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#1: Arrive in Beijing where the tour begins. We meet you at
the Beijing Airport and transfer to the 4 star Peixin Hotel* in Beijing.
Dinner and a chance to meet the other members of our small group of
12 or less. We suggest scheduling your arrival in Beijing for
morning or early afternoon or you may miss the group dinner time.
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2: Leave Beijing and fly to Chengdu in the Sichuan Province. Tonight
we will stay at the Boutique Flower Hotel on Qintai Street in the
Opera District of Chengdu.
This is a quaint and very Chinese feeling hotel. We are frequently
the only Western guests at the hotel. Enjoy the Sichuan Opera
this evening. A memorable event you will surely enjoy.
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3:
From chengdu we drive up into the mountains to an elevation of around
2,000 meters. We will spend the next few nights at the Panda
Inn* which is on the grounds of the Wolong Panda Preserve.
Today we will register for our Panda work experience. We'll
visit the Panda Museum** and spend some time learning our way around
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4 & 5: These two days are scheduled for our Panda volunteer work
experience. The morning work session usually runs from 8:00
to 11:30 and the afternoon session from 2:00 to 5:30 PM. In
the morning we can expect to be cleaning cages and enclosures.
The morning is when the pandas are most active. They know that
the keepers will be entering their enclosures and bringing them treats.
This is when the old bamboo is usually removed and fresh tender green
bamboo provided. The afternoon session is normally more laid
back. Brief periods are usually spent feeding or working on
simple training responses, then we wait until the next scheduled feeding
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6: Today we leave Wolong and drive back to Chengdu. Youwill
catch a late afternoon flight to Beijing. The group separates
here. Our 11 day itinerary members will continue on today to
Xian for sightseeing. The 7 day itinerary members will return
to Beijing where they will be met at the airport and taken to our
original Beijing Hotel. The guide will join them for dinner..
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7: Your tour ends today. We will assist you with transportation
to the airport. No guide is normally provided for this service
at the end of the trip. Guides are not allowed into the international
counter check in area, so each person must find their own airline
ticket counter on their own. The driver will assist you with
finding a baggage cart and getting inside the terminal building.
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Hotels may change due to availability
or local conditions. We generally book into a 3 star or better
hotel except for the Panda Inn which is two stars, but is undergoing
remodeling in the winter of 2007. Most of our hotels are 4 star
rated.
** We reserve the right to change side trip and tour destinations
to meet local conditions such as weather, renovation or overcrowding.
*** The work experience may vary considerably from month to month
and day to day. Work duties change with the seasons and with
the individual health of each panda. You will work with a panda
keeper and your experience will be significantly related to the duties
of that particular animal keeper. We are required to abide by the
ever-changing regulations of the Wolong Preserve.
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China and the Giant Panda Bear Tour
and Volunteer Experience
copyright 2007, Keith Jones
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Unique vacations normally involving animals, culture and adventure
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