Thaipods VIP Access to the Baby Panda at the Chiangmai Zoo.

We were lucky when we were invited to the Chiangmai Zoo to shoot HD video for the Thaipods website of the hugely popular and absolutely adorable baby panda, Lin Ping.  

Since the Panda's birth, people visiting the Panda's could only see the baby on the video monitors while they were enjoying watching the 2 adult parents. However, for 7 days, the Zoo brought Lin Ping outside to play with her Mother, Lin Hui for only 1 hour at 8am. Needless to say, 100's upon 100's of people showed up to wait in line for this rare opportunity. The next time Lin Ping will be able to be seen "Live" and in person will be when the baby Panda is full grown.  

We had special access for a wonderful morning to shoot what turned out to be a very active playtime with Lin Ping and the Mother, Lin Hui and included some "behind the scenes" in the Clinic.


The footage was then edited for Thaipods.com as well as for our Youtube Channel. We ended up with 3 videos that are appropriately titled: 

"Baby Panda - Behind The Scenes", 
"Baby Panda Plays Alone" and
"Baby Panda Plays With Mom." 

You can watch all of these videos and link directly to Thaipods just by clicking the link. They are super cute!!



Chiang Mai Zoo was established in 1974 and for much of its existence offered the standard fare many zoos around the world offer. However, its popularity soared over recent years with the Chinese government’s loan to Thailand of two pandas – ‘Chuang Chuang’ and ‘Lin Hui’ (‘Tewan’ and ‘Tewee’ in Thai). The pandas are housed in a new purpose-built wing of Chiang Mai Zoo, and since their arrival the zoo has seen a dramatic increase in the number of domestic and foreign visitors. This is one of the few occasions outside China you might get to see a Panda - as a result Chiang Mai Zoo has quickly become a high priority on a visitor’s itinerary.

However, the zoo has more to offer than just the pandas. Chiang Mai Zoo is on the Doi Suthep route and situated at the foot of the mountain, providing a natural habitat for the zoo’s various species of animals.