are also many internet cafes in Ya’an city. You can make international phone calls in Ya’an city, but these are not available in the Panda base unless you have your own cell-phone, which is relatively expensive. There are some mini-super-markets in and around the Panda Base.
Bifengxia base was opened in 2003 as part of the world’s largest Giant Panda Migration.
It was the biggest artificial migration of captive-bred giant panda ever seen. The Xiaoxitian Hostel is located within the base, at an altitude of 1100m to 1800m. In the base, there are over 20 areas for different types of Panda research, such as breeding, and ’kindergarten’.
Bifengxia Panda Base is arguably the best place to see pandas in the natural scenery they inhabit. Extending to about 60 square kilometres, Bifengxia has been long famous for its forest coverage, waterfalls, river and breathtaking landscapes. Now that it has been selected as China’s latest giant panda protection base, Bifengxia has a new role to play in altering the destiny of the endangered species. Pandas will be returned to nature after they have been given relevant training in simulated wild environments.
At up to 1,200 metres above sea level, Bifengxia is under the jurisdiction of Ya’an City. In the dense broadleaf forest with singing birds and murmuring streams stands a big gate with the image of a lovely giant panda carved on it, marking the entrance to Bifengxia Giant Panda Base. Walking through the gate and along the meandering mountain slope for a while, visitors can see several European-style cabins made of bricks and tiles. These are the panda’s homes. Camphor trees and oaks add mystery to the unusual environment.
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