Chengdu: Dujiangyan Panda Base Private Volunteer Experience
Travel from your Chengdu hotel to the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center, a nonprofit research base set at the foot of a sacred mountain, where carefully designed habitats allow pandas to live in environments that closely reflect the wild. After arriving, ride the internal shuttle up the mountain to reach the main conservation area and begin your behind-the-scenes experience. Meet the panda keepers and join a brief orientation to understand the day’s activities and the center’s conservation work. Then take part in your first hands-on session, helping prepare fresh food before assisting with feeding. Along the way, gain insight into panda behavior, diet, and daily care routines. After a traditional lunch, enjoy time to walk through the landscaped grounds and observe the pandas in their enclosures before returning to your volunteer duties. Help clean indoor and outdoor areas, record observations such as behavior and weight, and support a second feeding session, contributing directly to the center’s ongoing care work. Following your volunteer activities, explore the center at your own pace, including the volunteer service area, where you can learn more about panda conservation efforts. At the end of the day, receive a commemorative certificate in recognition of your contribution, then relax on the private return transfer to your hotel.
Highlights
- ✓Enjoy an ethical way to see and support giant pandas
- ✓Round-trip transport saves you the hassle of securing a cab
- ✓Dine on a delicious buffet lunch—included in the cost
- ✓A private experience ensures you get plenty of personal attention from your guide
What you'll see & do
- ✓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
- ✓Entry/Admission - Dujiangyan Panda Center
- ✓Professional English-speaking guide
- ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
- ✓Honorary certificate and souvenir from Panda Center
- ✓Buffet lunch
- ✓Volunteer and donation fees
- ✓Private comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
Good to know
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Departure point: Free picking up service from your city hotel or residence in Chengdu (all hotels within 3rd Ring Road), if you stay outside the 3rd Ring Road, then need to be picked up at the main gate of Wuhouci, or please contact us in advance to arrange to be picked up from your hotel or airport and pay extra cost to driver. Return point: Returns to original departure point or can be drop-off at the city center.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Chengdu: Dujiangyan Panda Base Private Volunteer Experience
Travel from your Chengdu hotel to the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center, a nonprofit research base set at the foot of a sacred mountain, where carefully designed habitats allow pandas to live in environments that closely reflect the wild. After arriving, ride the internal shuttle up the mountain to reach the main conservation area and begin your behind-the-scenes experience. Meet the panda keepers and join a brief orientation to understand the day’s activities and the center’s conservation work. Then take part in your first hands-on session, helping prepare fresh food before assisting with feeding. Along the way, gain insight into panda behavior, diet, and daily care routines. After a traditional lunch, enjoy time to walk through the landscaped grounds and observe the pandas in their enclosures before returning to your volunteer duties. Help clean indoor and outdoor areas, record observations such as behavior and weight, and support a second feeding session, contributing directly to the center’s ongoing care work. Following your volunteer activities, explore the center at your own pace, including the volunteer service area, where you can learn more about panda conservation efforts. At the end of the day, receive a commemorative certificate in recognition of your contribution, then relax on the private return transfer to your hotel.
Highlights
- ✓Enjoy an ethical way to see and support giant pandas
- ✓Round-trip transport saves you the hassle of securing a cab
- ✓Dine on a delicious buffet lunch—included in the cost
- ✓A private experience ensures you get plenty of personal attention from your guide
What you'll see & do
- ✓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
- ✓Entry/Admission - Dujiangyan Panda Center
- ✓Professional English-speaking guide
- ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
- ✓Honorary certificate and souvenir from Panda Center
- ✓Buffet lunch
- ✓Volunteer and donation fees
- ✓Private comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
Good to know
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Departure point: Free picking up service from your city hotel or residence in Chengdu (all hotels within 3rd Ring Road), if you stay outside the 3rd Ring Road, then need to be picked up at the main gate of Wuhouci, or please contact us in advance to arrange to be picked up from your hotel or airport and pay extra cost to driver. Return point: Returns to original departure point or can be drop-off at the city center.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.