Attractions

Of all the ancient sites we have helped travelers plan in China, the Confucius Temple in Qufu (孔庙) is the one that most reliably silences first-time visitors. It is not…

In the far west of Tibet, China, near the border with India and Nepal, the Zanda Earth Forest rises from the valley floor like a petrified city. These towering columns…

The Yulong River is the gentler sister of the Li River, a narrow, jade-green tributary that winds through the karst peaks and flooded rice paddies around Yangshuo in Guangxi. Where…

Perched at about 3,700 meters in the mountains above Kangding, Mugecuo Lake is the largest alpine lake in the Jiajing region of Sichuan and one of the quietest high-altitude escapes…

Stretching roughly 400 kilometers along the northern bend of the Yellow River, the Kubuqi Desert is the seventh largest desert in China and the closest true sand sea to Beijing….

Tengger Desert travel opens a different side of China: a vast sand sea where golden dunes roll to the horizon and unexpected freshwater lakes glitter between them. The name means…

Mingyong Glacier travel brings you to one of the most striking sights in northwest Yunnan: a river of ice that spills down from the sacred peak of Meili Snow Mountain…

Chenghai Lake travel introduces you to one of Yunnan’s quiet surprises: a warm, mildly saline lake tucked into the hills of Yongsheng County, northwest Yunnan, where you can actually swim…

Hongze Lake travel takes you to the largest freshwater lake in Jiangsu and one of the great wetlands of eastern China. Ringed by reed beds, fish farms, and quiet water…

Namcha Barwa travel rewards those who make the long journey to the eastern Himalaya with one of the most dramatic mountain scenes in Asia. At 7,782 meters, Namcha Barwa rises…