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Panda Keeper Experience: Observe and Feed Pandas
Volunteers have the opportunity to assist as keepers by preparing food for the animals and observing the keepers feed the pandas up close. This provides a wonderful chance to learn about their living habits and physical characteristics. In addition to giant pandas, visitors can also enjoy seeing red pandas and a variety of other adorable animals.
Volunteers have the opportunity to assist as keepers by preparing food for the animals and observing the keepers feed the pandas up close. This provides a wonderful chance to learn about their living habits and physical characteristics. In addition to giant pandas, visitors can also enjoy seeing red pandas and a variety of other adorable animals.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Dujiangyan City - The guide and driver will collect you at 7:30 AM for a 1.5-hour drive to the panda base. Upon arrival, register and don your work attire and gloves. The knowledgeable keepers will provide guidance, with your guide offering assistance throughout the day.
9:00 AM – Preparation
Prepare for your volunteer duties and gain insights into…
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Dujiangyan City - The guide and driver will collect you at 7:30 AM for a 1.5-hour drive to the panda base. Upon arrival, register and don your work attire and gloves. The knowledgeable keepers will provide guidance, with your guide offering assistance throughout the day.
9:00 AM – Preparation
Prepare for your volunteer duties and gain insights into panda care.
10:00 AM – Panda Feeding & Bamboo Preparation
Observe the keepers feeding the pandas up close and assist in preparing fresh bamboo for them.
11:30 AM – Explore the Panda Base
Visit additional enclosures to see more giant pandas and red pandas, and participate in making panda cakes.
12:30 PM – Lunch Break
1:30 PM – Panda Documentary
Watch an informative film about panda conservation.
2:00 PM – Certificate Ceremony
After a fulfilling day of volunteering, receive your certificate as a keepsake of this meaningful experience. Your guide and driver will then return you to Chengdu.
Optional Add-On:
Following your panda volunteering experience, you can opt for an additional Red Panda Experience, where you’ll enter the red pandas’ habitat, interact closely with these charming creatures, feed them two apple sticks, and take memorable photos together.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private air-conditioned car
- English-speaking guide
- Lunch at panda base
- All required taxes, fees and entrance tickets
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private air-conditioned car
- English-speaking guide
- Lunch at panda base
- All required taxes, fees and entrance tickets
What's Not Included
- Personal expense
- Gratuities
- Personal expense
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Volunteers must be between 8 and 70 years old. On the day of the event, please do not wear perfume, slippers, or skirts. Please provide your name, passport number, and age when making a reservation, which will be used for the volunteer certificate. Note: For urgent bookings for the following day, please ensure your reservation is made by 6:00 PM. This…
- Volunteers must be between 8 and 70 years old. On the day of the event, please do not wear perfume, slippers, or skirts. Please provide your name, passport number, and age when making a reservation, which will be used for the volunteer certificate. Note: For urgent bookings for the following day, please ensure your reservation is made by 6:00 PM. This allows us to apply for and confirm the volunteer activity with the Panda Base during their working hours. Reservations made after this time cannot guarantee a secured spot. We appreciate your understanding.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Nicolasp92bv
Dec 26, 2025
Good experience - Visiting the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was a truly unique and unforgettable experience. Being able to see the pandas live and up close was incredible and very emotional.
What made the visit even more special was seeing how much the panda center staff genuinely care about the animals. Their dedication and respect for the pandas’ well-being were clear throughout the visit.
A special thanks goes to our guide Michelle, who made the entire experience even more meaningful with her passion, knowledge, and attention. Thanks to her, we truly appreciated the love and effort behind this amazing conservation center.
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Lesleyaw812
Dec 13, 2025
Fantastic! - A brilliant day trip to see the pandas. Michelle, our guide, was fantastic - so kind and friendly, with lots of knowledge about Chengdu and the pandas. Our driver was lovely- very polite and with a very comfortable car! Highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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365maddye
Jun 9, 2025
Best Guides in Chengdu - Michelle and Jason at Real North Adventure were fantastic and helped make my trip to Chengdu a dream. I’ve been wanting to visit the pandas since I was a kid and my day at Dujiangyan lived up to every expectation. Michelle and Jason went above and beyond showing me some local gems in Dujiangyan and inviting me to hot pot (even though I was too jet lagged to take them up on the offer). They offered a advice and tips for the rest of my time in China. Michelle even helped me get prescription glasses and sent them onto my final hotel in Yangshou. Next time I’m in Chengdu, I will for sure reconnect with these two!
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