Panda Tour Hotels | China | Natural Habitat Adventures

Shangri-La Xian

Location
Xian, China

The 5-star Shangri La-Xian is one of the finest hotels in the city, located in the heart of the upscale Yanta district midway between the airport and the city’s historic heart. Blending contemporary luxury with traditional architectural details that hark back to Xian’s ancient Silk Road heritage, the sleek high-rise hotel provides an elegant and serene space to relax. Deluxe rooms are spacious, at more than 400 square feet, with a view over the city skyline or surrounding gardens. Furnished with clean lines and modern flair in a palette of neutrals and rich earth tones, rooms have high-end beds with fine linens, full-size work desk, and a lounge spot with seating in front of floor-to-ceiling windows. Large marble bathrooms have a deep bathtub and separate walk-in rain shower, with premium Shangri-La toiletries. Rounding out the room amenities are high-speed Wi-Fi, an international direct-dial telephone, electronic safe, mini bar, in-room coffee and tea-making facilities. The hotel also offers a spa, fitness center, three restaurants and a lobby lounge, plus an expansive outdoor courtyard area with plenty of seating, both shaded and in the open, amid landscaped gardens and lawns.

Wild Panda Reserve Hotel

Location
Minshan Mountains, China

Our hotel base at the wild panda reserve provides comfortable accommodations for guests to the remote nature sanctuary we visit in southwest Sichuan Province. All rooms have private bathrooms with toilet, basin and spacious shower. A large dining room offers family-style meals, though guests besides ourselves are generally few. Internet service is available in the main lobby. The hotel is a convenient base for our excursions into some of China’s best wild habitat for giant pandas and a host of other endangered wildlife species that flourish in the deep forests of the Minshan Mountains. It is the only accommodation in the region, situated within a protected area recognized as a Grade I nature reserve by WWF, for its significance as a global biodiversity hotspot.

Jiuzhou Jindu Hotel

Location
Pingwu, China

The Jiuzhou Jindu Hotel is located near the Bao’en Temple in Pingwu. Comfortable modern rooms feature one queen or two double beds, en suite bathroom and views toward the river. Each spacious room also has air conditioning. Relax in the outdoor pool or retreat to the cafe for a cup of tea. Free Wi-Fi is available in the hotel's common areas, and the on-site restaurant features both Chinese and Western cuisine.

Balan International Hotel

Location
Dujiangyan, China

With its prime location in Balan Square and close proximity to scenic and natural areas, this contemporary hotel is an ideal base for exploration. Spacious, well-lit rooms offer mountain and city views with air-conditioning and floor-to-ceiling windows. Rooms have large en suite bathrooms with tubs and walk-in showers. Public spaces offer complimentary Wi-Fi and three stylish restaurants offer a range of international cuisine, while the lounge is an inviting space for coffee, tea or cocktails with a view over the river. Relax in the sauna or indoor swimming pool, or get a workout in the state-of-the-art gym.

Rilong Lotus Flower Hotel

Location
Rilong, Sichuan, China

Our simple but charming hotel offers comfortable accommodations steeped in the local character of Rilong. Located on the Tibetan street in the village, the hotel overlooks mountain peaks rising in the distance in view out your guest room window. The interior is artistically decorated in a combination of local Jiarong Tibetan and Buddhist style. The small lobby bar offers a cozy place to relax or read a book over a cup of coffee or tea the hostess will prepare for you. Through the window, enjoy a tableau of local people in traditional dress strolling through the narrow Tibetan street. Rilong offers a wonderful immersion in the unique culture of the Jiarong Tibetans, which is the smallest ethnic group among the four Tibetan cultures in the region, including the Wei, Kangba and Anduo Tibetans.

Shangri-La Chengdu

Location
Chengdu, China

Located just 25 minutes from the airport in Chengdu’s cosmopolitan Jinjiang District, the gleaming highrise Shangri-La offers spectacular views over the Jinjiang River and glittering city skyline. The hotel’s spacious guest rooms offer luxurious facilities including an invigorating rain shower, plasma screen TV, complimentary broadband Wi-Fi Internet access, mini bar, coffee- and tea-making facilities, and in-room electronic safe. During your stay, enjoy a drink at Mooney’s, the hotel’s traditional Irish pub, take a dip in the indoor swimming pool, or relax with a treatment at Chi Spa, inspired by traditional Asian healing philosophies to restore balance and harmony to the mind and body.