| Duration: | 10 Hour(s) - 0 Minute(s) |
| Tour Category: | Full Day Tours |
07:00 – 08:30 Hotel Pick up & Transfer to Dujiangyan Panda Base
08:30 – 09:00 Complete the Registration Procedures
09:00 – 11:00 Clean the Panda House
11:00 – 13:00 Feed the Pandas & Have a Chinese Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Watch a BBC Documentary about Giant Pandas
14:00 – 15:00 Cleaning, Feeding & Making the Panda Cake
15:30 – 17:00 Drive Back to Chengdu & Hotel Drop-off
Price Includes:
Private English-speaking guide
Private driver & air-conditioned vehicle
Chinese lunch
Entrance fees to tourist sites
Price Excludes:
Hotel accommodation with breakfasts
Tips or gratuities for guide and driver
Dujiangyan Panda Valley
Located 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Chengdu, Panda Valley is in the Baima Village, Yutang Town, Dujiangyan City. The whole valley covers an area of 1.34 square kilometers (331 acres). Dujiangyan Panda Valley is organised in such a way that that giant pandas are encouraged to return to the wild.
In the Dujiangyan Panda Valley, the giant pandas are gradually reintroduced to the wild. During the semi-original wildness transition experiment, they temporarily live in dens that look like blockhouses. They will continue receiving training to complete this transitional stage until the researchers confirm they have the ability to return to the wild.
The first batch of the residents, Xingrong, Xingya, Gongzai, Yingying, Zhizhi, Qiqi, moved into Dujiangyan Panda Valley on January 11th, 2012. They all possess their own characteristics. Xingrong and Xingya are twins; Yingying likes playing and resting in a tree; Zhizhi is very active and Qiqi looks quite pretty. A lot of people may already have heard of Gongzai: being the prototype for the animated film Kung Fu Panda 2, he is the star of the whole valley. Gongzai is very outgoing and strong for his age. Chengdu Panda Base spent nearly one year selecting them from 108 giant pandas in the various aspects of genealogy, health, genetic background, gender matching, etc. At sub-adult age, which is equivalent to human childhood, their growth is rapid and their ability to adapt to a new environment is very strong.
