Edinburgh Zoo is home to the only giant pandas in the UK. The female is called Tian Tian (Sweetie) and the male is Yang Guang (Sunshine).
Both pandas have very similar, but separate, enclosures as giant pandas are entirely solitary animals that only meet once a year during the breeding season.
The outdoor enclosures feature tree trunks for the pandas to scratch against and climb; large wooden climbing frames and tree houses; caves and ponds.
Each panda also has an off show area where keepers weigh the pandas each morning, carrying out important daily training.
Please be aware indoor and outdoor viewing for any of our animals may be closed at short notice for health checks and welfare reasons.
Due to any unforeseen animal welfare issues animal exhibits may be closed to visitors without notice and at anytime
No flash photography is allowed in the giant panda exhibit. Please make sure you know how to turn your flash off.
The pandas are active both day and night. As their activity patterns can vary each day and with the changing seasons, there is no guarantee that they will be active at a particular time
For further information about visiting Edinburgh Zoo, please visit our Visitor Information page
To celebrate Yang Guang's 12th birthday, keepers made him a large ice-cake to wish him a ‘bear-y’ happy birthday.
Yang Guang shows off his playful side, having great fun with a special giant boomer ball!
Tian Tian
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We know lots of you have questions about giant panda breeding and the species’ future at Edinburgh Zoo. Please do read our FAQs for the latest information.
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The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo won two awards at the 2019 Giant Panda Global Awards on 3 January 2020.
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Following recent media coverage, we would like to clarify the following in relation to funding for the new giant panda habitat at Edinburgh Zoo.
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Our new giant panda exhibit was officially opened last week.
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The last 12 months have been incredibly difficult for your zoo. Every day we need thousand of pounds just to feed and care for the animals you love, including our giant pandas. We can’t and won’t compromise on their care.
If you can, please help to look after Yang Guang and the rest of our amazing animals with a donation today.
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