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South West China - Searching for Shangri-La
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South West China - Searching for Shangri-La
Guilin Airport near Guilin, China
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19 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: Asia Adventures and Study Tours Ever since "Lost Horizon" was published, travellers have dreamed of finding Shangri-La, the idyllic refuge made famous by British author James Hilton in his best-selling 1933 novel.Located somewhere near the Tibetan border, this imaginary paradise was sealed off from the outside world by its majestic but daunting surroundings.Now, in the valley of the Golden Sands River, where Yunnan and Tibet meet, we believe we have found the fabled Shangri-La, where the inhabitants still preserve their ancient cultural traditions: their dazzling,… more |
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Enchanted China For Families
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Enchanted China For Families
Airport Road, Hong Kong, China
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12 Days • from $2,450* per person
Provider: Journeys International (3 testimonials) This twelve day family China trip is guaranteed to impress the whole family by combining China’s must-see sites with the quirky local attractions beloved by local Chinese families. The tour will take your family from busy Hong Kong Harbor to beautiful Guilin, then onward for a bike tour in Yangshuo and a ride down the River Li. You’ll then explore Chengdu and visit the Giant Panda Research Center to get up close and personal with these amazing creatures. Xian’s Terracotta… more |
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Essence Of China
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Essence Of China
Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
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18 Days • from $3,046* per person
Provider: Peregrine Adventures To experience the east, you must immerse yourself in the many facets of this diverse land. From exploring the Great Wall and everything Beijing has to offer to coming face to face with the Terracotta Warriors in Xian. We observe the unique Giant Pandas in their struggle for survival. This is followed by a relaxing cruise through the gorges of the Yangtze River as we make our way to the spectacular engineering feat of the Yangtze River Dam. On our… more |
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12 Day China Highlights & Cruise
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12 Day China Highlights & Cruise
Airport, China near Shanghai, China
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12 Days • from $4,236* per person
Provider: Kensington Tours (3 testimonials) Go beyond the familiar & immerse yourself in an exotic new world with this spellbinding private voyage through China`s past & present. Discover the innovative spectacles & extraordinary achievements of sophisticated Shanghai, behold the ancient relics of Xiàn & delve into centuries past in Beijing. Lose yourself in the mystical landscapes along the legendary Yangtze River on a 3 night cruise. Encounter this epic lands friendly people as you disembark for expert guided shore excursions to age-old temples & charming… more |
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A China Experience
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A China Experience
Shanghai Airport, Shanghai, China
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10 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: Baobab Expeditions (3 testimonials) Visit the 3 most famous cities of China - Shanghai, Xian and Beijing - and marvel at the must-see sights of the Terracotta Warriors, the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. more |
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China : In search of the Giant Panda
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China : In search of the Giant Panda
Xi An, China
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12 Days • from $5,999* per person
Provider: Terra Incognita Ecotours (3 testimonials) The Giant Panda is a true icon for endangered wildlife. Yet today the future of the Giant Panda is particularly fragile. This peaceful, bamboo-eating member of the bear family faces a number of threats. Its forest habitat, in the mountainous areas of southwest China, is fragmented and Giant Panda populations are small and isolated from each other. Meanwhile, poaching remains an ever-present threat. The Chinese Government has created over 50 panda reserves protecting more than 10,400km² and yet despite these… more |
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6 Day China Silk Road Explorer
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6 Day China Silk Road Explorer
Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China
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6 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: Kensington Tours (3 testimonials) An intrepid journey into the less-visited far West of China, the Silk Road Explorer tour is designed for those who want to get off the beaten path. Start in Dunghuang and embark by camel across the desert on a 5km caravan to Sand Mountain. Continue to Urumqi; the hub of the western provinces and a cool oasis town tucked into the Tianshan mountains. Tour the Heavenly Lake and then fly down to shop at some of the over 20 Bazaars’… more |
