For forty-seven years we have done one thing only: open the door to the real China for travellers from around the world. Not a checklist of monuments, but a genuine encounter with a country.
Ten routes we have walked ourselves, refined over hundreds of departures. All begin in Nanjing and reach across China.
Cities
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Nanjing · Suzhou · Hangzhou · Shanghai
Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden in Suzhou: two of China's four great gardens in one day
Culture
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Nanjing & Beijing
Half a day inside the Forbidden City, along the central axis and into the side palaces
Culture
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Six Dynasties Capital
Zhonghua Gate: the largest surviving barbican in the world, where you can touch bricks laid six centuries ago
Landscape
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China's Finest Karst Landscape
The classic Li River cruise from Yangdi to Xingping — the view on the twenty-yuan note
Culture
Thirteen Centuries of Civilisation
The Terracotta Army: Pit One in full and the bronze chariots hall
Landscape
Mountains and Ink-Wash Villages
A night on the summit of Huangshan for cloud sea and sunrise
Cities
Nanjing · Wuzhen · Suzhou
A night inside Wuzhen Xizha, once the day visitors have gone
Culture
Nanjing · Yangzhou · Zhenjiang
Slender West Lake in Yangzhou: the Five Pavilion Bridge, the White Pagoda and the Twenty-Four Bridge
Nanjing is the starting point: one hour to Shanghai, two to Huangshan, four to almost every essential landscape and ancient capital in China.
Our own vehicles, our own licensed guides. No subcontracting and no joining with strangers — the same team meets you at the airport and sees you off at the end.
Every guide holds a national tour guide licence and speaks English, Japanese, Korean, French or Spanish. Average eight years of experience, most with a background in local history.
Visa invitation letters, port visa guidance, hotel registration for foreign guests, guide accreditation filing — every administrative step of entering China, arranged on your behalf.
Every inclusion is written into the contract. No shopping stops, no optional extras, no hidden charges — not a single yuan added along the way.
We spent four days in Nanjing and our guide Ms Li brought the Ming city wall to life far better than any museum label could. That depth is simply not available to an independent traveller.
Eight days from Nanjing to Beijing — transfers, tickets and restaurants were all arranged in advance, so we simply enjoyed it. Not one shopping stop the entire trip, which is rare.
Travelling with children, the pace mattered enormously to us. They revised the plan three times, and in the end our son loved the Yunjin brocade half-day most of all.
Tell us your dates, group size and interests. Within 48 hours you will receive a detailed itinerary and quotation.
