Your tour - at a glance
Day 1 Pick you up in Chengdu
Your local guide and driver will pick you up at the airport / train station and send you to the hotel.
Day 2 Chengdu Tour - Bifengxia
You will visit Wuhou Temple to know about the famous story in the Three Kingdom period and Jinli Ancient Street to savor the antique flavor of old Chengdu. Then, transfer to Bifengxia.
Day 3 Bifengxia Panda Loving Care Program
Help clean panda’s enclosures, feed pandas, prepare panda food, watch panda documentary, etc.
Day 4 Bifengxia Panda Loving Care Program & Back to Chengdu
Do research about giant pandas, prepare panda food, watch panda documentary, plant bamboos at the base, do ovum experiment, watch panda documentary, get certificate. Go back to Chengdu
Full Itinerary Day by Day
Day 1 Chengdu Arrival
Ni Hao! Welcome to Chengdu, the hometown of Giant Pandas. Upon arrival, your guide will meet and escort you to your hotel in Chengdu downtown in a private vehicle. The rest of today is free to explore the leisure city on your own.
Optional Activity: In the evening, you can enjoy a delicious dinner of Sichuan cuisine at a local restaurant.
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The Typical Sichuan Cuisine - Chengdu Hotpot
Day 2 Chengdu Tour - Bifengxia Panda Base ( B, L )
After breakfast, start your sightseeing tour of Chengdu’s top attractions with your tour guide. You’ll first be driven to the Wuhou Temple, a cultural and historical relic dating back to the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280 AD). Follow your guide on a tour of the grounds and see the intricate architectural stylings of its front and interior gates, the Hall for Emperor Liu Bei, the Hall for Zhuge Liang and the Huiling Mausoleum.
Next will be an impressive visit to the famous Jinli Old Street. Time will steal away as you quietly walk on the lively streets full of delicious local snacks, delicate artifacts, interesting folk shows, and other activities.
After that, you will be driven for about 2.5 hours to Bifengxia Panda Base. Stay overnight in Ya’an.
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Our dear guest strolling around Jinli Old Street
Day 3 Bifengxia Panda Loving Care (B, L)
On this day, you will be transferred from your hotel to Bifengxia Panda Base, where you can see giant panda living happily in their real homeland city of Ya’an. Take your rare opportunity to start your meaningful 1 full day giant panda loving care activity and help protect them by your own contribution.
09:00-10:30 Panda Learning
Put on the work clothes, visit the panba base to learn the interesting stories and popular science of giant pandas.
10:30-11:50 Panda Nutritionist
Learn to make Wowotou, a nutritive special cake for the pandas, and learn about their dietary.
11:50-13:40 Lunch & Panda Documentary
Enjoy your lunch together with staff in the dining hall. Then watch the science documentary about giant pandas.
13:40-14:20 Faeces Analysis
Observe and do some research about the faeces of giant pandas, learn the knowledge about the investigation of species of wild giant pandas.
14:20-15:00 Panda Theme DIY
Make a meaningful creative handcraft in the theme of giant pandas.
15:00-15:30 Science Museum Exploration
Visit the science museum and learn the past and present of giant pandas.
After today's work, your local guide and driver will escort you back to your hotel. Have a good sleep!
Day 4 Bifengxia Panda Loving Care - Back to Chengdu(B , L)
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Bifengxia Panda Base to enjoy the last day of your panda loving care activity. Seize the last chance to closely watch giant pandas!
09:00-10:30 Panda Learning
Learn the special language of giant pandas and observe the behaviors of giant pandas at the base。
10:30-12:00 Distinguish Bamboo Types
Learn about bamboo species commonly eaten by giant pandas at the base, field measure and record the features.
12:00-14:00 Lunch & Panda Documentary
Enjoy your lunch together with staff in the dining hall. Then watch the science documentary about giant pandas.
14:00-14:40 Ovum Experiment
Learn about the common diseases for giant pandas and the testing methord.
