it is supposed to have the real dating with my partner but... it ends up aunt-like-dating - it is supposed to have a dating with my partner, but... (her skin is sensitive and easy to get allergy with something-> plus the jet lagging-> result: she is lazy in the hotel room-> before heading to the tourist activity, I already order food in advance -> IF you are USA resident or USA citizen, we all know the skin allergy is not big problem-> We can go to CVS or Walgreen to buy the allergy cream/lotion. Before we heading to Beijing airport, I see the Atlanta airport has the CVS vending machine. Thus, we will be okay. Once we fly back to USA territory, IF need, we will go to the urgent care.) The tour can be flexible operate. That is what Mei - the tourist guide - share. Her company can re-arrange the tourist activity in another day, at another slot time. And I still commit... Early morning, I already eat some while "wai Mai" the KFC near my hotel. (the breakfast meal is not included in this tour but you always can ask for the references). About 7:40 am local time, I meet up with the driver -> drive little bit to one bus station -> pick up Mei. In short, Mei is the extrovert so that day, I have a few hours dating with the aunt-like-relative. She is so much friendly that give me the feeling Mei is one of my relative aunts/aunts-in-law in Viet Nam. Next, we included the driver-> we go to the Beijing Zoo. It is crowded!!! Mei shares that day is within the range summer break 14,15 days of students-> Therefore, many families go to the zoo. Beijing Zoo has more kind of animal included the Aquarium. However, majority wants to see the Panda. Seeing the super long line waiting to see the Panda Meng Lan... aigoo~ give up the chance fastly and firmly. I ask Mei to leading to see other Panda available. Aigoo~ other big cages for other Panda... also crowded. Understandable since Panda is the official whole country lovely animal. I also can record a few shorts but in here Tripadvisor does not have the function upload video/shorts. Seeing Panda house-> purely based on your luck. The morning time visiting is not so hot temperature, but a few Panda still don't want to go out their net. After three rounds walking to increase more chance to take photo/shorts for the Pandas, the driver helps us go to Summer Palace. During the road, you will hear the history background of this Summer Palace but I think you should searching in advance. Because the history could be more... "royal". ( with some darkness). Since the Qing Dynasty, somewhere after 1910s, this Summer Palace become the private "retirement place" of the Queen. In Chinese history, we hear a lot of King but some Kings are just the clone of his mother's ambitious. The Summer Palace cover overs 2000 km included the river... Aigoo~ "royal family things"... no extra comment -.- Because this is the half-day tour so we don't walk all the area of the Summer Palace. And my situation.... if It were you, you would be flexible for one day long for the attractions Panda house OR Summer Palace similar to many local group tours. While I just have the half-day.

Panda house plus - Great to see pandas at play. Angel also took me through the old part of Beijing. Nice to see this area without being part of a big group. Great tour!

Lovely afternoon tour - What a lovely way to spend an afternoon!! My guide Maggie was very friendly and knowledgeable. The Summer displace is beautiful and then to see the Pandas at the zoo, just capped off a wonderful day. Would definitely recommend Maggie and this tour.

A wonderful experience - What a lovely way to spend an afternoon! The Summer Palace is so lovely and my guide Maggie was very informative and friendly. We got to see the pandas and lucky enough to film one of them having a bath!! Would definitely recommend Maggie and this tour!!

Wonderful China Experience! - Had an absolutely wonderful day with Lily I will never forget! Summer Palace is breathtaking in it's beauty and cultural history. Definitely a must see for anyone visiting China. The Panda House at the immense Beijing Zoo gets very crowded but with Lily's excellent guidance, I was able to view and capture the pandas joyous walk around their pen. These gorgeous treasures of China amazed and thrilled a very happy crowd. I must express my sincere thanks to Lily as she was a wonderful tour guide who made everything very easy, spoke very good English, and was extremely knowledgeable about the history of Summer Palace (very important to me). Highly recommend you book her as your next tour guide!!

Panda House and Summer Palace - The tour with my guide Linda, was excellent. She brought us right to the Panda house and showed us the young pandas who were eating. We were lucky it wasn’t sleeping time for the Pandas! The Summer Palace was beautiful. The climb to the pagoda was worth the view!

Summer Palace was great! - We had a great time with Lisa visiting the Pandas and the Summer Palace. She was patient and made sure we went to the Panda house when they were eating verses sleeping. The Pandas are basically in a zoo. The zoo is a little run down and it is a bit sad, but if you really want to see a Panda in China and can't make it to Chengdu it's a way to see one. The Summer Palace was really nice. It's beautiful there and we were able to take a boat ride. Lisa was kind to take plenty of pictures and she told us great stories as we drove. It's a good tour if you have limited time.