Panda Volunteer Tour to Dujiangyan Panda Base
Overview
This one-day panda tour in Chengdu China is taking you to Dujiangyan Panda Base, the third of its kind in China’s Sichuan province, and known as “the nursing home” to giant pandas, where you would be in close contact with this adorable creature, and be a honorary panda keeper to take care of pandas with love and care. What an amazing panda experience in China!
Best for: Couples, Family with teenagers
Duration: Around 8 hours
Destinations: Chengdu
Travel Type: Private tour - Flexible & Free to customize
Highlights:
• The best way to get close to lovely pandas
• Learn knowledges of panda and protection of panda
• Become a certificated panda volunteer worker
Customize Your Tour:
☑ Travel Dates ☑ Your Interests ☑ Your Travel Style
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Pick you up at your hotel in Chengdu in the morning, transfer to visit China Panda Conservation and Research Center – Dujiangyan Base, located approximately 55kilometers (34miles) away from Chengdu. We arrange you a full day panda volunteer program, being an honorary panda keeper (08:30 am to 16:00 pm) to learn scientific knowledge about giant pandas, help to protect panda habitats, tidy up the houses they live in and make yummy food (e.g. bamboo cake, steamed corn bread) to view the feeding processs. After the full day’s panda volunteer experience, you’ll get the panda volunteer certificate and souvenirs. One thing is for sure – it will be a fun and memorable experience.
Dujiangyan Panda Base – it is an important part of Wolong’s reconstruction symbol projects, and focuses on the panda pension, the rescue of the wild giant pandas and the research of disease control. So far, it is the world’s only giant panda disease control center.
End of your one day Dujiangyan panda keeper tour. Drive back to hotel with your car and guide. End of service.
Important Notes:
- Dujiangyan Panda Base can accept up to 80 volunteers (aged between 10 and 70) in one day for Panda Keeper Program and you need to inquire and make the booking in advance.
Dujiangyan Panda volunteer program
Note: the program may be adjusted a bit according to the base's daily schedule.
Program | Content | Duration |
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Zoo Worker | 1. Clean the panda's house/garden, and general areas of the Panda Centers. 2. Clean the bamboos. 3. Observe the pandas' living conditions. | 2 hours |
Exploring the Panda World | Explore in the giant panda research and education center to get to know more knowledge about pandas. | 30 minutes |
Panda Feeding | 1. View how keepers feed the pandas. 2. Watch the pandas' activity and help the scientists to collect their behavior data. | 30 minutes |
Giant Panda’s Movie | Watch the movie telling the stories between human and giant panda. | 45 minutes |
Panda Nutritionist | Prepare the food for pandas, by making wowotou (a kind of steamed corn bread). | 45 minutes |
Panda Class | Giant panda experts share the science knowledge with the volunteer. | 45 minutes |
Zoo Gardener | Plant bamboos, trees for the zoo. | 30 minutes |
Panda Bet Game | After a day’s work, play the bet game to answer all the questions about giant pandas | 30 minutes |
Tour Price (based on RMB):
Number of People | 1 Pax | 2 Pax | 3 Pax | 4 Pax | 5 Pax | 6 Pax | 7 Pax | 8 Pax | 9 Pax | 10 Pax |
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Price (p.p) | 2000 | 1400 | 1400 | 1200 | 1100 | 1050 | 1000 | 960 | 930 | 900 |
Price Notes:
1. Full payment or deposit is required at least 2 days before the tour date.
2. All the prices are exclusive of bank or paypal service fee. Please make up the extra fee over the cost.
3. Above prices are not valid during public holidays and special events. Main holidays and speicial events are (not limited to): Spring Festival, National Day Holiday, Canton Fair, etc.)
Extend the Tour
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Guilin: the most beautiful place in China featuring amazing karst landscape and laidback rural countryside. Allow yourself for another 3-6 days to hike Li River, Yulong River, Yangshuo countryside, Longji Rice Terraces.
Lijiang: The gateway to China’s minority kingdom. Extend your Chengdu tour to Lijiang to discover Lijiang Old Town, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge.