Chengdu Travel - A misty October morning at the Laba He Forest park - this park is an eay 4 hours from downtown Chengdu. This picture is taken at about 2,000m, where the lush forest environment creates an ideal habitat for the Red Panda.
Indeed the foliage can be so dense that it needs a pair of good eyes to spot the normally quiet Pandas as they go about their daily feeding patrols. Here we have some good luck - a glimpse of movement out of the corner of my eye - a flash of orange brown - and then we focus on the Red Panda recognition point that most often gives it away - a beautiful bushy tail.
Red Pandas are great climbers - and they share this forest with other climbing animals like the Monkeys that also live at Laba He. Finding Short-tailed Macaques in this forest is quite easy - they roam in large noisy troupes, often creating a lot of disturbance in the forest canopy. So when we see tree-top movement, straight-away we think Monkey - but this time we get rather excited, it's definitely a Red Panda that's caught our eye.
The Panda moves deftly in between branch and twig, and it's difficult to get photos as its progress is obscured by a filter of forest greenery. But in this shot we can see our Panda stopping to feed on something tasty - maybe one of those berries.
We don't have long to take in this wonderful sight, because soon the Panda is heading for new feeding grounds. These animals are fantastic climbers, moving with expert ease, while performing great acts of ballance.
And there it goes - once again a wave of a tail - and an awesome nature experience comes to an end.
On this occasion we were guiding a guest from France and had chosen to take into the park by foot. We trekked up a jeep track - the ascent isn't that steep. However for those who didn't feel confident in walking this park - it's also possible to hire jeep transport.By the way - all the pics are by Meggie.
For more info on Laba He contact us on - chengduuk@hotmail.com
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