30-Day China Panda Bear Tour

Tour Overview
This panda tour program is well-designed for students, teachers, zookeepers, zoologists and the travelers who want to take care of the panda bears. The volunteering work is interesting! The excursion to the awesome beautiful Jiuzhaigou is unforgettable!!

Day 1 Arrive in Chengdu (D)
Meet your guide at the airport, then transfer to the hotel. The rest of your day is free. Tonight, we will enjoy the yummy Sichuan dishes in the welcome dinner. Hotel: Enjoyable Star Hotel (4-star)

Day 2 Chengdu To Bifengxia (B, L, D)
Your exciting panda tour will begin at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, where you'll meet the adorable creatures and learn some facts about their breeding, history, life and more. After lunch, drive to the panda base in Bifengxia Natural Reserve. Upon arrival, you'll apply for the necessary permit and sign the agreement to be a panda volunteer. Then you will get the special working clothes, gloves etc. and learn how to be a panda volunteer from your teacher. Hotel: Hongzhu Hotel Ya'an (4-star) or the 2-3 star hotel.

Day 3-23 Volunteering in Bifengxia (B)
These days are scheduled for the work as a giant panda volunteer.

Working hours:  Summer 8:00 - 11:45, 14:30 - 17:30 ; Winter 8:30 - 12:00, 14:00 - 17:00

Concrete jobs: Compound food for pandas, feed the pandas, clean their cages and enclosures, interprete in the panda garden, or help the scientists to collect the pandas' data (this may depend on the job demand or season) in heating, mating, training, breeding, examing and so on.

Day 24 Bifengxia To Chengdu (B, L, D)
After breakfast, return the working clothes and gloves to the base. Then say good-bye to your new friends and get a volunteer certificate issued by China Panda Protection and Research Center. Pay a visit to the Shangli Old Town and then drive back to Chengdu. Hotel: Enjoyable Star Hotel (4-star)

Day 25 Chengdu To Leshan/Mt. Emei (B, L, D) 
After breakfast transfer to Leshan to see the Giant Buddha, on the way visit Huanglongxi Ancient Town. After the visit of the Giant Buddha, transfer to Mt. Emeishan. If time permits, you will be transferred to visit Baoguo Temple at the foot of Emeishan. Hotel: 4-star Emeishan Hot Spring Hotel

Day 26 Mt. Emei To Chengdu (B, L, D)
After breakfast, take the local sightseeing bus to the Emei Mountain to visit the Wannian Temple, the Qingyin Pavilion, the Baoguo Temple and the biggest natural ecology reserve area for monkeys. Drive back to Chengdu.

Day 27 Chengdu To Huanglong & Jiuzhaigou (B, L, D)
Fly to Jiuzhaigou in the morning. Upon arrival, you're picked up to visit the picturesque Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area (aka Huanglong National Park). First, we climb over the snow mountain by bus to overlook the snowclad Peral Peak of Mt. Minshan (5588 m). Then proceed to visit the the Five Color Pool, the Xiseng Waterfall and some other beautiful spots in the park. Later, drive to Jiuzhaigou County for accomodation. Hotel: Jiuzhai Resort (4-star)

Day 28 Jiuzhaigou (B, L, D)
Today, you will get lost in the wonderland of Jiuzhaigou, where the Long Lake, the Multi Color Pool, the Panda Lake, the Mirror Lake, the Tiger Lake, the Nourilang Waterfall, the Peral Waterfall, mountains, valleys, forests and more will bring you an indelible experience.

Day 29 Jiuzhaigou (B, L, D)
After breakfast, we'll take the tourist bus of the Scenic Area to the top part of Rize Valley, a virgin forest, then walk back down to enjoy the view along the way prior to having lunch at Nuo Ri Lang Restaurant. Continue walking to see the beautiful Shuzheng Valley.

Day 30 Depart Jiuzhaigou (B)
Your tour comes to an end as you're transferred to the airport for your onward flight.

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