A month after arriving from China, giant pandas Hu Chun and Cai Tao seem to be adapting well to their new home in the mountainous area of Cisarua, Bogor, West Java.

Hu Chun — a female — confidently displayed her belly while enjoying an abundant supply of bamboo. Meanwhile, Cai Tao, a male, spent the afternoon doing nothing but sleeping with one paw covering his face.

The furry envoys immediately captured the hearts of hundreds of visitors at Taman Safari Indonesia, Cisarua, on Wednesday — the day Hu Chun and Cai Tao were unveiled to the public.

“The pandas do not look stressed. Instead, they seem to be enjoying their new home,” said visitor Ignatia Sphati Kumala, 24, from West Jakarta. “Their living space is also proper […] It looks like their natural habitat.”

Ignatia said she appreciated Taman Safari’s readiness to care for the natives of South Central China. Hu Cun and Cai Tao are on loan from China for the next decade under an agreement commemorating 60 years of Indonesia-China bilateral ties.

The pandas, after having received celebrity treatment upon arrival in Jakarta last month, underwent an adaptation period in quarantine. They are enjoying their new life in the zoo’s Panda Castle — a Chinese-style pavilion that sits at the foot of Gunung Gede Pangrango national park.

Located 1,800 meters above sea level and surrounded by lush forests, the Panda Castle provides Hu Chun and Cai Tao with an ambience resembling that of their natural ecosystem, said Taman Safari director Jansen Manansang.

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