Since food is typically served family-style at a large round table, multiple tastes and dietary preferences can be catered for at every meal (though be sure to make special needs known to us ahead of time). Sichuan is famed for its piquant cuisine, and we get to sample a wide selection of restaurants and dishes, with items carefully chosen by our local guide to appeal to Western palates. While nature may be your primary interest, food lovers will be thrilled by the culinary delights this trip offers. Learn more about the deeply traditional Tibetan Buddhist culture, which offers a dramatic counterpoint to the urban setting of Chengdu. Our travels include an overland traverse along the edge of the vast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where small villages, prayer flags and chortens dot the landscape. Our China trips benefit from the leadership of two guides: a native English-speaking Nat Hab Expedition Leader accompanied by a warm and hospitable Chinese naturalist guide who is highly trained in natural history and interpretation, not to mention being our cultural and linguistic "go-between." It's an optimal combination of interpretive guiding, cultural knowledge and personalized attention. Travel with Two Guides for Exceptional Expertise.Our Small Groups Go Places Larger Groups Can'tīecause we limit this trip to approximately 12 guests, we’re able to take you where larger bus tours cannot go, including a remote national park where we have exclusive permits to search for wild pandas (though they are exceptionally elusive and rarely seen).It's a rare opportunity to see and photograph this endangered species that is endemic to a very limited part of central and southwest China. Visit a golden monkey nature reserve where we're sure to have close-up encounters with a habituated family group of these entertaining primates. We'll search for giant pandas and moon bears that inhabit the park, though we won't expect to see them, as both are highly elusive. We have better chances to find other rare Chinese animals like takin, goral, serow and golden pheasant, within a completely natural habitat that few tourists have ever laid eyes on-and only a handful of Westerners (mostly other Nat Hab travelers). The terrain is steep and heavily forested, and animals are often sheltered, camouflaged or seen at a distance-but just being in their midst in such a quiet, wild place is a moving experience. This is a genuine Nat Hab privilege: We have secured special permits to visit remote sectors of a totally untouristed nature reserve deep within the Minshan Mountains, a global biodiversity hotspot that's home to some of the world’s most endangered wildlife. Exclusive Access to Search for Pandas & Other Rare Wildlife.Please note we cannot guarantee that this volunteer opportunity will always be available. This could involve preparing their food, cleaning enclosures, and other tasks that place us directly into the daily activities of the pandas' caregivers at this research base. A Rare Opportunity to Volunteer with Panda CareĪt Dujiangyan Panda Base, you'll have an optional opportunity to help with aspects of the pandas' care.See Giant Pandas Up Close on Visits to Three Different SitesĬompare China itineraries-we don't think you'll find another that offers the panda immersion ours does, with unhurried visits to three different panda research bases: Dujiangyan Panda Base, which focuses on rescuing injured and ill wild pandas and disease control the newly rebuilt Gengda Wolong Panda Center, which integrates scientific research, captive breeding and reintroduction of pandas into the wild and Dujiangyan Panda Valley, a new facility that is both a panda research and breeding base and a center for conservation education.When you visit China with us, leave behind crowds, traffic and polluted city air for wild mountain terrain.
Nat Hab holds special permits that grant us access into a nature sanctuary that few Westerners-and very few local tourists-ever see. Yet virtually no one offers nature adventures, and no one else takes you to the remote, rarely visited wildlife reserves that we do. Google “China tours” and you’ll find plenty that will show you Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Great Wall.
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