Indonesia’s First Giant Panda Is Set to Charm the Public

Satrio Wiratama meaning “noble and brave knight” and known as Rio, is a 170 days old male giant panda cub, the first panda cub born in Indonesia from a couple brought from China in 2017, at the Panda Palace of Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor, West Java on May 15, 2026. (Photo by Aditya Aji / AFP)

With his signature black and white fur, the first giant panda born in Indonesia is growing and thriving ahead of his public debut this month.

Satrio Wiratama was born in November last year in Taman Safari Indonesia, a zoo in Cisarua, West Java, to a pair of pandas loaned by China to Indonesia.

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