Conservation · 2 days / 1 night
Panda Keeper for a Day
Break bamboo, roll corn cakes, clean a service corridor, and stand an arm’s length from a feeding panda. No holding. No shortcuts.
Duration
2 days / 1 night
Group style
Private departure
Pace
Active
Best months
Year round
The keeper programme is a paid conservation experience, not a photo session. You wear the uniform, work the morning shift, and leave with a certificate from the China Conservation and Research Center. We are blunt about what it is and is not, because most travellers arrive with the wrong expectation.
Day by day
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Day 01
Up the mountain
Afternoon drive to Gengda, a briefing on biosecurity rules, and an early night at altitude.
- · Depart Chengdu after lunch
- · Programme briefing and clothing check
- · Dinner in the valley
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Day 02
The shift
Uniform on at eight, bamboo washed and broken by nine, feeding observation before the day visitors arrive.
- · Bamboo prep and enclosure service
- · Feeding observation at close range
- · Panda cakes, documentary, certificate
- · Back in Chengdu by evening
Included
- — One night near the base, breakfast included
- — Private transport from Chengdu and back
- — Programme fee, uniform, gloves and lunch with the keepers
- — English-speaking guide for the whole day
Not included
- — Flights and rail
- — Visa fees
- — Health check if required
- — Gratuities
