Make no mistake… these guys are the rock stars of the Adelaide Animal Kingdom. And just like besotted fans, we’ve counted the sleeps ‘til their arrival…
there’s the police escort complete with flashing light… the chartered jet… The lookalike dolls in designer outfits… and in chocolate… 24 hour security…
and a new 8 hectare plantation just to make sure they get the backstage nibbles they like best.

They’ve even been accorded the ultimate Adelaide honour – a float in the Christmas pageant. Yep, they’re royalty. Bringing the Pandas to Adelaide has been a complex mission of diplomacy many years in the making. With only a few thousand pandas left in the wild, they have become a universal symbol for wildlife conservation.