Deal price: Animal Kingdom ticket — ¥59 (≈$8, was ¥140, about 42% of list) · Valid Oct 17 – Nov 29, 2026, weekends only · ⏰ refundable anytime, auto-refund on expiry

In Jimei’s Xinglin district, Xiamen Lingling International Circus City runs an autumn weekend format built for families: the Animal Kingdom opens for afternoon entry — giant pandas, giraffes you can get close to, ring-tailed lemurs, alpacas, white tigers and brown bears — and at 18:30 the big top lights up for “Forest Secret Realm,” a gold-medal circus production staged in a Guinness-record circus theatre seating 10,000. It was created by a team whose credits include Chimelong’s circus choreography and Cirque du Soleil technical consulting, on a rare water-and-land dual stage mixing fountain screens with fire acts; the headline Kenyan “Wheel of Death” has been upgraded to six wheels at 17 metres high. Buy the circus ticket and the same day’s Animal Kingdom entry is included free — one voucher, one afternoon-to-evening outing, no ticket exchange: buy by 15:00 the same day (19:00 for the circus tier) and scan in with your ID and QR code.

⚠️ The timing rules are strict — plan around them:

Animal Kingdom entry is 15:00–16:30 only, and the animals “clock off” at 17:00 — arrive at 15:00 sharp to see the pandas awake-ish and catch everything.
Tickets are single-entry: once you leave, you can’t re-enter.
Each ticket covers one adult or child of 1.0m+, and each ticket-holder may bring one child under 1.0m free.
All tickets in one order must enter together (no partial refunds, no splitting) — buy separately if your group arrives separately. Max 5 tickets per order, ID and phone across the whole season.
Not included: animal feeding, the Kids’ Fun World, the Ice & Snow Kingdom and parking.

Packages

Animal Kingdom ticket, entry after 15:00 — ¥59 (≈$8, was ¥140)
Animal Kingdom double ticket, entry after 15:00 — ¥99 (≈$14, was ¥280)
18:30 circus show ticket (standard seat) + same-day Animal Kingdom entry after 15:00 — ¥159 (≈$22, was ¥280)

Good to know: the park is at 366 Xingjin Road, Xinglin, Jimei. Bags larger than 25×15cm must be stored for the theatre (free medium lockers against a ¥30 refundable deposit, by the theatre’s east side). Xialv Money-Saver Card holders save an extra ¥30 on this product. Unused vouchers are refundable anytime and auto-refund after expiry.

What guests say

594 historical merchant reviews on the booking platform — one of the most-reviewed listings we carry. Representative guest reviews (translated from Chinese):

“The show was brilliant, high-energy from start to finish. We saw the giant pandas and lots of smaller animals too — the kids had a wonderful time.” — 187****3922 · Jul 2024

“We spent my baby’s 2nd birthday at the Lingling zoo, with grandma along and so many cute animals — a really meaningful birthday. It’s perfect for parent-child time in spring weather, and the park is beautifully laid out.” — 王***🍒 · Mar 2026

“Entry only starts at 3pm — we queued a little, then went in to see the animals, and into the theatre at 6:30 for the show.” (A neat confirmation of how the afternoon-to-evening flow works.) — 淼*** · Oct 2025

Reviews translated from Chinese; nicknames masked for privacy.