Day 1: Depart your Chengdu Hotel at 7:30 am to Bifengxia, visit the panda base. After lunch, visit Bifengxia Forest Park.Then back to Chengdu around 6:00 pm.
Tour Itinerary:
07:30 – 10:00 Drive from Chengdu to Yaan Bifengxia
10:00 – 11:30 Visit Bifengxia Panda center
11:30 – 13:00 Lunch at local restaurant (at noon, the panda base will be close for pandas noon break)
13:00 – 15:30 Visit Bifengxia Panda Center again or hiking in the valley forest to enjoy fresh air
15:30 – 18:00 Drive back to your Chengdu hotel
Bifengxia Valley is a new home to Giant pandas after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake; the earthquake destroyed famous Wolong Panda Base, most of the pandas survived were moved to Bifengxia Panda Base; from 2008 till now, there are 47 new born baby pandas were borned in Bifengxia Panda Base. The center is one of the best places to see panda with refreshing air and luxuriant bamboo. Now there are more than 100 pandas living in the center. A Panda Volunteer Program is provided. Some of the tasks that volunteers may do include feeding the pandas or helping the panda take a cool bath (extra fee requires). The Valley is also a tourist attraction with integration of leisure, holiday- making, and recreation. A physical examination is required if you apply the Panda Volunteer Program. You can hike in the valley to enjoy the fresh air if time is possible.
