Join a two-day Panda Volunteer Experience to care and interact with the pandas. Gain knowledge about the panda through working and interacting with them. Visit some of the best sites in Chengdu which include Sanxingdui Museum, Wangjiang Park and Jinli Old Street.

Day 1

Today's Activities: Du Fu Thatched Cottage, Jinli Old Street, Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan

- Du Fu Thatched Cottage (1.5 hours): A museum and memorial for Du Fu (712-770 AD), often called China's greatest poet, surrounded by a large and beautiful garden. Du Fu spent five years in Chengdu, the peak of his creativity, living in a thatched hut on this site.

- Jinli Old Street (1 hour): Once the commercial heart of the old kingdoms this ancient street has been fully restored in traditional Sichuan style. Picturesque, bustling, and cheerful, you can sample local arts and craft, traditional Chinese goods, food and delicacies, and even a Starbucks, local style.

- Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan (2 hours): Founded in 1992, this museum occupies an area of 7000 square kilometers, and has a exhibition of the cultural relics excavated from No1 and No2 sacrificial pits of Shang Dynasty (from 16th-11th century B.C.). There are thousands of pieces of invaluable relics such as bronze ware, jade ware, gold ware, pottery, and bone ware on the exhibition, where you can get a closed look and learn more about the ancient China.

Day 2

After being picked up from the hotel and it takes about 3 hours to drive to Ya'an Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center. This is the world's largest giant pandas park and the best place to see pandas in the natural environment they inhabit. Upon arriving, check in at the local hotel and lunch; visit the Giant Panda Breeding Center. Meet your mentor who is one of the keepers at the center. A work uniform will be issued which allow entry to the garden at anytime. The mentor and guide will give a full introduction of the pandas. Note: A physical examination is required as part of the application for the Panda Volunteer Program.

Day 3

Full day is scheduled for Panda volunteer work experience.

With the help and instructions of the mentor, you will clean the pandas living areas, or feed the panda. Work is from 8:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 17:20. Note: Schedule may change in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Pandas have their own behavior and life style.

Some of your keeper work may change as not to disturb their peaceful life. I hope you understand it. Your Keeper's duties may include:

1. Feeding the pandas (fresh bamboo, apple or panda cake).
2. Cleaning the enclosure to give the pandas a clean and comfortable place.
3. Collecting and weighing the feces. (This is the most effective way to determine the health of the panda.)
4. Cleaning bamboo. (It is important to give pandas clean food.)
5. Cleaning the panda. Rinse the panda with cool water and see how much they enjoy it, but just in very hot summer.
6. Weighing fresh bamboo. It is important to know how much is offered to pandas, how much they consume, and the weight of their feces. Proper consumption of bamboo is critical to the health of pandas.

Tips: 1. Do not make sudden movements or be aggressive towards the pandas.
        2. Do not throw anything at the pandas unless it is feeding time and under the keepers instructions.
        3. Do not take the photos or videos unless authorized.