What's the Best Time/Seasons to see Pandas in the Wild?

We have talked with different people who live near the panda habitat and who work as panda guides. The experience we have is sometimes within themselves there are disagreement on the best season,and the best locations but overall we have a good picture of the good seasons to see/take photos of pandas in the wild.

The best seasons to see pandas in the wild is from late March to early June, and from mid September to mid November. The best of the best seasons is from mid April to mid May(Another conclusion by local people on this is from late March to late April). The mating season is from late March to mid April. From late June to early September is too wet due to the rain in the forest. From late November to early March is too hard due to accumulated snow. If you wish to see pandas in the wild the best seasons is during the mating seasons. If you wish to take good photos of wild pandas the best seasons is from early May to late May when cubs are climbing trees.

Spring

If you want to plan for late March then prepare for cold and wet conditions when snow is still possible and you may need to prepare more for the low temperature as cold as around 0-5C. The prime mating season is from around 28 Mar to 15 Apr when there is a good chance you will here pandas mating noises when searching by the right locations. Although there is also good chance you may only hear the pandas but may not be able to see one, let alone taking a good photo of one. Then if you are a committed wildlife photographer and wish to take good photos of pandas in the wild then a good time is from mid May to late May when cubs(1-2 year olds) start to climb trees. Although considering the proportion of the teenage pandas among the total panda population is low, the chance of seeing a panda climbing trees is much lower than hearing them.

Snow stays as Late as April

Please note, you may acctually go to search for pandas in the wild all year round as pandas don't hibernate and don't have a big difference in behaviors in different seasons overall. Above information is what we have from local panda guides and villagers and also considering the weather window and right temperature for humans(can't be too cold, too hot, too wet, too much snow), accessiility by humans (too much snow will slow people down, too wet will bring big risk on health and pace), availability on guides(in general local peoples' working seasons are July, August, October and November). The later into May/June the warmer/wetter it is going to be. The raining season is from June to September. The busy tourist season (by most panda places) is July, August, October and November.The Snow season is from December to March.

Sunrise by Camp