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Andrea Rossi
Helpful team for a custom itinerary
I wanted a private trip focused more on history museums and older neighborhoods, and the tailor-made team listened carefully. They revised the plan twice before I booked, and the final route matched what I had in mind. I also appreciated that restaurant suggestions were practical rather than overly touristy.
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Yuki Tanaka
Japan
✉️ DirectHuangshan Yellow Mountain clouds ? I understand Chinese painting now
I studied Chinese art history at university and always wanted to understand why the Yellow Mountain appears in so many paintings. Now I know. We joined the 11 Days China Wonders Experience which included a Huangshan extension, and waking before dawn to hike to the Western Sea of Clouds was one of the most beautiful things I have ever witnessed. The clouds fill the valleys between the granite peaks and the pine trees, and as the sun rises the light turns everything gold and pink. I stood there for two hours just watching it shift. My photos don't fully capture it ? no photo can ? but I'm sharing them anyway because even 60% of the real thing is extraordinary. The rest of the tour (Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin) was excellent as always, but Huangshan was my personal revelation. Book the sunrise hike.
Omar Al-Rashidi
UAE
✉️ DirectThe Silk Road camel trek at Dunhuang ? my most shared Instagram post ever
I travel extensively for work and rarely get genuinely surprised anymore. The 12 Days Silk Road Adventure managed to surprise me at every stop. The Crescent Moon Lake at Dunhuang ? an oasis lake surrounded by giant sand dunes, completely intact after 2,000 years ? is one of the strangest and most beautiful things I have ever seen. We did the camel trek at sunset and the light on the dunes was extraordinary. The photo I took from the dune top looking down at the lake has been shared over 4,000 times on Instagram. The Mogao Caves visit the following morning was the intellectual counterpart ? 1,000 years of continuous Buddhist art in carved rock, with a specialist art historian as our guide. The company clearly chooses its guides at every location for expertise, not just language ability.
Professor Mark Sullivan
Australia
✉️ DirectFor history lovers, this is the definitive China tour
As a history professor who has read about China's ancient capitals for 30 years, finally seeing them in person on the 13 Days Explore Ancient Capitals tour was overwhelming. Luoyang's Longmen Grottoes with 100,000 Buddhist carvings ? staggering. Nanjing's city wall, the world's longest surviving ancient city wall, at sunset was deeply moving. Pingyao's perfectly preserved Ming dynasty merchant quarter where our guesthouse had been operating since 1755. The guides at each location had specialist knowledge at PhD level ? one was actually a published archaeologist. I have done tours on every continent and this company's cultural depth is unmatched.