🏨 Wolong Panda Base Volunteering Program from Chengdu Activity

Wolong Panda Base Volunteering Program from Chengdu

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 10 hours

Departs: China, China

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Celebrated as the home to giant pandas and a precious bio-gene bank, Wolong National Nature Reserve is truly a kingdom of pandas for exploration. By taking our tour as panda volunteer, you will be guided by professional panda keepers, and learn how to take care of lovely pandas. The engaging interaction with pandas during the brief one-day visit will make you a qualified panda caretaker.

What's Included

Bottled water

English-speaking tour guide

Lunch

Panda Base Volunteering Program fee

Private tour car or van

Private tour Hotel pickup and drop-off

Travel Insurance

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Pictures with the Panda (RMB1800, please pay to Wolong Panda Base directly when you are there)

Volunteering fee for Child (0-12 years old) and Senior (66-80 years old)

Traveler Information

CHILD: Age: 0 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 65
SENIOR: Age: 66 - 80

Additional Info

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Please note: Program could be modified based on the health of the pandas
The age restriction of Volunteering 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

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Please note: Program could be modified based on the health of the pandas
The age restriction of Volunteering 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

Cancellation Policy

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

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve

Notes: the Panda Holding Program was suspended recently. The panda volunteer program is still available.

In the early morning (6:40am), your tour guide & driver will pick you up from your hotel in Chengdu and then drive about 2 hours to the Wolong Panda Base.

Upon arrival to the panda base, you will get a uniform, gloves, and a volunteer’s card with the assistance of your guide. Your guide will introduce you to the professional panda keepers. The panda keepers can speak simple English but your guide will be there for you at all times, helping to translate and taking memorable photos of you with the lovable pandas.

Your volunteering program itinerary:

9:00am–10:00am Clean the panda enclosures

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. You will need to sweep out the leftovers, replace it with fresh bamboo, and clean out the feces.

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. You will also have a chance to meet four naughty red pandas.

11:00am–11:30am Feed a panda

Pandas are supplied with panda cakes, apples, and carrots four times a day. The panda keepers will show you how to feed a panda with your own hands at close proximity.

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 feeding, and making panda’s cakes

The bamboo you supplied in the morning will have become dry by the afternoon. Remove it and replace it with fresh bamboo. Then feed the pandas with some more panda cakes and apples. Having fed the pandas with panda cakes, aren’t you curious as to how they are made? It is time to make some panda cakes with your own hands. The ingredients will be prepared in advance. Get creative about the shapes of the cakes.

3:30pm–4:00pm Get a certificate, and drive back to Chengdu

The volunteer work ends here and you will receive a certificate for this unforgettable day. Say goodbye to the pandas you take care of.

Your guide and driver will escort you back to your hotel in Chengdu.

9 hours • Admission Ticket Included

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