Private Day Tour: Panda Keeper Program From Chengdu
Description
Dujiangyan Panda Base offers the program allowing visitors to administer to lovely Giant Pandas in person as volunteers. On this full day tour, come close to the giant pandas, you will volunteer with these lovely animals 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.
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Itinerary
Meet your guide from your Chengdu downtown hotel to start the trip. 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. You 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 lunch at the center’s cafeteria and stroll around the center. 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 at Panda Base, you will receive a volunteer certificate and the satisfaction of contributing to a great cause. Return to your hotel to finish the trip.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pickup service is available for Chengdu hotels within the 3rd ring road, please provide your hotel information while booking.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Daily quota of 20 volunteers is imposed by the Panda Base
- 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
- Donation of CNY900 per person to Panda Foundation for Panda Volunteering (Compulsory) is excluded, please pay on the spot
Reviews(1)
Our guides were lovely and guided us through the park, but you need to decide for yourself it's worth the cost. They've changed the rules so you can no longer feed the pandas or enter their enclosures. A long time ago you could even hold the pandas, but now they limit your interaction (for the health of the pandas). You do get to see a keeper feed a panda up close, but no pictures are allowed. You also learn how the keepers prepare the food for the pandas and watch an informative video. Other than that you get guided through the park to see all the pandas.
