Journeys
Two example trips, and the entry plan behind them
Two trips we have built before, shown so you can judge the length and the pace. Yours is built from scratch around your dates and can run longer, shorter, or somewhere else entirely. Prices are per person and cover arrangements on the ground. Flights are quoted separately. Nothing is charged until terms are signed.
The Entry and Routing Plan
A written plan for getting your passport into China: which route works, what documents you need, and when to file them. Yours to keep, whether or not we plan the trip.
The Meridian
Ten days in China, then a second country on the way home. Two or three places done properly, with the onward flight built into the plan rather than bolted on. A first trip for travellers who want the famous places done well, and an easy reason to keep moving.
A sample shape
- Day 1Arrive Beijing. Settle into a courtyard hotel in the hutongs; evening at leisure.
- Day 2The Forbidden City before opening hours; a private walk on a quiet stretch of the Great Wall.
- Day 3Morning at the Temple of Heaven; an afternoon with a calligrapher in his studio; dinner in a private room overlooking the old city.
- Day 4High-speed train to Shanghai. Afternoon on the Bund; private dining in a lane house.
- Day 5The Shanghai Museum with a curator; tea in the French Concession; a sunset cruise on the Huangpu.
- Day 6A day trip to Suzhou. A classical garden before it opens, a silk workshop, and lunch on the canal.
- Day 7Free morning in Shanghai; fly to Seoul (or Tokyo) for the onward leg.
- Day 8Seoul. A private walk through Bukchon Hanok Village, then a temple tea ceremony.
- Day 9Seoul. A guided morning at the DMZ, then a Korean dinner in a private room.
- Day 10Fly home.
The Long Way Round
Two to three weeks. More provinces, slower days, and room to reach somewhere that takes a full day to get to. For travellers who want China at its own pace, with time to let each place register. The table, the makers, the landscape and the cities, without rushing between them. place breathe.
A sample shape
- Days 1–3Beijing. The Forbidden City outside opening hours, a quiet stretch of the Great Wall, and breakfast with a family in the hutongs.
- Days 4–5Xi’an. The Terracotta Army with an archaeologist, the Muslim Quarter, and a Tang-style banquet.
- Days 6–8Chengdu. Pandas at dawn with a keeper, a Sichuan cooking class in a private kitchen, and a long afternoon in a tea house.
- Days 9–11Guilin and Yangshuo. A private boat on the Li River at dawn, cycling through the karst valleys, and dinner at a farm.
- Days 12–14Shanghai and Suzhou. The Bund, a classical garden before it opens, and an optional detour to a porcelain master in Jingdezhen.
- Days 15–16Hangzhou. West Lake at dawn, a tea farm in the hills, and a private dinner on the water.
- Days 17–18An onward leg in Hong Kong, Taipei or Tokyo. Two days to slow down before the flight home.
- Day 19Fly home.