WildChina reading lists give travelers our top picks for books that will open up a destination to them before they even set foot on the ground. Our newest addition to the China reading list is...Read More
No other place in China gets as diverse as Yunnan, both in its splendid palette of landscapes and its exceptional mix of minority communities. Here, 25 of China’s 55 minority groups find sanctuary, their traditions...Read More
On the high-altitude plains of the Tibetan Plateau, just outside the monastic city of Xiahe, is a small workshop that produces a product made nowhere else on earth. Here, luxury and sustainability meet in the...Read More
Pu’er is the seasoned tea-drinker’s drink of choice. Its dark, complex flavors are produced from an ancient, unhurried tea making process developed in the tea forests of southern China, the original source of all the...Read More
Although WildChina is proud of all its itineraries, it is not every one that has a National Geographic award. One such lucky trip is WildChina’s Tea and Horse Caravan. Recognized in 2012 by National Geographic...Read More
Every year in July, the crescendo of boastful taunts between Mongolian men only means one thing – Naadam Festival has arrived! The national holiday not only commemorates the 1921 revolution & the Mongol state’s declaration...Read More
Hangzhou, located in the lower Yangzte region, has always been renowned for its excellent green tea, and is often associated with Chinese monks, intellectuals and scholars who spent their time meditating in temples and conversing...Read More
Guizhou Province, Southwest China November 28th – 30th, 2011 While the Dong are most famous for their architecture and unique style of dress, few outsiders realize how much music is the social and cultural heart...Read More
Shaanxi is a region packed with history and culture. In fact, in Xi’an and the surrounding region sometimes even the ground seems to be overflowing with it. Tombs, most notably of the Qin and Ming,...Read More
WildChina founder Mei Zhang: In 2011, Patti Waldmeir, a journalist for Financial Times in Shanghai, inquired about Guizhou. I told her about beautiful Miao villages, spicy food, and all the wonderful things in Guizhou, plus the rain and poverty. She went there with her two...Read More
