Panda Breeding Centre

Chengdu And Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center Volunteer Experience

Join a two-day Panda Volunteer Experience to care and interact with the pandas. Gain knowledge about the panda through working and interacting with them. Visit some of the best sites in Chengdu which include Sanxingdui Museum, Wangjiang Park and Jinli Old Street.

Day 1 >> CHENGDU

After your arrival in Chengdu airport transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day is free and easy. Overnight in Chengdu.

Day 2 >> CHENGDU (B/L/-)

After breakfast explore Chengdu, which includes the followings activities:

Du Fu Thatched Cottage (1.5 hours): A museum and memorial for Du Fu (712-770 AD), often called China's greatest poet, surrounded by a large and beautiful garden. Du Fu spent five years in Chengdu, the peak of his creativity, living in a thatched hut on this site.
Wangjiang Park (1.5 hours): Wangjiang Park is located two kilometers east of Chengdu, on the south bank of the Jinjiang River. The park is renowned because the famous poet, Xue Tao (768-831), once lived here. She originally came from Chang'an and later moved to Chengdu with her father.
Jinli Old Street (1 hour): Once the commercial heart of the old kingdoms this ancient street has been fully restored in traditional Sichuan style. Picturesque, bustling, and cheerful, you can sample local arts and craft, traditional Chinese goods, food and delicacies, and even a Starbucks, local style.
Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan (2 hours): Founded in 1992, this museum occupies an area of 7000 square kilometers, and has a exhibition of the cultural relics excavated from No1 and No2 sacrificial pits of Shang Dynasty (from 16th-11th century B.C.). There are thousands of pieces of invaluable relics such as bronze ware, jade ware, gold ware, pottery, and bone ware on the exhibition, where you can get a closed look and learn more about the ancient China.
Long Chao Shou Snack: It is a time-honored snack bar with different kinds of snack. Ordering a package of snack it gives you a chance of tasting all the delicious food in Chengdu. The decoration is extravagant, but is also appearing traditional style of Chengdu.
Chengdu Shu Embroidery Co.: Chengdu is famous for its glorious silk brocades and fine silk embroidery. The Institute preserves ancient patterns and techniques, and designs new ones. They have some wonderful old looms, and the attached factory outlet offers everything from tiny souvenirs to beautiful brocades and some magnificent hand-woven pieces that simply can’t be produced by machine.

Day 3 >> CHENGDU (B/L/-)

After being picked up from the hotel and it takes about 3 hours to drive to Ya'an Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center. This is world's largest giant pandas park and the best place to see pandas in the natural environment they inhabit. Upon arriving, check in at the local hotel and lunch; visit the Giant Panda Breeding Center. Meet your mentor who is one of the keepers at the center. A work uniform will be issued which allow entry to the garden at anytime. The mentor and guide will give a full introduction of the pandas. Note: A physical examination is required as part of the application for the Panda Volunteer Program. Our travel advisor has details.

Day 4 >> CHENGDU (B/L/-)

Full day is scheduled for Panda volunteer work experience. With the help and instructions of the mentor, you will clean the pandas living areas, or feed the panda. Work is from 8:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 17:20.

Panda Keeper's responsibilities:
1. Carry food and feed the pandas with fresh bamboo, apple or panda cake.
2. Clean the enclosure to give the pandas a clean and comfortable place.
3. Panda Behavior Research
4. Weigh fresh bamboo. It is important to know how much is given to pandas, how much they eat, and the weight of their feces. Adequate consumption of bamboo is critical to the health of pandas.
5. Weigh the bamboo after the panda eats to ascertain how much they have eaten.

Day 5 >> CHENGDU (B/-/-)

Breakfast and Transfer to the Airport.

Pictures of Chengdu and Panda Breeding Centre

Our package tour prices are inclusive of transfers and tours as mentioned with English speaking guide, baggage handling, entrance fees, meals as specified in the program (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner), accommodation with breakfast, service charges and Taxes. Not included are other meals than mentioned in the program, optional tours, expenditures of personal nature and domestic air tickets.

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