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5 Days Giant Panda Tour in Wanglang Reserve and Chengdu Panda Base |
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Duration: 5 Days
Route: Chengdu- Walang -Chengdu - China Attractions: Walang Reserve, Pingwu town and Baima minority, Giant Panda Information Center, Chengdu Panda Base. Itinerary Day 01: arrived in Chengdu Arrive in Chengdu where is the jumping-off point for the tour. You can ordain the first day by yourself. Also you can take a relaxation in the hotel and enjoy Chengdu's night piece. (D)
Day 02: Go to Wanglang Dive to Wanglang reserve, where is situated in Pingwu county, the north of Mianyang city. We can visit Pinwu town and Baima family on the road. Baima minority known outside Sichuan with many distinctive traditions and dress is a fascinating culture group. And their people is passionate and hospitable, maybe you will have a chance to get along with them. Lastly, We arrive at Wanglang and depend our night on Wanglang hostel. (B/L/D)
Day 03: Giant Panda Information Center We will visit Giant Panda Information Center to get a further knowledge with pandas. After that having a trekking around. At night still stay at Wanglang hostel. (B/L/D)
Day 04: Back to Chengdu We will drive to Chengdu. Then have a visit to Chengdu Panda Base - Panda Breeding and Research Center. The panda base has not only dedicated itself to giant panda conservation, but has also made great efforts to combine natural scenery and man-made landscapes to create wonderful and humane living areas for giant pandas, red pandas, and other Chinese endangered animals. Overnight in Chengdu. (B/L/D) Day 05: drive to airport Drive to airport to take flight to your next destination. Service ends. (B) Quotation (In USD, per person, basis of 2persons share one standard room):
Included: meals marked, 3 stars hotel in Chengdu and hostel in
Wanglang, transportation, guide service (speaks both English and Chinese), entry fee of sightseeing, coordination fee, tour body insurance.
Excluded: any service not marked above. Photo with panda, transportation, Tips for tour guide and driver.
Just mail us, you will enjoy best discount. Wanglang nature reserve is situated in Pingwu county, the north of Mianyang city. The reserve covers an area of 32 hectares, it is 5.4% of the whole Pingwu. Before its establishment, there is a pastureland with abundant nature resources. That time was expressed by local people “the natural resources is so enough that you can beat river deer with sticks and catch fish with wooden dippers.” In 1963, it was established by the Sichuan Forestry Bureau, is located in the Minshan Mountains in some of China's most important panda habitat. It is neighbor, also back garden of Jiuzhaigou valley. In 1996, the reserve got assistance from WWF(world wild fund) in many aspects of technique, professor, money and so on. Now it is paradise for pandas and other species, although it can’t match its big brother, such as Wolong reserve. Following the road up the valley containing the Baima Villages and you could arrive at Wanglang Nature Reserve. About 5 miles into reserve there is lodging with hot showers and food. It is a quiet place to enjoy nature, hike, and relax in a mountain lodge setting. The principal endangered species in there are pandas (about 30), takin (an ungulate), and snubbed nosed golden monkeys. The peaks look like the steep peaks in the Rockies but the forested areas are much richer in biological diversity. There are estimated to be about 30 wild pandas living in Wanglang. At Wanglang you have a unique opportunity to experience the lush forests, beautiful mountains, and thick bamboo groves of the panda’s home. Additionally, you can visit the colorful Baima people who have lived in the area just outside the reserve for hundreds of years.
The main purpose of Wanglang nature reserve is to protect the giant panda and its habitat, and the 10 other nearby reserves in remote areas of northern Sichuan are critical to the continued survival of the giant panda. Because, poaching and illegal logging problems are still exist on this region. There are no captive pandas at the reserve and because wild pandas live in high mountain areas in thick foliage and avoid humans, you will probably not see a panda at Wanglang, However, your trip to the panda's home will be one you will talk about for years to come and your visit to. Wanglang will help support conservation of the world's treasured creatures, the giant panda. Wanglang protects the giant panda by following ways:
Patrolling the reserve for poachers and sick or injured pandas. Protecting the forest as a key habitat area. Educating visitors about panda protecting and environment issues. Supporting panda research. Providing a corridor for panda migration between adjacent panda habitats. Educating local residents about the value of conserving pandas.
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