Wolong Panda Base Volunteering Program from Chengdu

Name: Wolong Panda Base Volunteering Program from Chengdu
Brand: Viator
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

5.0(3)10 HoursChinese, EnglishChengdu

Private tour

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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.

Included

English-speaking tour guide
Bottled water
Lunch
Private tour Hotel pickup and drop-off
Private tour car or van
Panda Base Volunteering Program fee (Adults)
Travel Insurance

Not included

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

What you'll do

Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve
Wolong Town, , Wenchuan County, China
07:00 Your tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel within the 3rd ring of Chengdu and drive to the Wolong Panda Base to check into the volunteer program. 8:30am Clean the panda enclosures and prepare the food 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. 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. 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 making panda's cakes 3:30pm–4:00pm Get a certificate, and drive back to Chengdu
9 hoursAdmission included

Meeting and pickup

2 locations

Pickup details

In the morning, tour guide will pick up clients from hotel lobby within 3rd ring road of Chengdu city.

Meeting point1

Meeting
Shangri-La Chengdu
No.9 Binjiang East Road, Jinjiang District, , Chengdu, China
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End point

End

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Good to know

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
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
Please advise if you would like to take pictures with the pandas in the special requirements, and you will need to pay RMB1800 to Wolong Panda Base directly when you are there