Private tours of China, designed for you
Travel China the way you would if you had a friend who lived there.
Private, boutique trips for curious travelers — iconic first visits to deeply off-path returns. Every itinerary handcrafted, every guide vetted in person.
Private, not packaged
No strangers on your bus. Every trip is designed for your party alone.
Vetted on the ground
Every guide, driver, and hotelier has been met in person by our team.
Built around you
Tell us the shape you want — iconic, culinary, photographic, slow — we route it.
Honest quotes
One fixed price in USD. No hidden commissions, no forced shopping stops.
Sample itineraries
Starting points we've already thought about
Real trips we run. Use them as a template, or as inspiration — every detail is customizable, every date is open.
Classic China: Beijing, Xi'an & Shanghai in 10 Days
Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors, the Bund — the three greatest hits, privately guided and quietly refined.
From $3,200 / person
Yunnan Slow Journey — 12 Days from Kunming to Shangri-La
Tea, temples, tea-horse-road villages, and air that gets thinner every day. A gentle southwest arc.
From $2,800 / person
Zhangjiajie Photography Journey — 7 Days
The sandstone pillars that inspired Avatar, photographed at the hours when almost nobody else is there.
From $2,400 / person
“A country the size of a continent, travelled at a human pace.”
How it works
A real trip, planned by a real person.
We don't sell off-the-shelf tours. Everything starts with a conversation and ends with a single itinerary, designed for one party — yours.
01
Tell us the shape
Roughly when, how long, one or two things you're curious about.
02
We draft a trip
A proposed itinerary with a single fixed USD quote, in 2–3 business days.
03
Iterate until it's yours
Most clients go 2–4 rounds. We're in no hurry. The goal is your trip.
04
You travel. We're there.
Private guides, 24/7 WhatsApp, a real human who already knows your trip.
What travelers tell us afterwards.
“I've done big-brand China tours before. This one wasn't even on the same planet.”
“They rebooked our cancelled flight home in an hour. Unreal service, start to finish.”
“Came home with more frame-worthy photos than my last three trips combined.”
Destinations we know well
Places we send people back to, again and again.
Northern China
Beijing
Imperial scale, hutong intimacy, and the best dumplings most travelers will ever eat.
Sichuan Province
Chengdu
A slow, eating-focused megacity where teahouses still outnumber coffee shops.
Hunan Province
Zhangjiajie
Sandstone pillars that inspired Avatar, best seen at dawn before the cable cars run.
Begin here
Your trip should feel like yours.
Tell us roughly when you'd like to come and what you're curious about. We'll draft a trip in 2–3 business days — no deposit, no pressure.