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Tracking Wild Pandas
Research pandas both in the wild and at a research center
Price: $3,600 USD per person
Duration: 9 days
On this journey to the Wanglang Nature Reserve, we hike through bamboo and rhododendron forests to track panda routes. Along the way, we’ll learn about other rare wildlife such as golden monkeys, red pandas, takins, and birds, and get up close to pandas by visiting a base that protects, breeds, and studies them in an enclosed environment.
ITINERARY
Day 1 - Arrive in Chengdu
Welcome dinner and trip briefing.
Day 2 - Chengdu
Taichi lesson at Wangjianglou Park; Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center; Sanxingdui Archeological Museum; Sichuan dinner and opera performance with "face-changing" masks.
Day 3 - Pingwu
Drive to Pingwu County (~ 6 hours); visit local village, rice fields; walk around Baoensi Square where locals play mahjong, have tea and spend their evenings.
Day 4 - Wanglang
Drive to and visit a Baima village; drive to Wanglang Nature Reserve (2.5 hours); afternoon hike around eco-lodge area to get familiar with the environment; presentation on pandas.
Day 5 - Wanglang
Divide into small groups and hike with reserve staff to track wild panda routes; learn about pandas' natural habitats, see evidence of their activities, walk to virgin forests; have picnic lunch on the way.
Day 6 - Wanglang
Hike along the ancient Tea and Horse Caravan Trail, a famed trading route; learn about wild plants from a local Baima Tibetan doctor during the hike.
Day 7 - Jiuzhaigou
Drive to Jiuzhaigou (4 hours); visit Shuzheng Valley if time allows.
Day 8 - Jiuzhaigou
Visit Jiuzhaigou’s Rize Valley, including Five-Flower Lake and Mirror Lake.
Day 9 - Depart Chengdu
Fly to Chengdu in the morning; journey ends.
Prices & Dates
Dates: Year round
Duration: 9 days
Difficulty: Moderate
Price: $3,600 USD per person
Price Notes: Pricing based on 4 travelers. Domestic airfare - $250 pp. Single supplement $550.
Included: All land transfers on best-in-class local transportation, as noted in the itinerary, all accommodations based on double occupancy, all admission fees, activity expenses and presentations, as noted in the itinerary, all meals, featuring local cuisine, as noted in the itinerary, and drinking water, and services of WildChina wildlife expert and local expert guides.
Excluded: Domestic and international airfare to and from Chengdu, pre-trip and post-trip extensions to Beijing, Shanghai or other parts of China, Chinese Tourist Visa, which is required for most foreign passport holders, meals not included in the itinerary and alcoholic or imported beverages during meals, personal expenses, tips for the local guides and drivers, and excursions and activities not included in itinerary.
Conservation
Benefitting Organization:
WWF China - The first international conservation organisation invited to work in China, WWF has been active here since 1980, when Dr. George Schaller arrived to work with Chinese scientists on giant panda conservation.
When you book through SEEtheWILD, we will donate 5% of the trip cost ($180) towards panda conservation at no cost to you.
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