8:00 am-9:00 am: Preparation
Your guide and driver will pick you up at about 8:00 and escort you to the panda base. After arrival, sigh up and put on work clothes and gloves. The experienced keepers will tell you what to do, and your tour guide will be always by your side, interpreting for you and helping you take photos.
9:00 am-10:00 am: Clean the panda enclosures
There are many interesting activities prepared for panda volunteers. They include cleaning the enclosures, sweeping out leftovers and feces, adding fresh bamboos. In addition, you can help the keepers record panda’s behaviour. It is a good chance for you to observe pandas and get a close encounter with them.
10:00 am-11:30 am: Visit other enclosures
Roam around the base and take a visit to have a look of more giant pandas and red pandas. It is a perfect time to observe their living habits when they do different things–eating, snoozing, tumbling and climbing trees. The panda keepers will also show you have to feed a panda at close proximity.
11:30 am-13:30 pm: Have a lunch and take a break
Have a simple lunch in the canteen and take a break in the resting room. It’s a good time for you recharge yourself and prepare for the activities in the afternoon.
13:30 pm- 14:00 pm: Watch panda documentary movie
Watch a panda documentary to understand better why we should protect them and how we do so.
14:00 pm-15:00 pm: Clean the panda enclosures again
The enclosure you have cleaned in the morning may be in a mess again. Take these rubbishes out and feed them with new bamboos.
15:00 pm- 16:00 pm: Make panda cakes
Like human-beings, pandas also have their special snacks-panda cakes, “wowotou”. The ingredients are healthy and delicious. It is time for you to make some panda cakes by hand under the guidance of experienced nutritionists.
16:00 pm-17:00 pm: Get a certificate
After a whole day’s work, you will receive a certificate for the unforgettable day. Then, your guide and driver will escort you back to Chengdu.