Private Day Tour: Dujiangyan Panda Base Volunteering from Chengdu

Overview

Dujiangyan Panda Base is one of the bases in Sichuan where you may join the Panda Volunteer Program. This private 8-hour tour will give you record behavior, clean enclosures and prepare food for the adorable mammals. Learn how the center's professional staff looks after these endangered animals on a daily basis.

What's included

• ✓Private normal car or luxury car (please choose)
• ✓English-speaking tour guide
• ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
• ✓Bottled water
• ✓Private tour
• ✓Lunch
• ✓Volunteering fees
• ✓Travel Insurance

• ✕Gratuities

What you'll do

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   07:00 Your tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel within the 3rd ring of Chengdu and drive to the Dujiangyan Panda Base to check into the volunteer program. 8:30am Clean the panda enclosures and prepare the food Panda keepers need to supply fresh bamboo to these national treasures three times each day. The pandas usually eat only 30% of the bamboo, wasting 70% of it. 10:00am–11:00am Take a break and tour around the panda base Have a relaxing walk in the well-paved base and listen to the legendary stories of these pandas. 11:30am–1:00pm Have lunch and a rest in the base 1:00pm–2:00pm Watch a panda movie that lasts for about 40 minutes You will see a special documentary about how the shy pandas mate, give birth, grow up, and are returned to the wild. 2:00pm–3:30pm More cleaning, and making panda's cakes 3:30pm–4:00pm Get a certificate, and drive back to Chengdu All activities are arranged by the Dujiangyan Panda Base, and the activities are subject to change.

   ⏱ 6 hours

Availability & pricing

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Good to know

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Please note: Program could be modified based on the health of the pandas
• The age restriction of program is between 12 and 65 years old. If your children are under 12 years old, they are still able to attend, and will be chaperoned accordingly
• There is a daily limit of 20 volunteers for the Panda Keeper Program, so please reserve in advance and ensure your vacancy.
• In order to ensure the health of Giant Pandas, do not spray perfume and paint nail polish, do not wear exaggerated ornaments, do not wear slippers, on the volunteering day. Wear sneakers.
• Passport name and number is required at time of booking for all participants for Travel Insurance
• Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

Cancellation policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.