14:40-15:10 Love Bamboo Forest
Plan Loving Care bamboo for giant pandas and write down your blessings.
15:10-15:30 Summing-up & Certificate
Hand in the task list, and return your working suit and gloves to the staff. Receive the giant panda loving care certificate. Program ends!
Your local guide and driver will drive you back to Chengdu. Tour ends!
Trip Notes
1. The above arrangements may be adjusted according to the specific situations.
2. Requirements:
(a) Health Examination Form: To participate, you should apply for at least 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 40 Participants at one time (only 20 Participants once in July and August) 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 day.
(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. Shoes are up to you, but avoid avoid sandals, slippers, high-heels, etc.
(f) Force Majeure: The Panda Loving Care 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.
3. If you have got more questions and ideas, please feel free to contact our professional travel consultants.
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Practical Info about Traveling with Us
Restaurant & Food
Vegetarian food Requirement
Vegetarian food in Chinese cuisine culture is usually divided into 3 categories: the Monastery
Vegetarian
Food, the Court Vegetarian Food and the Folk Vegetarian Food. And the main ingredients are:
soybean,
taro powder, mushrooms, fresh vegetables and tofu (bean curd). It will be easier to find the
vegetarian
restaurants in big cities of china, such as: Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, HK, etc.
If allergic to some food
We suggest you to list any food or ingredients that you are allergic to and let our travel
consultant
know. Then your travel consultant will mark them in the guide’s itinerary, so that our guides
in
different cities can make some preparations and arrangements in advance.
Do our guide and driver join the meal with us?
The tour guides and driver will be at the same restaurants with you, but they will only join the
meal
when you invite. Sometimes the drivers are shy to join as they usually eat fast and could not
understand
English talk around the table, so the guide will be with you more often.
Will we be able to try some local foods during our visit?
Yes, you will. There will be some meals excluded in your itinerary as you like, and your private
guide
will be delighted to give you some suggestions and take you to the local restaurants, if you
are
interested in local food tasting. But remember, some local snacks may not match your stomach,
so
ask your guided for more information before eating.
Shopping
What to buy in China?
In China, there are myriads of souvenirs for visitors, and each city has its own specialty.
How to bargain?
Bargains are not acceptable in big supermarkets and department stores. But in some night markets
or tourist
shops, you can bargain for a lower price, since the vendors always ask for very high price for
a
certain item. You’d better ask the opinion of the guide first, and then the guide will tell you
the
real value and quality of the item. Please note that when the bargain is processing, the guide
will
be hesitate to help as it may annoy the bosses. Just try to let the guides know you will
bargain
in advance.
What to do with persistent vendors?
If you do not need something from them, just do not ask for price. Some of the venders are very
persisted,
and if they keep selling things to you, you can simply say “No, thanks.” (Chinese
pronunciation:
”Bu, XieXie”). If they do not give up, you just keep silence. Silence is sometimes useful to
handle
this situation.
Private tour features
- 1. Private guide, driver and vehicle are for your exclusive use; no matter you are
individually,
or in a family or friends group. The tour is run exclusively for you without strangers.
- 2. Every itinerary can be customized to meet your specific interests/ wishes, that is, you
can choose
your favored hotels, sightseeing spots, the tour length, means of transportation, budget,
etc.
All are free of charge.
- 3. Start the tour on any date you want.
- 4. Escort you through the whole tour. All private transfers during the tour are offered,
including
airport/train station transfer, hotel-attractions round trip transfer.
- 5. The sightseeing during the tour could be based on your own timetable and pace. Flexible
to change
at your short notice.
- 6. Ideal for people who need considerate care and assistance, such as elderly, the
disabled, families
with small children.
Emergency calls
Call your guide, or if you can’t find your guide, call your travel consultant or our office
immediately.
All the phone numbers include in our confirmation letter. Keep the letter with your during your
trip.