Weekend Tour to Zhangjiajie, Filming Site of Avatar
April 23-25

Listed as UNESCO's World Heritage Site in 1992, this scenic area is made up of three adjoining subtropical parklands, with quartzite sandstone peaks and pillars to rival Guilin's scenery. There are stunning views through bamboo, pine, and oak forest. >>> more

The Silk Road (from Urumqi to Turpan, Kashgar & Tajik)
April 29-May 4

The Silk Road Route starts from Dunhuang's Mogao Grottos in Gansu, fly to Xinjiang to explore Turpan Basin for its grape and melon harvest; then fly to Kashgar, the heart of Chinese Islam and drive to Karakuri Lake and Snow Mountains. >>> more

5-Day trip to Tibet
April 30-May 4

A trip to the "Roof of the World" with majestic moonlike landscape and the stunning cultures guarantees to be an amazing experience. The 5-day tour covers Lhasa, Samye Monastery, Yombulagang Palace and Yamdrok Lake, etc. >>> more

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Army)
May 1 eve.-3

Take 2 days trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; Ancient City Wall, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc. >>> more

Sichuan Panda Natural Reserve & Leshan Buddha
May 1-3

Visit the Panda center at Ya'an Natural Reserve, taking photos with the giant Pandas or even holding a panda; visit the famous Le Shan Giant Buddha, world's largest Buddha statue in the World >>> more

Ningxia's pyramid & Inner Mongolia Sand Dunes
May 1-3

Ningxia's famous sites include Xixia Dynasty Tombs and the earth Ming Great Wall. Then the journey will cross the border into Inner Mongolia desert dunes. Climbing aboard a military truck or jeep and drive up and over the shifting sand dunes. >>> more

Explore Qinghai - Sacred Land & Stunning Landscape
May 1-5

We head to southeast Qinghai's historical city of Tongren; Wutun, a 1,000 year old village where the Tibetans have a rich history recorders through murals, tangka and statues; and spectacular Kanbala Forest & Valley; Nanzong Buddhist Nunnery. >>> more

Xian (Terrecotta Warriors) & Luoyang (Grottos & Shaolin Temple)
May 13-16

The 4-day tour explores some most important heritages and culture of imperial China in the two most ancient capitals of Xi'an and Luoyang. They are located by the Yellow River area, north central mainland of China, and are dubbed the cradle of Chines >>> more

Ecological Change in Modern China - Seminar, trip and hike
May 14-16 (Seminar May 8)

This seminar and trip combination is an introduction to ecological change and its human dimensions in China, and a chance to see a natural world - mountains and great walls,which are still very beautiful, and meet some interesting people. >>> more

Explore Gansu (Dunhuang, Jiayuguan Pass, Xiahe and Lanzhou)
May 14-20

Explore the famous fort of the Great Wall at its western end in the Gobi dessert and Dunhang “Thousand Buddha Grottoes” with paintings from a period ranging over ten dynasties. Then fly to Xiahe for Tibetan areas & famous Labrang Monastery >>> more

Pingyao - Raise the red lanterns
May 14 eve.-16

Listed as UNESCO Heritage Site, this exotic ancient city and city walls bring you back to the history and the atmosphere and environment like the Europeans back to the Middle Age Europe, and the awesome walls and carvings of the Wang Family Residence >>> more

Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Army)
May 21 eve.-23

Take 2 days trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; Ancient City Wall, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc. >>> more

Health Cultivation Tour to Hangzhou & Lanxi
May 21 eve.-23

A Master in Yangsheng from Beijing will lead your throughout this journey, practise health exercises and meditations in the most charming places including tea testing and Zen martial art learning in a monastery and a visit to a TCM hospital >>> more

Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
May 28 eve.-30

Join this weekend tour to see the second-largest of the nearly 51,000 sandstone statues of Buddha in 53 Yungang grottoes. Buddhist cave art began here in Datong, 160 miles west of Beijing, in the fifth century, by Xianbei minority, which ruled North >>> more

The Silk Road (from Dunhuang to Turpan, Kashgar & Kazakh)
June 2-7

The Silk Road Route starts from Dunhuang's Mogao Grottos in Gansu, fly to Xinjiang to explore Turpan Basin for its grape and melon harvest; then fly to Kashgar, the heart of Chinese Islam and drive to Karakuri Lake and Snow Mountains. >>> more

Guilin, Yangshuo & Dragon Backbone Rice Terraces
June 3-6

The town of Yangshuo is a backpacker's paradise. Just over an hour south of Guilin, Yangshuo, with its natural scenery and laid back air, is a great escape from the gray and pollution of China's big cities >>> more

The most Sacred Taoist Mountain Wudang
June 4 eve.-6

Wudang Shan (Mountain) is number one in the hierarchy of sacred Daoist mountains. Monasteries & Buildings on the summit were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994, and has long been known as a centre for Chinese martial arts. >>> more

Maijishan Grottoes & Famen Temple
June 12-14

Maijishan Grottoes in Gansu remains 194 caves, 7200 sculpture, 1000 square M fresco which are excavated on the cliff. Famen Temple, northwest of Xian, in keeps China's only Buddha Sarira, or the finger bone relic of Buddhism founder Sakyamuni. >>> more