Travel Notes | The most complete guide to Guangzhou Chimelong Wildlife Park

transportation

1. It is about 60 kilometers from the airport to Chimelong. Taking a taxi costs more than 200 yuan and takes an hour. You can also choose to take the airport bus to Yongcheng Hotel in Panyu (only a few kilometers away from Chimelong), which costs 30 yuan. . Buses run every 30 minutes, departing at half o'clock and on the hour.

2. It’s very close from Guangzhou to Chimelong in the south, and it costs more than 20 yuan to take a taxi. Friendly reminder: The high-speed rail stops are divided into "Guangzhou direction" and "Panyu direction", which are on different platforms. Check the direction to "Panyu" before queuing up!

3. Guangzhou South to Chimelong Metro: Take Line 7, 4 stops to Hanxi Changlong Station. There is a free bus from Chimelong at the subway entrance. This is Chimelong Line 1: from the subway station – South Gate of Wildlife Park – Panda Hotel (where you watch the circus) – Chimelong Hotel (where you stay with the White Tiger) – subway station.

stay

1. Chimelong Hotel: In a word, it is very expensive.

The most common rooms start at more than 1,000 yuan, but the most important thing for Chinese people may be money. During peak periods, you may not be able to book one if you want to stay there~~~. Because I have two children and two elders in tow, for the sake of convenience, I also want to choose a family room (one bunk bed + two 1.5-meter large beds) + two tickets for any double park (Chimelong has a total of 4 parks + 1 A big circus), more than 4,000 yuan a day, stupid expensive, stupid expensive! Later, he voluntarily gave up and stayed with the giant pandas for one night, thus escaping the fate of being slaughtered. But I heard that the White Tiger House is pretty good.

2. There are various parent-child apartments outside Chimelong North Gate. I chose the "Colorful Sunshine Parent-child Apartment" which had good online reviews. The experience was really bad and the facilities were poor. I would not recommend it. There are many apartments in this location where you can spend some time. The hotel closest to Beimen is the "IU Hotel" (just out of Beimen, I can't comment without having stayed there). It is recommended that you book a hotel nearby. You will be very late and tired after watching the circus. These hotels are only a 5-minute walk from the circus.

Note: 3 minutes past the north gate is the Malaysian Theater and the Panda Hotel under construction. (Due to the construction of the hotel, this gate is temporarily closed to cars.)

3. Sleeping with the giant panda. This is a new project of Chimelong. It can be booked on the official website APP. There are two days and one night and overnight accommodation options.

A. The two-day and one-night tour includes two parks, one large and one small (tickets for Bird Park and Wildlife Park) + breakfast, lunch and dinner + nighttime visit to the Koala Center and science popularization + sleeping in a tent at the Giant Panda Center for one night.

B. Overnight accommodation includes two parks and one park (two tickets for the wildlife park) + breakfast the next day + nighttime visit to the Koala Center and science popularization + sleeping in a tent at the Giant Panda Center for one night.

Note: Both options can add a child under 1.5 meters (need to add separate tickets and breakfast money). Breakfast is 15 yuan per person, and tickets are paid according to the time you enter. The price is 175 yuan per person on weekdays and 210 yuan per person on weekends.

The tent conditions that everyone is concerned about: Although it cannot be compared with a five-star hotel, it is much better than the tents we usually live in. The mattresses and quilts are the same as those in hotels, and they are clean and hygienic.

4. Zhuhai Circus Hotel: The biggest advantage of choosing this hotel is that it is convenient to watch the circus. The circus is in the hotel, so you can go back to your room to rest after watching it.

Friendly reminder: Zhuhai is different from Guangzhou. Guangzhou Chimelong has many choices when you go out from the north gate. You have to take a car to find other hotels in Zhuhai.

If you don’t want trouble: “This is the only one, no choice.”

5. Zhuhai Penguin Hotel: You can take a shuttle bus from Circus Hotel to Penguin Hotel, which takes about ten minutes. (I need to complain: the hotel check-in is very slow, and queuing for half an hour is completely normal. Please wait patiently, hehehe~~)

Advantages of choosing this hotel:

1. It is very close to Ocean Kingdom, just outside the hotel;

2. Guests staying in the hotel can enter the Ocean Kingdom multiple times.

Friendly recommendation: If there are many people on holidays, you can choose to buy a VIP card to avoid waiting in line for attractions. I remember that we bought it for 150 yuan/person.

eat

1. The basic set menus in Chimelong Paradise start at 75 yuan. Don’t be too picky about the taste. There is no problem in eating full. (In principle, bringing your own drinks and food is not allowed in the park)

2. Baihu Buffet Restaurant in Chimelong Hotel (dinner reservations on the official website are 288 yuan/person for adults and 174 yuan/person for children). This place is among the top three restaurants in Panyu. You can also try it out.

