When China’s 2008 earthquake devastated the world’s largest protected panda habitat, many of the bears were moved to the Befengxia Panda Preserve, a national research and breeding center in Sichuan Province that’s now home to more than 80 Giant Pandas. Among it’s 21 new voluntourism projects, Planeterra offers volunteers the chance to work with a trained panda master to deliver hands on care to the masked mascots of global conservation. Participants can also make visits to Shanghai, Beijing, and the great Wall. For more information, contact Planeterra.

There are currently 1,600 Giant Pandas in teh wild and 200 in captivity.