china protection giant panda bear volunteering voluntary work tour in wolong national nature reserve

What is the favour if do volunteer work in Wolong National Natural Reserve?
In general, if working in the Panda Center, then you can have more time to view the giant panda bear activity such as: mother play with baby panda bear, panda cub sukling, holding for play, panda sleeping in tree, hanging up in the tree, struggle each other, climbing up, eating, napping etc..

What kind of volunteering work to do?
In general, we can arrange all professional fields in pandas for you. In the wild to investigation the pandas population and the habitat of pandas, the wild food conditions as an ranger; in the laboratory assisting keepers in activity records, behavior research, house cleaning, feeding, bamboo food procedure, weight the body, nursing and management etc.
As for tourists, usually do some cleaning, feeding, body measure, records works etc.

How to make Volunteering tour reservation? How do I take this program programme or project.

Take giant panda bear volunteer program programme and book this panda voluntary project, do panda tour reservation step by setp as below:
1, You'd better e-mail us your information (marked in your passport: full Name, Sex, Birth of Date, Nationality/citizenship, Passport number with it's copy; Introduction about yourself on this project, accurate date to arrival and duration days, members in your party, Certificate of your Body Health etc), estimated flight of arrival and departure, so that we can apply the permit for you; 2, once the tour and flight available, then we will inform you of arrangement, and also inform you to bank wire full payment to the account of our corp..(account be e-mailed to you in our e-mail sooner); 3, 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. 4, As to the Healthy Body Certificate, any form from your doctor, it certify that you have not any history of infectious disease, and certify your body healthy now, the aim is to keep pandas away from any virus away. So after your body examination, you'd better keep your body healthy, as healthy as your volunteering. 5, Your work will be assigned by local reserve per your experience, length and education, usually do something as cleaning, body measurement, feeding, recording, interpretor or translator etc. 6, We keep the right to postpone your time to volunteer if some important project to be done in Reserve or too busy to arrange your volunteering.
And there are assistants to direct you while you do voluntary work in Reserve, so please bring some gifts to these assistants.

Also please keep the Certificate of your Body Health to Reserve.

Any language problem?
If in laboratory or researching house, as well as tourist volunteering work under the guidance and direction of local feeder or keeper, usually no problem, it is not necessary that you must speak Chinese; but if in the wild, then we must arrange English speaking guide or students for your exchange.

Can children join?
Yes, any child can do volunteering work, but better with adults if under 12years old. And the cost is the same as adult for children .

How about meals?
If in local reserve staff restaurant, then cost about 3-10USD/day; if in local hotel, then cost about 8-40USD/day; if in the wild, then cost about 10-20USD/day. Local Chinese style food. And we will arrange cost you 2USD per lunch for one box meal in the Staff Restaurant.

How about the accommodation?
If not marked in tour itinerary, then usually as: tents or local peasants house arranged if in the wild; local reserve house arranged if your request; in general we will arrange the best accommodation if available.
Usually in Panda Inn hotel two stars, very simple, but new decorated in 2007; if need four stars hotel as Wolong in Wolong Town, 7 km from the volunteering site--Panda Garden or Panda Center, daily cost extra 15USD for transfer (2 single way daily).
And you do volunteering in the Panda Garden, which about 50 meters away from the Panda Inn hotel; and about 7KM to Wolong Town..

Can we do voluntary panda tour longer or shorter?
Yes. We can adjust it to meet your needs.

Healthy Body Certificate?
Issued by your doctor with his or her signature in official paper.

What is the voluntary cloth (lab coat) rental?
Extra cost 20USD/p.p. for lab coat (voluntary cloth).

What is the Office Time?
01May-30Sep: 08:00-11:00, 14:00-17:30
01Oct-30Apr(2nd year): 08:30-11:30, 13:30-17:00

What is the volunteering Time?
Working hours for volunteer depend on yourself.

How about illness?
You can visit the pandas and hiking if you can stand while you are in illness; but you can't touch pandas, and you can't do volunteering if in illness.

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".

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, please view Donation-Picture project.

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!

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.

Internet Application available?
Yes, after our discussion with top director in Jan 2007, you can use the internet & computer at the noon time in the Club House for all our arranged volunteering tourists, as well as you can have a rest in the Club House for the noon time.
Also you access internet with computers in Wolong hotel, but cost extra about 1USD per hour.
No wireless access internet in Wolong.

How about the noon time if stay in Wolong hotel?
You can take internet and computer in the Club House, as well as have panda magazine and other reading materials for you to share your noon time in the 2nd floor of Club House. But if you stay in Panda inn hotel, you can go back about 5 minutes to your room for noon rest!

How about the Daily Transportation if accommodation in Wolong hotel?
We will try to arrange daily transportation service (one time from Wolong hotel to Panda Garden in the morning about 08:00, another time from Panda Garden to Wolong hotel at about 17:00), and this transportation car offered by local car, cost extra 15USD daily.

How about the Spare Time while volunteering?
We will try to arrange for 3days or more days voluntary tourists as: 1, visit the panda hospital in Panda Garden; 2, have a local dinner in local family or local family visit; 3, you can talk with the Club House staff or expert in pandas.