Panda
Explore China and experience
close contact with Giant Panda Bear
One
tour, three panda preserves!
Wolong Panda Preserve:
Wolong Panda Preserve:
Newly reconstructed,
will open soon although no official announcements have been
made.
Chengdu Panda
Research Base
: This is the political and scientific
center of all China panda research.
Bifengxia Panda Preserve: This is the current best panda breeding facility, with the most adult and baby pandas. The best panda volunteering is here.
Bifengxia Panda Preserve: This is the current best panda breeding facility, with the most adult and baby pandas. The best panda volunteering is here.
The only China tour to visit the three best places to experience giant pandas.
Our 9, 11 & 12 day tours
begin in
Beijing - the current capital of China
Our 7 & 8 day tours begin in Chengdu
Chengdu - the most relaxed city in all of China
view each itinerary for what is included:
Sights that we visit in Beijing include the Great Wall & the Summer Palace
From Beijing our group flies to the city of Chengdu where we enjoy the Sichuan Opera Those in the 12 day tour will then have a chance to experience a behind the scenes half day volunteer program at the Chengdu Panda Base.
We then drive into the mountains to the small town of Yaan or Ya'an to visit the
Bifengxia Panda Breeding Preserve
At Bifengxia our group has several days to work and play with the pandas.
From Bifengxia we make the grand adventure trip & visit the Wolong region. We plan to visit the newly built replace facility there.
Next we fly to the ancient China capital City of
Xian or Xi'an
Beijing - the current capital of China
Our 7 & 8 day tours begin in Chengdu
Chengdu - the most relaxed city in all of China
view each itinerary for what is included:
Sights that we visit in Beijing include the Great Wall & the Summer Palace
From Beijing our group flies to the city of Chengdu where we enjoy the Sichuan Opera Those in the 12 day tour will then have a chance to experience a behind the scenes half day volunteer program at the Chengdu Panda Base.
We then drive into the mountains to the small town of Yaan or Ya'an to visit the
Bifengxia Panda Breeding Preserve
At Bifengxia our group has several days to work and play with the pandas.
From Bifengxia we make the grand adventure trip & visit the Wolong region. We plan to visit the newly built replace facility there.
Next we fly to the ancient China capital City of
Xian or Xi'an
to visit the Terra Cotta Museum
Then finally we leave China and head back to our homes wherever they may be.
Then finally we leave China and head back to our homes wherever they may be.
Join
me, the guy who wrote the book about the Panda Breeding Preserves,
as I set out to visit the World's three best Panda research
and breeding facilities all on one tour.
This is Keith and I wanted to discuss tour prices. I know our tour is higher than many Chinese tours. But we don't do large bus tours. We don't force you to shop for hours on end in special shop where we can collect commissions as high as 50%. We try to give you a broad and intimate view of China as it is today.
Along with the cultural and people oriented side of our tours, we provide you a special and meaningful experience with the giant pandas. With this new tour design you can visit as many as 3 different panda facilities. This is an amazing opportunity
By not following the traditional China tour operator protocols our tours are just naturally more expensive. Compare a set meal for $2 or $3 to any meal our groups sit down to enjoy and you can see the difference. I'm positive our tour price gives excellent value. It is not a budget discount package. And I am positive no other tour will give you this type of panda experience.
This is Keith and I wanted to discuss tour prices. I know our tour is higher than many Chinese tours. But we don't do large bus tours. We don't force you to shop for hours on end in special shop where we can collect commissions as high as 50%. We try to give you a broad and intimate view of China as it is today.
Along with the cultural and people oriented side of our tours, we provide you a special and meaningful experience with the giant pandas. With this new tour design you can visit as many as 3 different panda facilities. This is an amazing opportunity
By not following the traditional China tour operator protocols our tours are just naturally more expensive. Compare a set meal for $2 or $3 to any meal our groups sit down to enjoy and you can see the difference. I'm positive our tour price gives excellent value. It is not a budget discount package. And I am positive no other tour will give you this type of panda experience.
