Visiting Dujiangyan Wolong Panda Base Optional Volunteering

Highlights

Make panda food, clean the enclosures, and help feed the pandas
Book ahead to ensure a place: spots are limited to 30 volunteers per day
Tour includes round-trip transportation and a Chinese buffet lunch

Summary

The day begins with pickup from your Chengdu hotel for the journey to Dujiangyan Panda Base and Center for Disease Control. On arrival, greet the staff, change into your volunteer clothes, and learn about the center’s history and mission: to rescue wild pandas and help control disease. Around 40 giant pandas live on the base. Spend the day preparing panda food, cleaning the pandas' enclosures, and feeding them snacks, while you learn about their biology and social habits, as well as what more you can do to help preserve this endangered species. On your break, enjoy a traditional Sichuan buffet lunch and try the panda tea. Once the day’s work is finished, head back to your original departure point. Note: it is prohibited to hold or touch the pandas.

Tour info

Duration

9 hours

Why take this tour?

The Dujiangyan Panda Base and Center for Disease Control is one of China’s top panda rehabilitation programs—and only 30 volunteer spots are available each day. Book ahead to secure your volunteer position, where you help feed and care for up to 40 giant pandas supervised by the center’s staff. The day includes a Chinese buffet lunch and round-trip transportation from your Chengdu hotel.

What’s included?

Bottled water
Local Sichuan style buffet lunch
English speaking tour guide
Transportation
Entry/Admission - Dujiangyan Panda Base
Dinner
Personal expense
Gratuities

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 9h
Mobile tickets accepted
Instant confirmation

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operator Website

Operated by:

My Panda Tours

About operator:

My Panda Tours is a travel company focused on pandas. We create the best travel experience to explore the beauty of panda country and beyond. We are a group of panda lovers. We are always excited to share our passion. Our team loves to share our personal stories and connections to particular pandas, and the tourists appreciate that unique approach rather than listening to textbook information. Some great stories are inspired by our online community. Also, we always ask our tourists to follow and share their stories through our social media channels to grow and add not only to My Panda Tours, but the collective panda community. We often update our feeds with news, along with hosting fun events for our followers. Recently, we threw a birthday party on Facebook Live for the American-born panda Tai Shan. The tourists enjoy our live feeds just as much as we love giving them. They appreciate seeing the pandas live, even after returning home. It always brings back their good memories.