GIANT PANDA AND RURAL INSIGHT TOUR
Giant Panda And Rural Insight Tour
- A pioneering and adventurous trekking tour programme
- A privileged insight into wild pandas and their habitat
- Experience traditional rural life in villages and farmland
- Help fund panda conservation efforts
This tour to Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces aims to give a privileged insight into two panda reserves, which up until now have had little tourism. The itinerary allows unique viewing and walking opportunities to track and view wild pandas in their natural habitat, as well as meeting with traditional rural communities, still practising their ancient agricultural methods, and meeting with the individuals fighting to ensure the survival of wilderness in China. The Reserves of Foping and Changqing were established in the late 1990s as two of eight contiguous reserves set up for Giant panda protection in the Qinling Mountains, south of Xian, and as such hold some of the best high altitude primary forest and flora to be seen in China. Around 220 species of birds and other endangered mammals including Clouded leopard, Takin, Goral and Tufted deer also inhabit the park.
This trip has been featured in the BBC Wildlife magazine.
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Details
Tour Dates
07 March 2010 - 22 March 2010 (16 days)
Costs (currency converter)
From £3595 per person on twin share basis fully inclusive from the UK
This is based on a minimum of 8 people travelling in the group, maximum eight people.
We do reserve the right to charge a supplement for running the trip at below this minimum number.
What's included?
Return international flights from London Heathrow, domestic flights, air passenger taxes where they can be collected as part of the air tickets, accommodation, meals specified, transport in private minibus, government taxes and park fees, local English-speaking guides/interpreters where necessary, a guide to accompany you between Chengdu and Xian, panda expert to accompany you in Changqing and Foping, Contribution to conservation fund. Climate Care levy on flights.
What's excluded?
Travel insurance, visas, vaccinations, gratuities, alcohol and items of a personal nature, camera/video fees, early check in or late check out at hotels.
Conservation
World Wide Fund for Nature
The largest independent nature conservation organisation in the world founded in 1961 with over 5 million supporters.
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Expertise
Dr Qi Xiao-Guang
Dr Xiao-Guang has been studying the fauna and flora of the Qinling Mountains for over 8 years and has worked in both Changqing and Foping over many years. Today he is Assistant Professor of Biology at the Northwest University in Xian.
Dr Songtao Guo
Dr Songtao Guo, has been working as a research scientist in the Qinling Mountains for over ten years. He started out his research in the Foping reserve studying Giant Pandas in 1999 then moved to study a range of other wildlife in these mountains.
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