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Explore China and experience
close contact with Giant Panda
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Big China adventure begins in Beijing.
Here we visit the Great
Wall, the Forbidden
Palace and get our first taste of real Chinese
food. From there we fly to Xian to
see the giant terra cotta army. One of the world's amazing wonders.
Leaving Xian we fly onward to Chengdu, the
capital of Sichuan and our jumping off point for the Giant Panda Bears.
Be sure and check out the on line diary from our October Panda trip. Many interesting photos and detailed information about our trip.. Click here to view recent photos from Bifengxia Panda Preserve. China
side trips and add ons to our tours click here for details. |
Click to view 7 day trip itinerary Special
optional experience |
Click
Here to view our most recent panda photos. Mother
& baby Giant pandas together. 11 day China & Panda tour: $3,395 7 day pandas only, Click here for itinerary $2,395 Special Panda only trip. No touring in Xian or Beijing. We take you directly to the pandas. For those with limited time. Click here to email us 2010 trip dates:
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included in our BIG China panda trip price? Meals, lodging in 3 star & 4 star or better hotels, all ground transportation while with the group, air transportation within China, fees associated with our various side trips and an English speaking Chinese guide, plus Keith as the trip leader when available. Side trips may include the Great Wall, the Forbidden City (or Summer Palace), the Terra Cotta Army at Xian and the Panda Preserve. Check out the individual trip dates for itineraries. We will experience some of the most well known parts of China, then we will travel to the remote and less well known South Central China. We leave the bustling cities behind and travel to the mountains where the Giant Pandas live. |
Ask for our free photo CD & video with hundreds
of panda and China images taken during our trips. |
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I really pet a panda? Yes, our trip includes several days working behind the scenes at a Chinese Panda preservation facility. We don't know exactly what chores we'll be assigned. It could be carrying bamboo to the enclosures. Or maybe we'll be cleaning up panda poop. One thing we can count on is that we will be right in there with the Giant Panda bears...and if you don't want to work inside the enclosures, you can still come along and be guaranteed the opportunity to pet a panda! No volunteer work required if you don't want to do it. The only place in the world to get this close to Giant Pandas. |
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Giant Panda Bear Quick Facts - - Life span about 25 years - - Grow to 3 1/2 feet tall & 300 pounds - - Normally only 1 baby is raised to maturity although 2 or 3 may be born. - -Food is mainly 4 bamboo species - - They have the digestive system of a carnivore, so they must eat 12 to 16 hours a day to consume adequate nutrition. - - DNA studies place them in the bear family, not the racoon family. Currently classified in a separate taxonimic family. - -Do not hibernate. Move up and down the mountainside to regulate thermally. Click here for detailed panda info |
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China
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7 day Panda Only tour Itinerary: Day 0: Depart USA, cross the international date line to arrive in Beijing on Day #1. Day 2: We leave Beijing in the morning, arriving in Chengdu around noontime. From there we drive about 4 to 5 hours into the mountains to the Bifengxia Panda Preserve. Day 3: Click here to see the full itinerary for the Panda Only trip. |
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Our
Big Chinese Panda Encounter trip itinerary.
Day #0: Depart from the USA. We cross the international dateline thus arriving in Beijing on Day #1 Day #1: Arrival in Beijing. Check into the 4 star Peixin Hotel which is located close to the heart of the City. Dinner will be an adventure all its own as we join ...Click here to see the full itinerary. |
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to email us click here Be sure and request a panda trip brochure and photo Cd. to telephone us: 562-889-4016
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At Jones Adventures, our vacation tours are all about helping people achieve their dreams of getting close to a particular animal while simultaneously enjoying a great vacation trip. Keith has successfully led people on animal encounter trips since 1995. He takes the worry out of the equation. You don't need to waste hours, days and weeks of time planning and preparing for a trip, only to finally get there and be disappointed. That's what our all inclusive tours are all about. There are other tour operators who offer Pandas as part of their tour. We get you really close to these wonderful animals. Don't be mislead by trips that take you to Beijing or Chengdu to see the Pandas there. Those locations DO NOT COMPARE to the Bifengxia Panda Preserve. There are no other tour operators with our experience and our success at putting clients together with wild animals in close encounters. We believe that we have the best record in the world for successfully placing clients in close encounter situations with wild animals. To read more about us click here. | ||||||||||||||
| Hotels may change due to availability or local conditions.
We always book into a 3 star or better and normally our hotels
are 4 star. ** We reserve the right to change side trip and tour destinations to meet local conditions such as weather, renovation or overcrowding. *** The work experience may vary considerably from month to month. Work duties change with the seasons and with the individual health of each panda. You will work with a panda keeper and your experience will be significantly related to the duties of that particular animal keeper. Safety and health concerns for the pandas may alter the tour volunteer program in part, at any time. Frequent changes to the pattern of work and to what is allowed and is not allowed is normal and customary. The type of close encounters available as options or offered as part of the program change from time to time. |
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Gray whales, Tigers, Elephants, Giant Panda Bears, Blue whales,
Whale sharks, Narwhals |
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| Main gray whale watching page More whale shark info Blue whales of Loreto Gray whales of Baja Humpbacks of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Narwhals of Baffin Island, Canada about Baja Jones contact info for Baja Jones whale sharks worldwide Holbox Island Sea of Cortez, Bahia de Los Angeles whale sharks Donsol, the Phillippine Islands whale sharks whale shark trip photos 2005 whale watching in Baja, snorkeling with whale sharks, The Gray whale advocate homepage, Giant panda information, The Great Wall of China facts and information, Trip hotels, Beijing, Tourist attractions and sights, Chinese food, Xian segment of our trip, Chengdu segment of trip, | |||||||||||||||
