12 days · 4 cities
Classic China
Beijing · Xi'an · Chengdu · Shanghai. The essential first trip to China, done privately, with your own guide and car the whole way.
From pp$599
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Beijing · Xi'an · Chengdu · Shanghai. The essential first trip to China, done privately, with your own guide and car the whole way.
Chengdu · Zhangjiajie · Guilin · Yangshuo. Pandas before breakfast, floating mountains by afternoon, a bamboo raft at dawn.
Xi'an · Dunhuang · Turpan · Urumqi · Kashgar. Desert dunes, painted cave temples and bazaars at the edge of the map.
Lanzhou · Wuwei · Zhangye · Jiayuguan · Dunhuang. The Gansu corridor by high-speed rail, from beef noodles to the desert's edge.
Xining · Qinghai Lake · Chaka Salt Lake · Dunhuang · Jiayuguan · Zhangye. China's great western road trip, driven privately, in one clean loop.
Shanghai · Suzhou · Hangzhou · Huangshan. Four cities, four trains, and never a wasted day in an airport.
Beijing · Xi'an · Chongqing · a 4-night Yangtze cruise · Yichang. Two imperial capitals and the river that made Chinese painting.
Xining · Qinghai Lake · Golmud · Lhasa. The world's highest railway, turquoise salt lakes and monasteries at 3,600 metres.
Beijing · Xi'an · Chengdu · Shanghai. Pandas, kung fu, dumpling-making and a bike ride on a 600-year-old city wall.
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