PLACE GUIDE

Chongqing Zoo 重庆动物园

Chongqing Dongwuyuan

Chongqing Zoo occupies a substantial green site in Yangjiaping, with separate habitats for giant pandas, red pandas and larger mammals.

Chongqing Zoo (Chongqing Dongwuyuan) · 重庆动物园
Chongqing Zoo (Chongqing Dongwuyuan) · 重庆动物园 · Jpbowen · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Explore the region

Chongqing · 重庆市 →Jiulongpo District · 九龙坡区 →

About Chongqing Zoo

The panda areas are a natural starting point, but a second section makes the visit more varied than concentrating on one enclosure. Animal visibility changes with daily care, weather and the animals’ choices, so use the visitor map to plan a flexible circuit. Keep to the public viewing areas and allow room around crowded habitats.

Before 1949 the site was a private garden. Construction of the zoo began in 1953, and it opened as a park named West District Park in 1954, officially opening to the public on 24 January 1955 with 11 species and 60 animals on display. It was renamed Chongqing Zoo on 1 November 1960, by which point it exhibited 103 species and 589 animals, and by 1966 this had grown to 137 species and 735 animals, giving it the scale of a medium-sized zoo.

Chongqing Zoo lies in Yangjiaping (杨家坪) in Jiulongpo District, about 8 kilometres from the city centre, at an elevation of 240 to 305.8 metres, and covers 45 hectares. It is one of only three zoos in China that keep the largest numbers of giant pandas, and it serves as a giant panda breeding base and a population base for the national South China tiger breeding programme. It is rated a national AAAA tourist attraction and was selected as a National Key Park in 2009, and it currently displays more than 230 species of animals, totalling over 4000 individuals.

What to look for

  • Giant-panda and red-panda habitats show two very different animals that share a common English name.
  • Tiger and elephant areas offer contrasting larger-mammal exhibits.

Location & getting there

Getting to Chongqing Zoo

The zoo is on Xijiao Road in Yangjiaping, Jiulongpo district. Zoo station on Rail Transit Line 2 is close to the main entrance.

General visit reminders

Allow room for the terrain and weather when choosing your route. Check the operator’s current trail, shuttle and cableway notices where applicable, and confirm the return connection before setting out. A broad landscape pin does not identify every trailhead or access point.

Combine your visit

Suggested order for the visit:

  1. Main entrance and map

    Choose the open habitat circuit.

  2. Panda areas

    Visit the giant-panda and red-panda viewing spaces.

  3. Another mammal section

    Add one contrasting area according to conditions.

This is an editorial sequence of named spaces or places. It does not imply a verified walking connection or promise opening, ticket availability or a journey time.

AI illustration: A seated giant panda holding and eating bamboo, with soft green foliage behind it.
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Find Chongqing Zoo

重庆动物园 · 九龙坡

Amap · 高德地图Approximate pin · 近似位置Apple Maps · 苹果地图

The pin marks the area, not the entrance.

More places nearby

Approximate straight-line distances between map pins, not travel distances.

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Sources & visit information

The sources below support the place-specific description and arrival information. Suggested combinations are editorial planning ideas; confirm current opening, entry arrangements and transport services for your date.

Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors, “Chongqing Zoo” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1361791230.

Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors, Chongqing · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 5341590.

Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "重庆动物园", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 94034376.

Background paragraphs condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "Chongqing Zoo", English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1361791230.

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