This most popular of China's travel routes included the country 's best-known cities and most famous sights. These are the very things that the first-time China travellers come to see.
Destinations: Beijing / Xian / Shanghai / Guilin / Hongkong
The Grand Canal is the longest, and also the oldest, man-made waterway in the world. Dozens of picturesque towns popped up along its banks. A visit to this region provides a unique insight into the tremendous social and economic changes brought about by the carving of this magnificent waterway more than 15 hundred years ago.
Destinations: Shanghai / Hangzhou / Suzhou / Tongli /Nanjing / Shanghai
The name of this ancient traderoute conjures up exotic images of camel caravans and dusty bazaars,of Marco Polo and merchants from all across Central Asia haggling over the price of silk, tea, spices and aromatic medicinal herbs. This route is far more important than the buying and selling silk was the exchange of new philosophies, religions and customs between the East and West.
Destinations: Kashgar / Urumqi / Turpan / Dunhuang / Jiayuguan / Lanzhou
Isolated, insular and breathtakingly beautiful, the vast mountainous region of Tibet lures the adventurous and spiritual traveller to what is literally the Roof of the World. Tibet appeals to the adventurous type. It is a rugged, physically taxing destination, recommended only for people in the best of health.
Destinations: Chengdu / Lhasa / Gyantse / Shigatse / Everest / Shegar / Zhangmu / Kathmandu
These routes not only show the picturesque landscapes, pleasant climates, but also rich and intense ethnic folk customs - this is for people in search of a more "primitive" China.
Destinations 1: Kunming / Lijiang / Dali / Zhongdian
Destinations 2: Guiyang / Kaili / Leishan / Shidong / Matang / Anshun
On this trip you will spend 8 days, enjoying the beautiful surroundings that are to be found in Sichuan. You will visit some of the most magnificent and breathtaking scenic spots in all of China. One of these being Jiuzhaigou Valley, which has an area of 1320 square km. including 30,000 hectares of primitive forest where are living 2576 proto species including scores of state-protected animals and plants such as the giant panda, golden monkey and mono-leaf grass.
Destinations: Chengdu / Emei Mountain / Leshan /- Wolong Panda Reserve / Jiuzhaigou / Huanglong / Maoxian
The Three Gorges are fascinated great valley with a most splendid landscape in the Yangtze River. It starts at Baidicheng in Fengjie, Sichuan Province in the west and extend eastward to Nanjing Pass of west Hubei. Passing through Wushan, Badong and Zigui. It is 192 km in length.
Yangtze River Cruise:
Destinations 1: Yichang / Three Gorge Dam site / Shennong stream / Shibaozhai / Fengdu / Chongqing
Destinations 2: Shanghai / Nanjing / Huangshan / Wuhan / Yichang / Three Gorge Dam Site / Daning River / Fengdu / Chongqing
China has a vast territory and broad sea area. Natural conditions are complex and varied. China has set up 1757 nature reserves of all kinds with a total area of 132.945 million hectares by the end of 2002.Although, China is one of the countries with the richest biodiversity, but it is also one in which biodiversity has been most seriously destroyed and is still threatened. However, some of the following reserves are still unique to China or at least rare in other countries.
Tour Options: Explore the Beauty of West China
Destinations: Xining / Lanzhou / Linxia / Xiahe / Yinchuan
Zhangjiajie Nature Reserve
Destination: Zhangjiajie
Grassland & Desert Tour
Destinations: Hohhot / Xilamuren Grassland / Kubuqi Desert
China is blessed with some of the most impressive mountain ranges in the world. Mountain climbing was a traditional pastime in ancient China. Emperors went to mountains to make sacrifices to heaven and the deities. Scholars went to draw inspiration for poetry and painting. Mystics went to become Buddhist monks or Taoist hermits. Ordinary people went to pray and worship. It was a popular religious and cultural activity. Most mountains in China are well laid out with walking trails, stone markers, hermitages, temples, guesthouses and tea pavilions. Yellow Mountain & Ancient Village
Yellow Mountain & Ancient Village
Destinations: Huangshan / Hongcun