The
late 2018 schedule is in the works with new dates to
be announced towards the end of 2017.
Previous trip examples:
$2,595 with
5
PANDA DAYS
Special Panda only trip. No touring in Xian or Beijing. We take you directly to the pandas. For those with limited time.
A panda day is a tour day that includes activity at one of the panda preserves. We mention this to give you an idea of how much time you will have with the pandas.
Special Panda only trip. No touring in Xian or Beijing. We take you directly to the pandas. For those with limited time.
A panda day is a tour day that includes activity at one of the panda preserves. We mention this to give you an idea of how much time you will have with the pandas.
email
us
Be
sure to check out Keith's new book about the Panda's. Available
at Amazon.com.
Giant Pandas and Me:
Ten Years of Discovery
by Keith E. Jones
Giant Pandas and Me:
Ten Years of Discovery
by Keith E. Jones
Be sure and check out the
on line diary
from our first ever
11
day Panda trip.
10 years ago. Many interesting
photos
and detailed information about our trip. This
was our first group tour in 2005. Since then hundreds of happy
Panda fanatics have traveled with us to experience pandas up
close.
Can
I really pet a panda?
Yes,
Yes,
our trip includes
several days working behind the scenes at a Chinese Panda Breeding
and Research facility. Chores assigned to our group typically
include carrying bamboo to the enclosures or maybe we'll be
cleaning up panda poop. One thing we can count on is that
we will be right in there with the Giant Panda bears...and if
you don't want to work inside the enclosures, you can still
come along and be guaranteed the opportunity to pet a panda!
No volunteer work required if you don't want to do it.
The only place in the world to get this close to Giant Pandas
and their keepers. But to actually sit down and wrap your
arm around a panda, you will most likely need to choose some
optional extra photo opportunity while at one of the panda preserves.
This is choice you can make at the time you are there.
What's
included in our BIG China panda trip price?
Meals, lodging in 3 star & 4 star or better hotels, all ground transportation while with the group, domestic air transportation within China, fees associated with our various side trips and an English speaking Chinese guide, plus Keith as the trip leader when available. Side trips as noted in the trip itineraries.
Meals, lodging in 3 star & 4 star or better hotels, all ground transportation while with the group, domestic air transportation within China, fees associated with our various side trips and an English speaking Chinese guide, plus Keith as the trip leader when available. Side trips as noted in the trip itineraries.
It is easy to work with us to
customize extensions of this tour for Yangtze River cruises
or to visit other cities or wilderness areas either before or
after our Panda intense tour. Recommended sites include
Shanghai and Guilin and the River Li day cruise or the rice
terraces (said to be the most beautiful spots in China).
As
we have been doing a little late spring cleaning and begining
to refresh our webpages, and our slideshows and videos, we came
across some old favorites. To the left of this is a video we
put together a few years ago with some pictures and videos from
some of our trips. We figured we'll put them up on the web and
let people enjoy them again. If you've traveled to China with
us and recognize any of the pictures or clips, send us an email,
we would love to hear from you.
A quick note about the video, there is no sound,
so put on a favorite song and enjoy the pictures and video clips.
If you're interested in being in the next video,
let us know that you would like to be a part of our next trips
and we'll make sure we get some good pictures and videos of
you with the pandas.
Hotels may change due to
availability or local conditions. We always book into a
3 star or better and normally our hotels are 4 star.
** We reserve the right to change side trip and tour destinations
to meet local conditions such as weather, renovation or overcrowding.
*** The work experience may vary considerably from month to month.
Work duties change with the seasons and with the individual health
of each panda. You will work with a panda keeper and your
experience will be significantly related to the duties of that
particular animal keeper.
Safety and health concerns for the pandas may alter the tour volunteer
program in part, at any time. Frequent changes to the pattern
of work and to what is allowed and is not allowed is normal and
customary. The type of close encounters available as options
or offered as part of the program change from time to time.