Dujiangyan Panda Keeper Tour - departing from Chengdu - 1 Day

7:00-8:30

In the morning, your guide will pick you up from your hotel in Chengdu. Take a 1.5-hour car ride to the Dujiangyan Panda Base.

8:30-9:00

Sign up at the panda base. Get a uniform, gloves, and a volunteer’s card. The professional panda keepers can speak simple English. Your guide will introduce you to the panda keepers and be there for you at all times.

9:00-10:00

Clean up the panda enclosures. Sweep out the leftovers and replace it with fresh bamboo, as well as clean out feces.

10:00-11:30

Take a visit to other panda enclosures, walk around the panda base for more giant pandas and red pandas. You may see them sitting on the grass, climbing trees, playing together and even fighting.

11:30-13:00

Have lunch with the staff and other volunteers in the restaurant and take a short break.

13:00-14:00

Watch a panda movie. You will see a special documentary about the endangered species, to understand how humans protect them and how we may live in harmony with them.

14:00-14:30

Feed panda with fresh bamboo, panda cakes and apples. It is the second chance to have an intimate communication with pandas.

14:30-15:00

After the full day's panda volunteer experience, you will get the panda volunteer certificate and souvenirs. Before you leave, catch the last moment to say goodbye to the lovely creatures.

15:00-16:30

Transfer back to your hotel in Chengdu.

Service ends.

Note:

1.The above schedule is for reference. Sometimes it will be adjusted according to health condition of the pandas.

2.The maximum number of participants is 20 for the Panda Keeper Program each day, so please book at least 15 days in advance.

Tour Price:

from USD 285 per person