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Panda Adventure in China
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Panda Adventure in China
Beijing, China
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11 Days • from $3,395* per person
Provider: Jones Adventure (aka Baja Jones Adventures) Pet a giant Panda. Do volunteer work alongside the world’s leading Panda researchers. Walk the Great Wall of China. Laugh and cheer as we enjoy the phenomenal Chinese Acrobats and the world famous Sichuan Opera. Tour the Summer Palace and more! It is easy to work with us to customize extensions of this tour for Yangtze River cruises or to visit other cities or wilderness areas either before or after our Panda intense tour. Recommended sites include Shanghai and Guilin and… more |
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China's Glaciers and the Environment: Lijiang & Shangri-La
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China's Glaciers and the Environment: Lijiang & Shangri-La
Kunming airport, China
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9 Days • from $2,695* per person
Provider: WildChina Yunnan province in southwest China is probably most representative of the immense beauty of the country as well as the challenges it faces. It boasts China's first national park; the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lijiang; and the headwaters of the Yangtze, Mekong and Salween Rivers, running side-by-side in deep canyons 50 miles from one another. Named after the mythical paradise in James Hilton's Lost Horizon, the Tibetan town of Shangri-La also offers images of snow-covered peaks, billowing prayer flags… more |
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Pristine Landscapes Of China’s West Journey From Sichuan To Yunnan
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Pristine Landscapes Of China’s West Journey From Sichuan To Yunnan
Chengdu Airport, China
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14 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: PureQuest Adventures: China Panoramas that captivate and cultures that amaze, this is western Sichuan. Venture beyond the Sichuan of teahouses and paddy-fields and see a fresh new side to this amazing region. The small town of Danba, Daocheng and Yading National Park offer some of China’s best hiking and photography opportunities. Stopping on our way to visit some of the best preserved Tibetan monasteries outside of Tibet, the trial heads down to Yunnan province and the mountain paradise of Shangri-la. more |
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China Private Journey
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China Private Journey
Shanghai, China
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10 Days • from $4,195* per person
Provider: Wilderness Travel In China’s Southwest, discover Guizhou Province, a hidden realm of ancient hill villages and mist-shrouded valleys dotted with spirit shrines. Here in a green, mountainous landscape, tiny villages isolated from modern China preserve ancient cultures. Enjoy a Private Journey in the traditional world of village China, meeting Old Han and Long-Skirt Miao villagers as they make rice paper in the traditional way and cultivate terraced rice fields. Village-to-village hikes bring you into exquisite valleys that seem drawn from classical Chinese… more |
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Classic China: Beijing, Xian, Pingyao, Guilin and Shanghai
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Classic China: Beijing, Xian, Pingyao, Guilin and Shanghai
Beijing Airport, China
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13 Days • from $5,395* per person
Provider: Myths and Mountains China’s trains are a door to the culture and scenery of this fascinatingly diverse country. This journey is an opportunity to experience the historical legacy of China’s great cities and towns.Beginning in Beijing with the Forbidden City and Great Wall, you travel northeast to Pingyao, the best preserved of all of the walled cities, and Xian, famous for its terra cotta soldiers and Tang Dynasty relics. Leaving Xian, you will head to the rice fields of Longshen, the Li River,… more |
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Southern China: Confucius to the Hakkas
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Southern China: Confucius to the Hakkas
Beijing Airport, China
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18 Days • from $6,695* per person
Provider: Myths and Mountains Join an extraordinary guides on this truly unique view of Southeastern China, its people, holiest mountains, and its history. Beijing, Shandong Province, Qufu, and Shanghai are all part of this trip.Visit the birthplace of Confucius, and Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China, stop in villages recently opened to tourists, take a cable car to Huangshan Mountain, recognized as a World Natural and Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO, and travel to Shaoxing, the Venice of the Land of Rice and Fish. more |
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Magnificent China And Tibet
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Magnificent China And Tibet
Beijing Airport, China
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14 Days • from $3,795* per person
