Top Chengdu Volunteer Tours

Discover what it's like to work with pandas at the Dujiangyan Panda Breeding Center. This private keeper experience allows you to see the daily job of a panda keeper as you help to prepare fresh bamboo to feed the pandas, clean out their enclosures, and even possibly hold a baby panda, if available (optional and for an additional fee). Lunch is included.

Be taken care by your professional, efficient and friendly guide and driver. In the morning spend plenty of time with Chinese national treasure, face to face with this wonderful animal and prepare nutritious food for them. After lunch drive to Dujiangyan water project, admire the wisdom of the ancients, impressed by this wonder known as the only living world heritage site.

This isn’t just a sightseeing tour—it’s a rare, hands-on experience where you become part of the panda conservation effort. From preparing bamboo and making panda cakes to observing feeding sessions up close, you'll connect with these gentle giants in a truly meaningful way. With a licensed English-speaking guide by your side, everything is smooth, flexible, and fully translated—so you can focus on enjoying the moment (and snapping amazing photos!). Plus, the optional red panda encounter adds an extra dose of magic for true animal lovers.

Go beyond a standard zoo visit with a private volunteer experience at the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center. With included transport from Chengdu, head to the center to work alongside keepers to observe panda behavior, help clean enclosures, and prepare food, gaining rare insight into the daily care of the endangered species. The hands-on visit offers a more meaningful way to connect with giant pandas while learning about conservation.

7：00-8:40 Pick up and go to Dujiangyan or Wolong Panda Base 8:40-9:00 Complete registration procedure; put on the work suit and gloves, wear the volunteer pass card. 9:00-10:00 Start to clean the panda enclosure ,as well as cracking bamboos,carry out the leftovers, etc. 10:00-11:30 Walk around other panda enclosures to see the adorable black and white animals, learn more stories about the pandas. 11:30-13:00 Lunch and break 13:00-14:00 Watch a panda documentary to learn more about the scientific facts and the life of panda. 14:00-15:00 Make panda cakes , cut the bamboo leaves and be issued the certificate of panda volunteering exerience. 15:00-17:00 Drive back to downtown Chengdu Pls notice that this is a rough schedule for the day tour, it may be affected by the panda’s conditions.

Spend a morning with some of China’s most famous residents at the Dujiangyan Giant Panda Center or the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center in Chengdu. Led by a professional panda keeper, meander through the facilities and observe the pandas while you learn about their breeding and life stages. Also, you'll have the opportunity to visit the Red Panda area to learn more about this quiet yet territorial mammal.

Expand your food knowledge and taste delicious Chengdu cuisine on this small-group or private cooking experience. Not only will you learn cooking techniques with oversight from an expert, you'll also explore a market like a local and learn about the ingredients in your food. Practice your skills while making multiple dishes, then enjoy your meal with beverages included too.

Explore Chengdu when temperatures have cooled and the lights have brightened on this evening food tour by tuk-tuk. Explore pedestrian alleyways, hidden parks, and small temples as you visit favorite local eateries. Experience Chengdu's cuisine and culture by eating at the same places that local people do, without worrying about deciphering menus in Chinese.

Visit highlights of Dujiangyan including the Dujiangyan Panda Base volunteer program and Dujiangyan Mount Qingcheng with this self-guided day tour from Chengdu. You will be picked up and dropped off from your Chengdu hotel.

Experience the giant pandas of Chengdu on this guided excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, travel to Chengdu’s top panda research facility and watch as infants and adults nurse, play, and tumble. Help care for this endangered species and watch researchers documents their behavior. Enjoy a complimentary lunch before returning to your hotel.

Wolong National Nature Reserve, one of China’s oldest and best known panda reserves, sits in Sichuan Province outside of Chengdu. With this private tour, spend the day volunteering alongside professional panda keepers as you learn how to care for China’s famous black and white bears. Your bilingual guide will be by your side to translate the entire time.

If you’ve always want to see pandas up close, this is the perfect tour for you. You’ll have a hassle-free day with round-trip transportation included. Travel with ease in a comfortable private vehicle to Dujiangyan Panda Base. You won’t have to worry about waiting in line for tickets, as entrance fees are included. Learn how to feed pandas, clean enclosures, and take notes on your exciting panda volunteer experience.

Get an insider look at taking care of giant pandas during this full-day tour to the Dujiangyan Panda Base. As a volunteer, you help the panda keepers clean the enclosures and feed the animals. Then learn more about China’s conservation efforts and the biology of these gentle giants with a panda movie. Enjoy a delicious lunch and take many memorable photos of these endangered animals to enjoy for many years.

Spend a day volunteering at the Dujiangyan Panda Base, get personal with giant pandas, and help with their rehabilitation. You’ll get to make panda food, help clean the enclosures, and help feed the pandas. Your tour guide will make sure everything is taken care of for you, so you can enjoy your time with the fluffy pandas. Lunch is also included.

Opportunities to work as a panda keeper are few and far between outside of China, so this one-day volunteer opportunity is a must-do experience for every panda fanatic visiting Sichuan Province. On this small-group day trip from Chengdu, learn all about these iconic animals and the day-to-day work of a panda keeper during your day at the Dujiangyan Panda Base, participating in the animals’ care and enrichment.