China Panda Tours 2026/2027
Giant Pandas, the endangered chubby creatures considered a national symbol of China, mainly lives in central western and southwest China, especially Chengdu in Sichuan Province. Easy Tour China arranges tailor-made panda tours in Chengdu to visit the giant panda reserves, bases, inhabit, and sanctuaries, with the opportunity to interact with this rare species, watch panda eating bamboo and special cakes, and see panda cubs playing in the trees.
By taking our private China panda tours, you can join the volunteer programs at a panda base in/nearby Chengdu, and become an honorary panda keeper to take care of them, clean pandas' enclosures, and even track wild giant pandas in the forest and UNESCO-protected natural habitat.
How to Plan a Panda Volunteer Program Tour in China?
There are more than 1,800 pandas living in the wild, and about 150 in captivity, whose sustainable future needs the efforts of local community, scientific organizations, as well as the help of volunteers. The giant panda volunteer program is the best way, for every one of us, to get closer to the beautiful panda. So now it is your opportunity to make your effort to help panda thrive.
Currently, Dujiangyan, Bifengxia and Wolong Shenshuping panda bases offer the panda volunteer program. By volunteering with pandas, put on the working uniform, you will help researchers to gather behavioral data, and look after panda before they get back to the wild.
If you're planning one day panda volunteer experience, Dujiangyan Panda Base is highly recommended, for it is relatively close to Chengdu, and volunteers can try a wide array of activities.
One day is not enough for you? Go to Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base for two- or multi-day panda keeper tours. Wolong, together with Mt. Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains, is part of Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, where the pandas are living in a more remote and wild environment. The red panda volunteer program and the baby panda volunteer program are also available.
Are you a big fan of giant panda and always dreaming of a life-time panda journey? Contact us right now to create your own unforgettable experience with giant pandas in China.
Suggested China Pandas Tours
10 Days China Panda Tour
Destinations: Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai
Highlights:
- Enjoy 2 days panda volunteer program, being a happy keeper at Bifengxia Panda Base.
- Explore big-name attractions of China, such as the great Wall and Forbidden City, with expert guide.
- Experience the traditional and modern Shanghai.
20 Days Splendid China Tour with Giant Panda & Tibet Highlights
Destinations: Xi'an, Lhasa, Chengdu, Lijiang, Kunming, Guilin, Yangshuo, Shanghai, Beijing
Highlights:
- The tour package includes must-visits of China: Terracotta Army, Great Wall, Palace Museum, pandas…
- Discover the ancient Buddhist shrines in Lhasa, including Potala Palace.
- Visit Lijiang Old Town and the wild Yunnan, witnessing another side of China.
- Slide into the fairyland of karst landscape, enjoying Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo.
12 Days Majestic West China Tour with Panda Visit & Yangtze
Destinations: Chengdu, Lhasa, Shigatse, Chongqing, Yichang, Shanghai
Highlights:
- Discover Chengdu cultural highlights, with a close contact with adorable giant pandas.
- Take a spiritual Tibet Tour to visit ancient Buddhist temples & palaces, savor breathtaking views of Tibet plateau.
- Cruise legendary Yangtze River to witness China's dramatic natural and cultural landscape in a relaxing way.
Best Chengdu Panda Tours with Volunteer Programs
We provide the following sample itineraries to help you customize your own Chengdu panda tours with or without panda volunteers programs, for family with kids, couple, or seniors. Don't hesitate to let us know your travel style, and the attractions and destinations you'd like to go as well.
1 Day Dujiangyan Panda Base Volunteer Tour
Have a full day giant panda keeper experience at the "the nursing home" to giant pandas. Get close to dozens of lovely furry balls, learn the knowledge of the protection of panda, and show your care and loving heart.
