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Best for: you just need someone who knows China.
A custom itinerary, delivered in 5 working days
Hotel, train, and route recommendations — you handle the bookings
Pre-trip support via WhatsApp
A clear travel brief before departure
Travel China the way it deserves.
Private trips. Built from scratch.
Trips built around you, not a group | Guides who call it home | We do China. Nothing else
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Beijing in Depth — Great Wall & Forbidden City, Made Easy
Great Wall, Warriors & Workshops — A Relaxed Family Classic
Pandas & the Li River — China's Icons Meets Dreamlike Peaks
Pandas, Great Wall & Warriors — Classic China, Four Cities
Pandas, Hot Pot & Teahouses — Slow-Living Sichuan
The Grand Tour — Imperial Icons & Avatar Mountains
12-Day China Classic Tour
14-Day China Natural Wonders Tour: Beijing, Xi’an, Zhangjiajie, Guilin & Shanghai
8-Day Best of China Tour: Beijing, Xi’an & Shanghai
8-Day China Golden Triangle Private Tour: Beijing, Xi’an and Shanghai
Classic China & Yunnan: 18 Days from Beijing to Shangri-La and Shanghai
Classic China with Yangtze River Cruise: 16 Days from Beijing to Shanghai
Imperial China & Avatar Mountains: 11 Days from Beijing to Shanghai via Zhangjiajie
Ancient Culture Tour: 13 Days from Beijing to Shanghai via the Silk Road
Classic China & Silk Road: 21 Days from Beijing to Shanghai
Must-See China with Holy Tibet: 21 Days from Beijing to Shanghai
Silk Road Essentials: 10 Days from Beijing to Kashgar
Silk Road Highlights: 10 Days from Xi'an to Kashgar
China Essence: 14 Days with Yangtze Cruise
New China: 18 Days Across Four Metro Engines
Paradise on Earth: 5 Days Shanghai, Suzhou & Hangzhou
Real China: 12-Day Small-Group Adventure
Visa-Free China Odyssey: 13 Days, Beijing to Hong Kong
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"Designed over 300 private itineraries across China. Still does every first draft himself."
"Studied tourism, then spent years travelling across China to understand how a journey actually feels on the ground."
"Has spent years turning complex China trips into journeys that feel easy, considered, and personal."
"Ten years in the industry. Knows China well enough to know what not to put in an itinerary."
"Based in Yunnan for seven years. Has guided hundreds of travellers through landscapes most people only know from photographs."
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Step 03
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Best for: you want a custom itinerary — and you don't want to touch a single booking.
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Pre-trip support via WhatsApp
On-trip WhatsApp support if anything comes up
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Best for: you want the trip fully handled, with planning, bookings, and support kept in one place.
A custom itinerary, refined until it's right
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All hotels, trains, and transfers booked for you
Full booking confirmations before departure
Pre-trip support via WhatsApp
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What people write back.
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Margaret
Boston, USA
★★★★★
"Jason, your email about the visa got me through the consulate without rebooking once. The Suzhou gardens were exactly the speed you described. Worth the trip cost alone."
Sep 2025 A Jiangnan garden walk
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Daniel
London, UK
★★★★★
"The calligrapher's studio in Xi'an was the moment my husband stopped checking his phone. We got back six hours later. He's still talking about it three months on."
Oct 2025 Beijing–Xi'an, reimagined
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Sophia
Berlin, DE
★★★★★
"You said 'Lijiang at 6am' and I thought you were being poetic. You weren't. Set an alarm. The light, the silence, the old town empty — I have never seen anything like it."
Aug 2025 Yunnan, slowly
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James
Toronto, CA
★★★★★
"I asked five questions before booking. You answered all five within 24 hours, with paragraphs, not templates. That's why I paid. The trip itself just confirmed it."
Nov 2025 The Sichuan edge
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