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Explore China and experience
close contact with Giant Panda
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Our tour
7, 11 or 13 day tour begins in
Beijing - the current capital of China
view each itinerary for what is included:
Sights that we visit in Beijing include
The Great Wall
The Summer Palace
The famous world renowned Chinese acrobats
From Beijing our group flies to the city of
Chengdu - the most relaxed city in all of China
In Chengdu we enjoy the
Sichuan Opera and Changing masks
We then drive into the mountains to the small town of Yaan or Ya'an to visit
the
Bifengxia Panda Breeding Preserve
At Bifengxia our group has several days to work and play with the pandas.
Next we fly to the ancient China capital City of
Xian or Xi'an
We travel to Xian to visit the
The Terra Cotta Army Museum .
Finally those of you on our 13 day adventure will visit the most picturesque
location in all of China;
Guilin and the Li River
Be sure and check out the on
line diary from our 11 day
Panda trip. Many interesting photos and
detailed information about our trip. This was our first group
tour in 2005. Since then hundreds of happy Panda fanatics
have traveled with us to experience pandas up close.
Panda baby photos click here
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Click to
view 11 day trip itinerary
Click
to view 7 day trip itinerary
Click
here to view recent photos from Bifengxia Panda Preserve.
Click
for photos of Guilin segment of 13 day trip
also part of the 13 day
Click
for photos of Longsheng Rice Terraces
Special
optional experience Short time period inside
the Panda Nursery, where you may bottle feed and burp a baby
panda. This
special event has very limited availability and WAS NEVER offered
before 2009. |
Click
Here to view our most recent panda photos. Mother
& baby Giant pandas together.
11 day China & Panda tour: $3,395
14 day includes 3 days in Guilin
$3,795
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
2011 trip dates:
| 11 day |
13 day |
7 day |
| July
15 – 25 |
July 15-27 |
July
17 - 23 |
| Oct
12– 22 |
Oct. 12-24 |
October
14 - 20 |
2012
trip dates:
| 11 day |
13 day |
7 day |
| April 16 - 26 |
April 16-28 |
April 18 - 24 |
| June 20 - 30 |
June 22 - July 2 |
June 22 - 28 |
| July
15 – 25 |
July 15 - 27 |
July
17 - 23 |
| August
7– 17 |
August 7 - 19 |
August
9 - 15 |
| Oct
8– 18 |
Oct. 8 - 20 |
Oct
10 - 16 |
September
SPECIAL China's Silk Road Exploration. 10 day
trip segments, $2195
Sept 1 - 10, Sept 11 - 20 & Sept 21 - 30
IMPORTANT:
Although the earthquake in China closed the Wolong
Panda Preserve, our volunteer program and most of the pandas were
relocated to a relatively close facility that was already being
developed to replace the Wolong Preserve. Most of the staff
has also relocated to the Bifengxia Panda Preserve where we now
do the
volunteer
panda portion of our China tours.
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What's
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, domestic 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 as noted in the trip itineraries. |
Read
about Taishan from Washington D.C. Zoo - Click here
It is easy to work with us to customize
extensions of this tour for Yangtze River cruises or to visit other
cities or wilderness areas either before or after our Panda intense
tour. Recommended sites include Shanghai and Guilin and the
River Li day cruise or the rice terraces (said to be the most beautiful
spots in China).
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Can
I really pet a panda?
Yes,
our trip includes
several days working behind the scenes at a Chinese Panda Breeding
and Research facility. Chores assigned to our group typically
include 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 and their keepers. |
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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.
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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. |
Links to all of our
China trip website pages:
Main China entry page
photos
taken at Bifengxia Panda Preserve
photos of volunteers working at
Panda Preserve
11 day China & Pandas
trip itinerary
7 day Pandas no sightseeing trip itinerary
Taishan & Meisheng photos & information
Photos from a trip when Keith's granddaughter
Chelsea was along.
trip diary from Keith's first ever tour to the
Panda Preserve in 2005
Bifengxia Panda Preserve - photos & notes
Great Wall photos & information from our tours
Chinese food and what you might expect to eat
Chengdu information page and what you might expect
Beijing information page and what you might expect
Xian information page and what you might expect
Guilin info. & pics about the prettiest place in china
Various side trips we can help you add to your tour
View photos from the Sichuan Opera
Terra Cotta Army Museum photos
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Links
to our other website pages
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whale shark info Blue
whales of Loreto Gray
whales of Baja Humpbacks
of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Narwhals
of Baffin Island, Canada about
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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
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Gray whales, Tigers, Elephants, Giant Panda Bears, Blue whales,
Whale sharks, Narwhals
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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,
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