Panda Base: Dujiangyan
Best for: Family with Teenagers, Couple, Expats
Destination: Chengdu
10 Days Chengdu Exploration with Panda Keeper Tour
A China panda tour to Wolong Shengshuping Panda Base to become a caring panda nanny for two days, the itinerary also takes you to the spectacular Jiuzhaigou, magnificent Leshan Giant Buddha, sacred Mt. Emei…
Panda Base: Chengdu & Wolong Shenshuping
Best for: Family with Teenagers, Couple, Senior
Destinations: Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou, Leshan
5 Days Chengdu Panda Volunteer Tour for Family with teenagers
Have fun and take care of giant pandas with kids in 5 days Chengdu tour. Work closely with professional scientists and staff, and get a certificate of your panda volunteer experience. The trip also includes Chengdu highlights and local food tasting.
Panda Base: Wolong Shenshuping
Best for: Family with Teenagers
Destination: Chengdu
6 Days Wolong Panda Volunteer Tour with Mt. Siguniang
Take exclusive volunteering work at Wolong Panda Base, and travel afield and deep into the protected Sichuan giant panda sanctuary. Hike Dengsheng Valley, and explore the gorgeous Mt. Siguniang and Haizi Valley.
Panda Base: Wolong Shenshuping
Best for: Couple, Family, Expats
Destination: Chengdu
3 Days Chengdu Panda Tour With Leshan
Enjoy the happy panda encounter, as well as the real local life of Chengdu. Taste gourmet foods and dishes, stroll through Jinli Old Street, and admire Leshan Giant Buddha, the biggest and highest stone-carved statue of Buddha in the world.
Panda Base: Chengdu
Best for: Family, Senior, Couple
Destination: Chengdu
1 Day Kung Fu Panda Tour to Po's Hometown
As a fan of "Kung Fu Panda", you'll have your wish to visit Po's hometown fulfilled. Visit panda at their most active period during a day, and make your way to Mt. Qingcheng, a Taoist holy land, known as the secret "panda village".
Panda Base: Chengdu
Best for: Family, Expats, Students
Destination: Chengdu
The Best Places to See Pandas in China
Chengdu, with several panda bases in or nearby, is the best place to see giant pandas in China. The panda bases and research centers have been making tremendous efforts to preserve pandas. You're encouraged to take panda tours with volunteering to help much more work to be done!
- Location: 0.5hr, 10km from Chengdu city center
- Number of pandas: about 50
- The best place to see panda babies
- Recommended for regular panda half day/day panda trips
- Location: 1.5hrs, 62km from Chengdu
- Number of pandas: about 20
- Part of the UNESCO-listed panda sanctuary in China, and right next to Taoist Mt. Qingcheng and Dujiangyan Irrigation System
- Suitable for 1-day panda volunteer program tour
- Location: 2hrs, 100km from Chengdu
- Number of pandas: about 30
- Featuring panda night tour, with chance to see panda wilderness training, and explore the original habitat of giant pandas
- Recommended for multi-day panda keeper tour
- Location: 2.5-3hrs, 155km from Chengdu
- Number of pandas: about 20
- The pandas of Wolong National Reserve moved here after the 2008 earthquake. Now it has both wild pandas and those in captivity.
- Recommended for multi-day panda keeper program
FAQs about China panda tours
Normally, at Bifengxia, Dujiangyan Panda Bases and Wolong Panda Research Center, visitors can donate CNY1,800 for each person to hold a panda and take photos.
However, please be noted that this donation program been temporarily suspended. We'll update the information if there's further news.
For your panda tour, visitors are encouraged to visit pandas during the morning time, especially between 08:30am and 10:30am, when the pandas are very active playing or happily eating their breakfast.
Since the panda mums usually give birth to panda babies from June to September, there're chances you may see panda cubs from September to December.
Yes, you're required to obtain a health certificate to join in the panda keeper volunteer program. Please be free to contact with your travel consultant at Easy Tour China for details.
If your China holiday doesn't include Chengdu or other destinations in Sichuan, but you still want to see pandas, you can visit the zoo in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing or Guilin, Hong Kong Ocean Park, or Macau Giant Panda Pavilion.
The panda volunteer work is not about taking photos for panda and simply observing. It is not easy, and actually physical jobs and activities, which might include but not be limited to: cleaning panda areas & enclosures, carrying and weighing bamboo, cleaning a lot of bamboo leaves, planting bamboos, making panda cake/biscuits, preparing other panda foods like carrots or apple, and watching documentary films about giant pandas.
