Dujiangyan Panda Base Volunteer Experience Trip

Overview

Dujiangyan Panda Base offers the program allowing visitors to administer to lovely Giant Pandas in person as volunteers. Get the special opportunity to volunteer at one of China's top panda rehabilitation programs on this experience, including panda food making, panda enclosures cleaning and panda feeding, this panda experience will surely be one of the most memorable experiences of your life. Highlights: See lovely furry giant pandas at Dujiangyan Panda Base Spend full day to have a Giant Pandas volunteer experience Gain once-in-a-lifetime memory with China Giant Pandas Informative, friendly and professional local tour guide Private tour is operated with just your party exclusively

What's included

• ✓Private transportation
• ✓Lunch at the cafeteria
• ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
• ✓English-speaking tour guide
• ✓Entrance ticket fee
• ✓Two bottles of mineral water

• ✕Gratuities
• ✕Donation of CNY900 per person to Panda Foundation for Panda Volunteering (Compulsory)

What you'll do

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   Meet tour guide at your Chengdu hotel and drive to Dujiangyan Panda Base. The volunteers' work is mainly about two aspects, sweeping and feeding. Upon arrival, you will change into special uniforms and receive a short training in how to deal with the pandas. Your first chore is cleaning the panda enclosures and taking notes for record. After that, it is time to wash and carry fresh bamboo, prepare food like fruit, carrots and panda cakes, and distribute the food to the pandas. Then enjoy a local lunch at the center's cafeteria, stroll around and watch panda documentary. In the afternoon, you will help to cleaning the indoor and outdoor enclosures and making panda food, or you might have chance to record panda behavior based on the keeper's schedule. You can take pictures of Giant Pandas and learn about each lovely panda. After this once-in-a-lifetime experience, you will receive a volunteer certificate and the satisfaction of contributing to a great cause, then drive back to hotel.

   ⏱ 9 hours

Availability & pricing

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Good to know

• 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
• Daily quota of 20 volunteers is imposed by the Panda Base, please book in advance
• Volunteer Program could be modified based on the health of the pandas
• Health certificate and passport copy are required for all passengers
• Please book 5 days in advance and provide documents after booking
• The age restriction of program is between 12 to 65 years old
• Donation to Panda Foundation for panda volunteering is compulsory, please bring cash on the travel date, the money raised from this activity will help the non-profit center to continue its vital research into this endangered species
• All activities relating to close contact with giant pandas have been suspended, this tour is for volunteer experience only, visitors could not hold a cub to take photos

Cancellation policy

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