3. Recommendation: Fireworks Chinese Restaurant in Zhuhai Penguin Hotel. Although the price is a little expensive, the advantages are that the taste is delicious, the environment is high-end, and most importantly, you can see the dazzling fireworks.

Summary: The money spent is worth it.

Play

1. Chimelong Bird Paradise (formerly Guangzhou Crocodile Park)

Although most of the guides said it was not interesting, I had planned a two-day trip in Chimelong and was not interested in the facilities in the Happy Park, so I decided to go.

My personal experience is as follows: If there is no excellent and perfect safari park for comparison, Bird Paradise is not that bad (truly realize that there is no harm without comparison), especially now that there are many performances in it, I think it is worth going if you have time.

Friendly reminder : Take a performance schedule for the day when you enter the park.

First performance 10:30: Wetland Elf Show

There will be interactive sessions in this performance. The children are very involved and the atmosphere is very lively.

Second performance at 11:30, Birds Flying Song

It feels like we are in a fairyland, and we are just passers-by who mistakenly enter the fairyland.

The third show: crocodile drama

In the world of brave men, strength determines everything.

We didn’t attend the fourth and fifth performances, so we took the free shuttle back to the hotel.

Friendly reminder : There are free buses from Chimelong here. The bus departs every half hour and ends at the north gate of the wildlife park.

2. Chimelong Wildlife Park - I personally think this is the best wildlife park in China (not one of them)

The biggest reason: all the animals here are "full of energy and high spirits", unlike the animals we see in other places which are basically "listless, sallow and thin".

In my words: "The animals at Chimelong Zoo are professional and dedicated, which made us happy to come and return with a full load."

First, let us have a comprehensive understanding of the park’s distribution map, routes, and opening hours before planning the best itinerary.

The following is my one day and one night itinerary for reference only.

A. Stay overnight at the Panda Center and visit the Koala Museum the night before

B. Browse the small train (9:30-10:00)

C. Qinglong Mountain (10:30-12:00) just in time for the White Tiger Diving at 12:00

D. Visit Baihu District + Lunch (12:15-1:30)

E. Aerial cable car (2:00-2:30)

F. Panda Mountain + Participate in Panda Breeder Training (3:00-4:30)

G. The remaining time can be arranged freely.

A. Stay overnight at the Panda Center the night before

One of the biggest benefits is that you can see an awake koala. This guy is very lazy and has to sleep for more than 18 hours. Being able to see him awake during the day is definitely a sign of good character.

The second benefit: you can take the first train in the park to visit the "African Forest".

Hi, I'm cute! Let me be cute!

Woohoo, I secretly lost weight for the sake of beauty and was discovered by Xiaohua (the breeder). She is being punished by corporal punishment~~~

Mommy, it’s still cute that I am cute, hehehe!

B. Small train tour (this is a must-attend item when going to Chimelong, the whole journey takes 30 minutes). Due to limited space, only good-looking people can appear.

Friendly reminder: There are many people and few cars, so the earlier you go, the better. When we passed by the cable car at noon, we saw that the waiting time was at least half an hour.

C. After taking the small train, then browse "Qinglong Mountain". The opening hours of this place are 10:30 in the morning, and you still have to wait for half an hour after browsing the small train. The time passed quickly while the children were playing and playing.

Let me complain: the dinosaurs are so realistic that the children were so scared that they stopped moving forward. They were holding, dragging, coaxing, and crying, and it was as if they had entered the real world of dinosaurs. Hehehe~

Brother, where are the dinosaurs? where?

C. The famous "White Tiger Diving"

It’s very interesting, the tigers are so cute and perform every half hour.

Sorry to inform you: with the unclear glass and top-notch photography skills, it is estimated that the tiger’s heroic appearance can only be shown to one or two-tenths!

It is eager to dive, hehehe~~

D. Aerial cable car browsing, is to see animals from a different angle.

Friendly reminder:

1. Personally, I think it’s better to go at noon, when there will be fewer people.

2. Hotel guests have a special channel and have priority with other tourists.

E. Participate in panda breeder training. It was said online that you can feed pandas. I thought it would be a great feeling to be able to get up close and personal with pandas! Seats are limited every day, so place your order immediately on the official website. )

I spent 1,000 yuan on two children and the results are as follows:

1. Made a cake with the children

2. Let’s feed the pandas like this and finish the close contact.

My experience is as follows: This 1,000 yuan spent is really poor value for money. The panda is still on the other side of the fence, and I am still on this side of the fence, but the money has gone from my pocket to someone else’s pocket, woo woo~~