1-Day Dujiangyan Panda Volunteer Program Tour
Highlights
Watch the keeper feeding a panda at a very close distance.
Learn and experience preparing bamboo for pandas.
Make cakes in different shapes for the pandas.
Receive a unique certificate issued proving your love for pandas.
Itinerary
Day 1: Suggested Itinerary
8:45 AM
Arrival and Suit Up
Your guide will call you at your hotel one day in advance or will leave a message to confirm the collection time with you. You will be picked up at around 7:15 am from your hotel. After arrival at the panda base, sign up and get a uniform. 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.
9:00 AM
Prepare bamboos for Pandas
Panda volunteers need to supply fresh bamboo three times a day. You will break bamboo and wash some bamboo shoots for pandas with the panda keepers. And then clean the glass of their enclosures.
10:00 AM
Roam Around with an Expert Panda Guide
Take a break and tour around the panda base. Our guides are veritable panda lovers — they are familiar with the base and know a lot about pandas. Some of them have even hosted a live cam feed about pandas on Facebook and YouTube.
There are about 10 pandas at the base and some of them are overseas returnees, including the most popular Tai Shan and Bao Bao, who arrived from the US. You will also have the chance to meet four naughty red pandas.
11:00 AM
Lunch Time
Dine with the panda keepers at the staff canteen at the panda base.
12:00 PM
Watch a panda movie
During this time, you'll gain an understanding of the working conditions of panda caretakers, basic panda knowledge, and the ultimate goal of panda conservation.
13:00 PM
Make Panda Cakes and Cut Bamboo Leaves
Having seen the panda keeper feeding 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. You will also cut the bamboo leaves into small pieces for old pandas
14:30 PM
Get a Certificate
The volunteer work ends here and you will receive a certificate for this unforgettable day. Say goodbye to the pandas you have taken care of. Your guide and driver will escort you back to your hotel in Chengdu and you will arrive at about 4:00 pm.
Arrival and Suit Up
Your guide will call you at your hotel one day in advance or will leave a message to confirm the collection time with you. You will be picked up at around 7:15 am from your hotel. After arrival at the panda base, sign up and get a uniform. 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.
9:00 AM
Prepare bamboos for Pandas
Panda volunteers need to supply fresh bamboo three times a day. You will break bamboo and wash some bamboo shoots for pandas with the panda keepers. And then clean the glass of their enclosures.
10:00 AM
Roam Around with an Expert Panda Guide
Take a break and tour around the panda base. Our guides are veritable panda lovers — they are familiar with the base and know a lot about pandas. Some of them have even hosted a live cam feed about pandas on Facebook and YouTube.
There are about 10 pandas at the base and some of them are overseas returnees, including the most popular Tai Shan and Bao Bao, who arrived from the US. You will also have the chance to meet four naughty red pandas.
11:00 AM
Lunch Time
Dine with the panda keepers at the staff canteen at the panda base.
12:00 PM
Watch a panda movie
During this time, you'll gain an understanding of the working conditions of panda caretakers, basic panda knowledge, and the ultimate goal of panda conservation.
13:00 PM
Make Panda Cakes and Cut Bamboo Leaves
Having seen the panda keeper feeding 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. You will also cut the bamboo leaves into small pieces for old pandas
14:30 PM
Get a Certificate
The volunteer work ends here and you will receive a certificate for this unforgettable day. Say goodbye to the pandas you have taken care of. Your guide and driver will escort you back to your hotel in Chengdu and you will arrive at about 4:00 pm.
China is the homeland of pandas and currently the only place where you can experience being a volunteer. Through firsthand experience of caring for pandas, you can gain a deeper understanding of the challenges pandas face and enhance your awareness of panda conservation and global endangered animals. Also, you will gain a deeper respect and understanding for the hard work that goes into animal protection.
Dujiangyan Panda Base is the closest base to Chengdu. The unforgettable opportunity will give you the chance to personally prepare food for these fluffy giant pandas and observe them eating up close. Additionally, you will get more interesting information from your guide who is even familiar with every panda of the base.