Discover the Habitat of Wild Pandas
Compared with Dujiangyan, Wolong Panda Center is much further away from Chengdu but is less crowded. Besides, Wolong National Nature Reserve is considered to be the real hometown of wild pandas.
Tour Highlights
- Observe the pandas' acts in the staff-only control room.
- Enjoy private and peaceful moments with the pandas in the evening.
- Explore the habitat of wild pandas with Tibetan guide.
- Make panda cakes with your own hands.
- Receive a unique certificate proving your love for pandas.
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Suggested Itinerary
Your tour guide will be waiting in the arrivals hall of the airport with a nameplate and a welcoming smile. You will be transferred to your hotel by a private car and driver, and your tour guide will help you check-in and ensure everything is okay at the hotel.
Hotel options:
Lia! Chengdu Hotel
Shangri-la Hotel Chengdu
It takes about three hours to drive the 120 km (75 miles) between Chengdu and Wolong.
A Short Break in Earthquake Memorial Site (½ Hour)
For a rest and to break up the long drive, you'll stop at the 2008 Earthquake Memorial Site, which is located at the ruins of Xuankou Middle School. You will feel introspective at this dark tourism site, which is both sobering and educational.
A Safari in the Wild Pandas' Backyard with a Tibetan Guide (2½ Hours)
Have a simple local lunch at about 11:30am and meet your guide for the day. To ensure authenticity and safety, we've been cooperating with a local Tibetan family who have been devoted to protecting the habitat for a long time.
The gorge is an authentic natural habitat for wild giant pandas as well as other wild and rare animals, such as white-lipped deer and red pandas. The well-paved hiking trail is 5 kilometers (3 miles) long and the hike takes about 2–3 hours.
If you're lucky, you will find evidence of wild giant pandas with the help of our knowledgeable and sensitive guide.
Visit the Staff-Only Control Room and Have an Evening Date with Pandas (2 Hours)
After dinner in the canteen at Wolong Panda Center, enter the staff-only control room in the breeding area. If you visit the base in late summer, you will be able to observe mother pandas and their babies via monitors, and learn more about them from the panda keepers.
Pay a nighttime visit to see the cute pandas without tourists and other noises, under the guidance of a panda keeper and your guide. We will arrange an overnight room for you in the hostel that's outside the panda center.
Arrive at Wolong Panda Center at 8:30am so that your day as a panda keeper can begin. During the program, you will learn more about this endangered species and help to take care of pandas under the guidance of experienced staff.
Morning Cleaning
You will need to clean the panda enclosures then sweep out the leftovers and replace them with fresh bamboo, as well as clean out the feces. You will watch a keeper to feed a panda at a very close distance. 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 live cam feeds about pandas on Facebook and YouTube.
Afternoon Keeper's Activities
Have a lunch in the canteen with the base stuffs and enjoy a special documentary movie about a panda's life cycle .
Later you will make cake for pandas with your own hands and cut the bamboo leaves into pieces for the old pandas . At the end of the program you will receive a panda keeper certificate.
The program ends at around 2:30 pm, when you will begin the drive back to Chengdu. You'll reach your hotel at around 4 pm.
Trip Notes
All keeper programs in the area are flexible and can be customized.
This tour is very flexible. You can alter the itinerary, and extend or shorten it to suit your schedule.
For example, you can attend all the panda keeper programs (for giant pandas, red pandas, and panda cubs) during your Wolong trip.
Tour Price
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