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Private Dujiangyan Panda Center: Volunteer Day with Giant Pandas
4.4
41 Ratings
Dujiangyan
Join a private tour at the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center and volunteer for a day with giant pandas. Help record panda behavior, clean enclosures, and prepare food while getting up close to China’s beloved black and white bears.
Join a private tour at the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center and volunteer for a day with giant pandas. Help record panda behavior, clean enclosures, and prepare food while getting up close to China’s beloved black and white bears.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Dujiangyan Panda Base - Meet your friendly English-speaking guide at your hotel lobby. After 1.5 h driving, start your exciting full day trip at Dujiangyan panda center. Work with the keepers to clean up the enclosure for these lovely and special national treasure, prepare nutritious food for them, visit the giant pandas of all ages and see…
- Dujiangyan Panda Base - Meet your friendly English-speaking guide at your hotel lobby. After 1.5 h driving, start your exciting full day trip at Dujiangyan panda center. Work with the keepers to clean up the enclosure for these lovely and special national treasure, prepare nutritious food for them, visit the giant pandas of all ages and see adorable red pandas here. It will be once in your lifetime memorable experience to actually help these wonderful and rare animals.
What's Included
- Exclusive entry to Dujiangyan Panda Center
- Guidance from a professional English-speaking guide
- Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off
- Commemorative certificate and souvenir
- Inclusive buffet lunch
- All volunteer and donation fees covered
- Travel in a private, air-conditioned vehicle
- Exclusive entry to Dujiangyan Panda Center
- Guidance from a professional English-speaking guide
- Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off
- Commemorative certificate and souvenir
- Inclusive buffet lunch
- All volunteer and donation fees covered
- Travel in a private, air-conditioned vehicle
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Spend a day volunteering at the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center during a personal tour. Assist in documenting panda activities, maintaining their habitats (if you wish to), and preparing meals alongside a trained animal caretaker. Experience China’s cherished, monochrome bears up close. The proceeds from your volunteer work and programme costs aid in…
Spend a day volunteering at the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center during a personal tour. Assist in documenting panda activities, maintaining their habitats (if you wish to), and preparing meals alongside a trained animal caretaker. Experience China’s cherished, monochrome bears up close. The proceeds from your volunteer work and programme costs aid in supporting the continuity of the endangered species and in funding the essential operations of the non-profit research institution—one of the three branches under the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP). The package includes meals and pick-up and drop-off from your hotel in Chengdu in a private vehicle.
Location
Dujiangyan Panda Base
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(41 Ratings)
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Hayleyabc
Dec 19, 2019
Once in a life time trip - arrived at Wolong panda centre and was quickly put to work cleaning up the enclosure (removing bamboo & scooping poo) whilst a hungry panda watched my every move. It was great to see how well looked after they are. After cleaning, had the chance to feed a panda before wandering the centre and watching the pandas do their thing. I then got to feed a baby panda and pat it (omg cuteness overload). Then more walking around the centre before lunch at the staff canteen (delicious food). After lunch I learnt how to make panda cakes before going back to feed the panda and baby panda again before heading home. This was definitely a once in a lifetime experience and though expensive, well worth it for panda lovers. Highly recommend
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Elaine
Jan 5, 2018
This is an amazing opportunity to be... - <p>This is an amazing opportunity to be so close to pandas. I couldn't believe I would be face-to-face with a panda, so close that I could feel their breath while feeding them. All the chores we performed were easy and fun. Our super guide, Jenny, was very knowledgeable of the Panda Center as well as Chengdu. Sam, from Samtour, always responded quickly to all of my questions. Thank you Jenny and Sam for making our visit so magical and memorable.</p>
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Matthew
Nov 22, 2017
This was a breathtaking experience... - <p>This was a breathtaking experience. Special thanks to my tour guide, Jenny. She and the driver picked me up from my hotel in Chengdu City and drove me 90 minutes away. Jenny was with me the entire day and took amazing photos and videos of meshe wasnt allowed to come pet/hug the panda with me, but the staff took photos and videos for me with my iPhone. Volunteer work was easy and not demanding at all. Great exposure to the pandas and seeing truly a magical place.</p>
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Donna
Nov 13, 2017
This was a great experience. You do... - <p>This was a great experience. You do get up close and personal with the pandas and the knowledgeable panda keepers. The buffet lunch is local food and fantastic. The guide and driver made this experience exceptional Thank you Worlay and Mister Pan. I would recommend this to any panda or animal lover and any US residents who want to see Bao Bao she looks great. Thanks Samtour, for a great day.</p>
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Alison
Oct 6, 2017
Awesome and just the best thing... - <p>Awesome and just the best thing ever. This is a once in a life time chance and I enjoyed every moment. It was educational as well as fun. The lovely lunch was a bonus.</p>
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Elizabeth
Aug 26, 2017
My only complaint was the hot... - <p>My only complaint was the hot polyester green shirt we had to wear. Everything else was perfect. Cleaning panda poo wasn't too hard and was interesting. Of course feeding the pandas was amazing. And surprisingly scary being so close to them. Plus they give you two chances to get the best pics possible. The hour long documentary is very interesting. And walking around the grounds and seeing pandas at play was awesome. We did have to wait in the office a couple times in between activities but we made friends with the other volunteers so we were never bored. And the Chinese cafeteria food was great and plentiful.</p>
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Nancy
Jul 2, 2017
I would give this tour higher rating... - <p>I would give this tour higher rating if this was possible. The three of us who did the tour together, are still overwhelmed with the experience of working so closely with the pandas. Our guide took excellent pictures of our adventure.</p>
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Belinda
May 3, 2019
A great day but overpriced - The overall experience was great. I had a guide “Worley” who was an absolute delight. A fountain of knowledge, a real chatter box and good English. I learnt a lot, not just about the Pandas but many things about China and Chinese life in general. However it was way too expensive. I paid almost US$400 for one person! It was worth it at $200. The Booking system was misrepresented as it advertises one price and is not even close when you click on it. I know it said “from” and certain aspects increase the price, but this was almost double! And no explanation given why! There were many tours on offer all at different prices. It was quite confusing.
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Bryan
Jul 18, 2018
MY two daughters really enjoyed this... - <p>MY two daughters really enjoyed this experience. Feeding the pandas was amazing and we were really able to get close to them for some great pictures. I have always loved bears so it was wonderful to see what goes into taking care of them here. We actually wish there would have been a bit more work for us to do. It seems they have so many tourists coming through for this that there really isn't enough work to do. My other concern is also that they advertise these Pandas are being treated to be released back into the wild, however we saw no signs that they would be released. It appears they are only being kept for breeding purposes and to raise money from the tourists. All in all it was still a good experience and we are happy to help contribute to keeping the Panda Breed thriving.</p>
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Coty_h
May 20, 2024
No closeup with pandas - If you are looking for close up experience with pandas, this is not the tour. The closest we got was watching the keeper fed a panda for about 2 minutes, and we cannot take pictures during the process! The rest of the day was very cheesy. Not worth the money spent.
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