Price: upon inquiry
Destinations Visited: Chengdu - Dujiangyan (1 day)
Departure: Private Tour / Flexible Date
Only seeing the cute Giant Panda is fun, but doesn't seem to be as memorable and meaningful as do dome volunteering works to same this endangered species of Giant Panda. So why not take a day to stay longer with the pandas, besides you can help to do many volunteering works, including clean enclosure, preparing bamboos, etc. So far, the Dujiangyan Panda Base is one of the few places in China where you can do the volunteering works. It is only about one hour's driving from Chengdu city. Please note the panda feeding session is no longer available.
Book NowLeave Chengdu at 7:15 AM or earlier, then you will be transferred to Dujiangyan Panda Base which is only about 60km away from Chengdu downtown. The Panda Volunteer Program starts at 9:00am, and it finishes at around 14:30-15:00
Brief Process of Panda Volunteer Program:
1. Sign up at the Panda Base office. (Signing contract with the Base and paying the fee, then you will get a volunteering tag and working suit and gloves.) Panda Keepers will give you a basic briefing of today’s program including a time schedule.
2. An English-speaking staff in the base will lead you to take a minibus to one of the panda enclosures in the base.
3. Works in the morning includes:
4. Have lunch in the dining hall with panda keepers by the base. Watch documentary films about panda rescue if available. While if there is free time you are free to explore more inside the panda base to spend more time watching them. 11:30-12:30
5. Works in the afternoon includes:
7.Work done, and get the Panda Volunteer Certificate from the Base.
(Activity schedule above is usually fixed but according to each panda the exact timing may not be the same and sequence of activity may be changed too.)
After the work, say goodbye to the pandas and drive back to Chengdu.
1. Dujiangyan Panda Park provides panda works for volunteer workers. Its mission is to raise money for panda protection and to give people knowledge about giant pandas to raise the awareness of protecting wild lives and nature. And it also provides opportunities for visitors/workers to have close experience with the lovely pandas.
2. It is actually a project rather than volunteer works. One needs to pay 700 Chinese yuan per person per day to do the work. After you pay, one volunteer worker’s tag and working T-shirt will be given to you. And you need to sigh a contract of this volunteer work you are doing. You will be led by an English-speaking worker (sometimes not be available so may need a guide arrangement by us) in the park to guide you through one day’s work. You are suggested to arrive at the park by 8:30 am.
3. July to August is the busy season. Reservation has to be made at least 2-3 weeks before the final tour date. Please check availability with us before you make plans. From 2023 we have seen big raise on number of volunteer workers each day during summer time mainly in July and August. There are sometimes as many as over 200 volunteer workers in the panda base in one day, making the work/experience very crowded. It feels like a Disneyland during summer time. We recommend you to avoid this season or to come by end of August and other seasons to do the volunteer work to avoid the crowd if possible..
4. If you need, we can also help to book hotels in Chengdu and arrange airport/train pick-up and drop-off and other tours around Chengdu.
5. You are recommended to wear waterproof shoes to do the volunteer work. Taking photos is not allowed by the panda base during your work except when you are doing the feeding.
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