China Panda Tours

Currently, Dujiangyan Panda Base, Bifengxia Panda Base, and Wolong Panda Base offer giant panda volunteer programs.

For a time-smart day tour, Dujiangyan Panda Base is the best place to join in a one-day panda volunteer experience. It is more accessible and offers a wide variety of activities.

For two- or multi-day tours, we recommend Wolong Panda Base. It provides a more natural and undisturbed living environment for pandas. Besides the giant panda volunteer program, Wolong Panda Base also offers a red panda volunteer program and a baby panda volunteer program.

The best place to see giant pandas is surely in their “home city” — Chengdu. It's the only place in the world where you can be a panda volunteer and take a photo next to a panda.

If you would like to see wild pandas in their natural habitat, we can arrange a wild panda tracking tour in Wolong nature reserve for you. Visiting Wolong with China Highlights, you will also have a chance to spend a private evening with a panda!

You can also see giant pandas in zoos of the following cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Macau, and Hong Kong.

It is best to visit during pandas’ meal times or play times. Early in the morning from 8:30 to 10:30 is very suitable, when pandas come out to eat and play.

March to May is the mating period for pandas, so baby pandas are usually born between June and September. If you come between September and December, you will have a greater chance of seeing active baby pandas in the panda bases.

The age restriction for volunteers is 10 to 70 years old. Even though pandas may look harmless, they are large omnivores and should be given the same respect as bears.

Parents must ensure that they prevent their children from coming into direct contact with the pandas. The cost for children of 10 years old and above is the same as the cost for adults.

If your children are between 0–9 years old, you can still take them with you during the program. The children can not enter the room where the panda cage is. Your guide can help take care of them if you like.