frequent questions on panda tours to wolong and sichuan

What tours can I take to visit Giant Pandas Bear?
In general, all tours in our webpage you can take for lovely giant panda bear.

If I'm alone, can I take giant panda bear tour?
Yes, you can take any tours on panda bears, but cost little more because we estimated the cost at the basis of minimum 2persons.

What time does the panda tours departure?
Almost all tours departure on its date as marked in itinerary, but almost all tours available on any date per your request but cost little more (as it marked as departure on other date)

1, Tell us your date and flight with time of both departure and Arrival in China, make sure the tour code and our quotation; 2, e-mail us your profiles (marked in your passport) such as full name, sex, date of birth, nationality (citizenship) and passport number for reservation; 3, once the tour and flight available, we will inform you to bank wire full payment to the account of our corp..(account be e-mailed to you in our e-mail sooner); 4, after your payment has reached into our account fully, we will make re-confirmation to you on this reservation, and e-mail you some details about your tour; 5, all tours subject to be change and adjusted if necessary.

What is the Cancellation policy?
If the valid tour reservation is cancelled by your side for any reason:
If more than 60days prior to the date of your arrival China, then 300USD/p.p. is not refundable; if 59days-31days prior to the date of your arrival China, then 30% (at least more than 300USD) of full cost(quotation) is not refundable; if 30days-20days prior to the date of your arrival China, then 50% of full cost(quotation) is not refundable; if 19day-0days prior to the date of your arrival China, then 100% of full cost(quotation) is not refundable; as well as cancellation (and schedule, itinerary changed by tourists) made while touring, then 100% of full cost(quotation) is not refundable .

Any language problem?
All the tours we will arrange English speaking guide service or Chinese speaking if necessary.

What is the tours cost?
All tours cost just marked in itinerary, but subject to our confirmation. If no cost marked, then just e-mail us for our quotation.
If Children under 2years old, then free of charge without any beds arrangement.
If Children ages between 2-4 years, then cost half of adult without bed.
If Children between 5-10years, then cost 80% of adult without bed.
If Children between 5-10years, then cost the same as the adult with bed.
If Children above 10 years, then cost the same as adult.
But Volunteering tour cost Children as the same as the adult.

What time is the tours cost not higher?
In general, tours in winter is cheaper.
And if your tours falls on following periods then quotation will be adjusted up: 10-15days for Chinese Spring Festival (usually falls on Jan and Feb), 28Apr-07May for International Labor's Day, 28Sep-07Oct for China's National Day.

How about meals?
Local Chinese style food arranged usually. It is available if vegetarian, but you'd tell us, or the same meals without meats.

Can I take picture with panda in arms (donation-picture project)?
Yes, you can. But need our arrangement in advance, cost (as donation) extra:
DP-A: 70USD/p.p. for 2 pictures with panda age of 1.5 years around;
DP-B: 140USD/p.p. for you to play 5minutes and take picture with panda aged of 6 months-12 months.
If want to do donation-picture project, please tell us the DP code (A or B), and we will add its cost to our total quotation to you so that we can arrange it in advance for you.
Donation-picture project, before picture with pandas in arms, you must under the guidance of local expert: wash your hand, be sure your are healthy, enter enclosure, shoot........
But in general, all our existed (in our webpage) quotation does not included this donation.
And once your finished above donation-picture project, you can get a Donation Certificate.
Above Donation-picture project, only available in Wolong.

And if in Chengdu Panda Base, then cost 100-150USD for you to take 1-2 picture with pandas in arms.

What is the tipping?
Tipping extra by you in general: To guide, 50USD/day if trekking, 10-20USD/day if non-trekking; 20USD/day to local assistant if trekking; 10USD/day to driver.

Enclosure, usually enclosed an area with a panda house inner the enclosure, enclosed by bricks, usually 2 adults (one male and one female) in an enclosure, and some with about 2-4 children in an enclosure. In an enclosure are 2 parts: one as house for sleeping, eating, and nurse, usually tourists is not allowed into the house; one are open to air (open area with low wall: 0.1-1.0M to people walking road) for pandas sharing sun shine, play etc, as well as for tourist to see pandas.

Usually with some trees and plants, bush, very small hill, bridge, wooden frame, water pool in it for pandas walk around and play, as well as fresh bamboos be placed inside as food for pandas to eat. In general, pandas will play and walk outside their house; eating cake, milk, cake in their house; most time sleeping in their house, and some time sleeping in the tree, wooden frame.
And along the walking road around the Enclosure, you can enjoy the lovely pandas, as well as you can take pictures of pandas, photograph and camera lovely pandas, usually no cost for tourists.

As to the temperature, what is the better time to see captive pandas?
Day time or month , if temperature ranges from 18-25℃, then this is the better time to visit captive pandas, because if lower or higher pandas will be in low-activity.

Can I interact or pet pandas?
Yes, just take our volunteering panda tour, and ask our experienced guide to arrange it, but cost extra from 100USD to 250USD (donation) with petting time from 3 minutes to 5 minutes, see above Donation-Picture Project.

Where are the largest members of captive pandas?
Till the end of 2004, 163 captives raised in China, they distributed: Sichuan Wolong (included Bifengxia, the branch Wolong Center) Panda Center, Sichuan Chengdu Panda Base (with Chengdu Zoo), Beijing Zoo, and Shaanxi Luoguantai Wildlife Aid Center in Zhouzhi.

Which city do I fly to if take Wolong Panda tour?
Chengdu city is the key to Wolong, you can fly to Chengdu from either Shanghai, Guangzhou, or Beijing; as well as from Hongkong, Paris, Bankok, Singapore, London, Frankfuit, Sydney, USA, Japan and Canada total about 27 international routes per week in 2006.

How about the Visa to China?
Visa arranged by yourself, in general it is very easy to apply the visa. If necessary, we can do a invitation letter for you, but before invitation letter to you, we must make out the schedule and cost, as well as deposit made to us. Anyway we can't guarantee it!

Tour arranged as private tour or group tour?
In general, all panda tours arranged as group tour.
If want private tour, please tell us in your e-mail, then cost little more. If private tour, then it marked in quotation with "private tour" or "transportation and transfer by private car, private English speaking guide service".

How about the International air tickets?
In our quotation does not included the International flight, and the international flight by yourself via your local agent at cheaper price.

Can I take GPS tracking tour to trace wild pandas bear?
Yes, you can do it under the guidance and assistance of local expert fitted with GPS monitoring system, please view GPS Tracking Wild Pandas for more information, and view our website www.chinagiantpanda.com to choice tour code, or just tell me your request.
From the Aug 2007, track or trace wile panda without GPS, but only the guidance and direction under the experienced local expert.

Can I take photographing pandas? Do our own panda cam and panda movie?
Yes, please view page "Photographing Panda Cost" and its Photographing Panda tours: GP-988, GP-9885, GP-9887 for your panda cam. You can shot it and back home for panda cam and panda bear movie.