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2 Days Wolong Panda Loving Care Experience at Shenshuping Base

Panda Loving Care at Their Real Homeland

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According to the China’s Third National Giant Panda Survey, Wolong National Nature Reserve houses about 150 wild individuals of highly endangered giant pandas. Wolong Nature Reserve is the largest and the most complicated in Sichuan, about 130 kilometers from Chengdu.

Highlights of this tour:

    The Shenshuping Panda Base situated in this reserve is the specialized organization to protect giant pandas, with more than 30 pandas in captivity. Travelers who can overcome the 2.5 hours' transfer and want to explore the pandas’ truly habitat, it is highly recommended to visit Shenshuping Base in Wolong. Spend one day sharing love and care for giant pandas, you will be guided by professional panda keepers, and learn how to take care of lovely pandas. The engaging interaction with pandas will make you a qualified panda caretaker.

    Panda Base Comparison & Selection: For most panda fans who want a place to do Panda Loving Care, they will choose Dujiangyan Panda Base which is the nearest one from Chengdu, about 1.5 hours’ drive. For panda enthusiasts who have time and energy to explore, trace the primitive environment of giant pandas, Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base is the one to go!

    Please Note: Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base can accept up to 15 Participants in one day for Panda Loving Care Program and you need to inquire and make the reservation in advance.

Basic Trip Information

Price:
from $367
  1. 1. This price is for one person, based on a group of 2 adults sharing one double-bed room and traveling in low seasons;
  2. 2. This price is subject to change according to your traveling season, group size, hotel class, change of activities and possible fluctuation of currency exchange rate.
Travel Route:
Chengdu / Wolong / Chengdu
Travel Length:
2 Days & 1 Night
Tour Code:
CD-PTWL-01
Group Size:
You, your family, friends or group
Experience:
Ecological
Departure:
Any day you want
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Your tour - at a glance

Day 1 Chengdu Arrival & Move to Wolong

Get picked up by local tour guide and driver, then drive about 130km (2 hrs) to Wolong and visit Wolong Giant Panda Museum.

Day 2 Wolong Panda Loving Care Program

One full day working in Shenshuping Panda Base, including cleaning panda enclosures, bringing fresh bamboo to pandas, making cakes for panda, visiting panda yards, etc. Then drive back to Chengdu.

Full Itinerary Day by Day

Day 1 Chengdu Arrival

Welcome to Chengdu, the hometown of Giant Panda.

Your local guide and driver will meet you at the hotel / airport / Railway station according to your schedule, and escort you to Wolong Town, driving about 2 hours and 20 minutes for about 130 kilometers.

Today, you are going to visit the Wolong Giant Panda Museum (or called Wolong Natural and Earthquake Museum). You will know more about giant pandas, fauna and flora species living in their habitats, culture and history about pandas with a lot of wonderful words introduction, picture and specimen displays and other vivid models. After this visit, your driver will transfer you to the accommodation near Shenshuping Panda Base. (Note: Please try to book flight or train arriving at Chengdu before 13:00, or you may miss the visit of the Panda Museum.)

  • Wolong Giant Panda Museum Visit Wolong Giant Panda Museum
  • Wolong Panda Museum Specimen Enjoy Plant Specimen in Panda Habitat in Wolong Panda Museum

Day 2 Wolong Panda Loving Care Experience (B, L)

After your breakfast, you will be transferred to Shenshuping Panda Base, which locates at a very primitive valley, the real home land for the giant pandas. Now let’s get your one full day’s Wolong Panda Loving Care program started!

1. Complete relevant procedures, sign safety agreements and health commitment forms, receive work uniforms and gloves, and proceed to the panda breeding area.

2. Under the guidance of the panda keepers and educational instructors, pick up panda feces, bring fresh bamboo...

3. Visit the park and learn interesting stories and scientific knowledge about giant pandas.

4. Enter the world of giant pandas and explore them in depth through documentaries.

5. Lunch and rest.

6. Learn about the dietary and digestive systems of captive and wild giant pandas, understand the recipe for "Wowotou" (a type of steamed bread), and make "Wowotou" for the pandas.

7. Return work uniforms, receive certificates and souvenirs.

After that, your local guide and driver will escort you back to Chengdu. Tour ends

  • Participants at Shenshuping Panda Base Participants at Shenshuping Panda Base
  • Panda Nutritionist Preparing Panda Cakes at Shenshuping Base Panda Nutritionist Preparing Panda Cakes at Shenshuping Base

Trip Notes

1. The above arrangements will be adjusted according to the specific situations and the Panda Loving Care may be delayed or inaccessible by inevitable requirements, control, and Force Majeure like earthquakes, epidemic...

2. Pre-work Training:
Participants are required to participate in the pre-work training before 09:00 a.m. on that very day to better know how to do the Panda Loving Care program. Some parts of the activity would be cancelled if you arrive there late, so it is suggested get to the base before 08:30 a.m.

3. Requirements:
(a) Health Examination Form: To participate, you should apply for a week in advance with your Application Form and Health Examination Form (valid medical certificate and signature which could apply it in your country or in China). Interested people could feel free to contact our travel consultant for more information or let them register for you.
(b) Age & Number Limitations: The center can accept up to 15 Participants at any one time and the age should be between 8 and 70.
(c) Avoid Using Strong Smell: For pandas have keen sense of smell, Participants should avoid using perfume or other odorous articles like mosquito repellent liquid, nail polish, skin care products, makeups, etc. on the loving care workday.
(d) Healthy Bodies: To well protect giant pandas, Participants are required to be healthy, and people who are suffering from illness, like a cold, fever, influenza, and other infectious diseases are not suitable to have body contact with the giant pandas.
(e) Dressing Code: During the Panda Loving Care program, you are required to wear working suites provided by the panda base, usually jumpsuits in cold days and T-shirts in warm and hot days. Shoes are up to you, but avoid avoid sandals, slippers, high-heels, etc.
(f) Force Majeure: The Participants program is to be delayed or inaccessible if there is Force Majeure like earthquakes, epidemic... Also, your program may be influenced by the inevitable requirement and control.

4. Pre-booking & Temporary Cancellation:
Participants at Shenshuping Panda Base are required to make reservations of the programs in advance, even 1 to 2 months prior to the very program date for Panda Loving Care during peak seasons (mainly from May to October). Any temporary cancellation, increase and reduction of participants of those programs are needed to tell us as early as possible (better in advance for at least 10 days excluding the national public holidays and weekends). Thank you for the generous understanding.

5. If you are allergic to any food, please tell us, your local guide, or the base staff in advance.

6. If you have got more questions and ideas, please feel free to contact our professional travel consultants.

  • Shenshuping Base Giant Panda Adorable Giant Panda at Shenshuping Panda Center in Wolong
  • Shenshuping Panda Breeding Area Visiting Visiting Panda Breeding Area at Shenshuping
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