Provider: Grand Asian Journeys Grand Asian Journeys combines the energy and wonders of two of the world’s most intriguing regions in one extraordinary adventure.The introduction to China begins in Beijing with visits to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the renowned Summer Palace. After wandering the magnificent Great Wall, we’ll eat a traditional Chinese lunch at a local restaurant and enjoy an evening acrobat show. From Beijing, we’ll join the ranks of the Terra Cotta Warriors in Xian.Be welcomed in Tibet with the sense… more |
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China–shanghai To Shangri La
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China–shanghai To Shangri La
Beijing Airport, China
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12 Days • from $6,295* per person
Provider: Classic Journeys Which China vacation is on your mind? A tour that includes the land of terra cotta soldiers and the Forbidden City? Or a wildflower meadow where yak herders wander under the gaze of the Himalayas? Is it a Yangtze riverside walk on Shanghai’s Bund? Or a morning on a bamboo raft floating on a rural river past dragon-teeth peaks? Is it an imperial-scale banquet? Or a dim sum lunch in a private home? Our China adventure tours are all those… more |
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Indochina: Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia
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Indochina: Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia
Bangkok, Thailand
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14 Days • from $6,395* per person
Provider: Boundless Journeys (3 testimonials) Our Indochina cultural tour through Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia will find you walking through Buddhist temples in Luang Prabang, the market streets of Hanoi and Hué, and the extraordinary temples of Angkor. Each day, we do as the locals do, walking or pedaling our way through villages, or cruising Ha Long Bay, the Mekong, and Perfume River in longboats. The sensory experiences of Southeast Asia call to mind the mysteries of ancient cultures, the serenity of Buddhist teachings, as well… more |
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China Multisport Tour
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China Multisport Tour
Beijing Airport, China
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11 Days • from $3,498* per person
Provider: The World Outdoors More than just an exotic travel destination, China is a phenomenon. Home to one of the world's longest continuous civilizations, it's a country of contrasts--from picturesque rural landscapes to teeming cities, with natural beauty that ranges from the untamed to the idyllic. more |
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Yunnan - Adventures in Tribal China
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Yunnan - Adventures in Tribal China
Kunming Airport, near Yunnan, China
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15 Days • from $3,495* per person
Provider: ElderTreks (3 testimonials) In the 13th century, Marco Polo wrote of Kunming and Yunnan: “The capital city named Yachi is very great and noble. In it are found merchants and artisans with a mixed population of idolaters, Nestorian Christians, and Saracens or Mohametans. The land is fertile in rice and wheat...”Yunnan’s diversity of natural wonders includes Himalayan peaks, fertile valleys, tropical rainforests, tranquil lakes and thundering rivers. The snow-capped mountains and glaciers feed two of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong and the… more |
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China Unchanged
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China Unchanged
Airport, Beijing, China
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15 Days • from $3,950* per person
Provider: Journeys International (3 testimonials) This is a most unusual journey via back roads and trains through rice-terraced countryside to surprisingly well-preserved ancient sites and traditional villages. Explore hanging temples, ancient grottoes and old walled cities. Visit in the villages of the ethnic minority Geija, Dong and Miao cultures. Highlights of this unusual and ambitious itinerary include Yungang Grottoes, the Five-Terrace Mountain at Wutaishan, and the remarkably preserved UNESCO World Heritage City of Pingyao. This superlative itinerary thoughtfully integrates cross-cultural interaction, broad historical perpective, art… more |
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A Buddhist Legacy
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A Buddhist Legacy
Chengdu Airport, China
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11 Days • from $2,795* per person
Provider: Myths and Mountains A boat across the Yarlung Tsampo River, Tibet’s first monasteries, snow-covered Himalayas, monks debating religious fine points, walking with pilgrims, sunrise prayers at Lhasa’s Jokhang … a never-to-be-forgotten journey to a unique destination! Samye, Shigaste and Lhasa are on your route. Wander through enchanting towns, taste momos, enjoy the art of Gyantse’s Kumbum, and in May you can even marvel at the acrobatics of Tibetan horsemen during the Gyantse Horse Race and enjoy the Saga Dawa celebration. more |
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