The pandas are housed either in enclosures or in semi-natural habitats -- if they're being prepared to return to the open reserve. Unfortunately, Wòlóng has had less success with reintroducing pandas to the wild than with captive breeding, so the majority of pandas are in large enclosures that include an indoor room and an outdoor courtyard. For bird's-eye views of the pandas in open-air pens, an elevated trail runs along an adjacent cliff face above the enclosures.
Opposite are the Lesser Panda Enclosures (Xiaoxióngmao Shengtài Guan). Although the smaller red pandas -- related to the raccoon -- don't get nearly as much press, they are undeniably appealing and usually more playful.
The best time to visit is between 8:30 and 10:30am, while the pandas feed.