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China is a vast country with so much variety in landscape, history and culture that choosing "the best" is a very difficult task. We've combined our knowledge with our customers feedback to select what we consider to be China's best.
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Great Wall at Mutianyu
Marvels Flexi-Tour
  • Location: Beijing
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Season: Spring, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

This less-crowded section of the Great Wall is a about 2.5 hours' drive from downtown Beijing. A cable car takes you to a good section (avoiding a very steep climb), where you can walk along the wall, through the watch towers and enjoy superb views as it snakes across the hills and mountains.

The Forbidden City
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  • Location: Beijing
  • Duration: 3 - 4 hours
  • Season: All year round
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

The Imperial Palace, home to 24 Emperors between 1420 and 1911. Great squares, halls and gates contrast with the intricate networks of side halls, gardens, courtyards and quarters for those who lived in this 'city within a city'. The exhibitions, both permanent and temporary, are also absolutely fascinating.

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses
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  • Location: Xi'an
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Season: All year round
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Discovered accidentally in 1974, this incredible army of over 7000 soldiers, archers, horses and chariots in full battle array has guarded Emperor Qin's tomb since 210BC. Each figure is unique, and the painstaking repair and excavation continues in 3 pits which are protected inside huge hangars.

Li River Cruise
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  • Location: Guilin
  • Duration: 5 hours
  • Season: Spring, Summer, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

The cruise along the Li River between Guilin and Yangshuo is an unforgettable experience. As you take in the stunning scenery there's something interesting to see at almost every bend in the river.

The Potala Palace
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  • Location: Lhasa
  • Duration: 1 hours
  • Season: Summer, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Former winter home of the Dalai Lama, a vast, awe-inspiring maze of corridors and stairs leading through countless rooms of richly decorated statues, tombs, murals and antiques.

Panda Breeding and Research Centre
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  • Location: Chengdu
  • Duration: 2 - 3 hours
  • Season: Spring, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

10km north of Chengdu this beautifully laid-out 230 hectare park is home to giant pandas, the endearing red, or lesser panda, and other endangered species.

The Yangtze River
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  • Location: Yangtze River
  • Duration: 4 - 5 days
  • Season: Spring, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

There is an old saying - "On a slow boat to China" - Well, why not relax on a slow boat on the beautiful Yangtze River. A Yangtze River Cruise will take you through the cradle of China, while giving you the opportunity to see some of the most spectacular scenery imaginable.

The Garden of the Master of Nets
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  • Location: Suzhou
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Season: All year round
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

The Garden of the Master of Nets is the smallest garden in Suzhou covering a space of only 5000 sq meters. The small space is its greatest charm as it encompasses all the elements of a classic Chinese garden within close boundaries.

Ancient Village Wuzhen
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  • Location: Near by Hangzhou
  • Duration: 3 - 4 hours
  • Season: All year round
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Wuzhen lies in the far north-east of Zhejiang province, about 90 minutes by road from Shanghai. The name "water town" is especially apt; besides lying on the Grand Canal, the settlement is completely encircled by two rivers - the Dong Shi and a smaller tributary, which meet at a T-junction.

Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic Area
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  • Location: Sichuan
  • Duration: 5 - 6 hours
  • Season: Spring, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Because of its inconvenience of the traffic, it is a peaceful place without any noise from the outside world. The primitive natural scenery is preserved well here. It is said that there is no other place as peaceful as in Jiuzhaigou all over the world.

Huangshan Scenic area
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  • Location: Huangshan
  • Duration: 4 hours
  • Season: All year round
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Huangshan ( Yellow Mountain) famous for magnificent scenery whatever the season: granite peaks piercing theclouds, strangely shaped rocks and gnarled trees, hot springs, waterfalls, wonderful outlooks and over 1500 plant species.

The 2010 Shanghai Expo
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  • Location: Shanghai
  • Duration: 3 - 4 hours
  • Season: All year round
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is a grand occasion of international fairs and expositions. The theme of the Expo theme is “better City, Better Life”, which signifies Shanghai’s leading statue as a economic and culture center in the 21st century. The expo is expected attract the largest participants and visitors in the world expo history.

Victoria Peak
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  • Location: Hong Kong
  • Duration: 1 hours
  • Season: All year round
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Victoria Peak, located in the Midwest District, is the highest point on Hong Kong Island. It is the best place for a bird's eye view of Victoria Harbor and the whole island. The night scene with the harbor and high rises all lit up by dazzlingly neon lights is fabulous.

Tiger Leaping Gorge
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  • Location: Lijiang
  • Duration: 2 - 3 hours
  • Season: Spring, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

As one of the deepest and most marvelous gorges, Tiger Leaping Gorges are located in Hutiaoxia Town, 105 kilometers away from Zhongdian/Shangri-La County. Spring is the best time to visit, as melting snow flowing down from mountains makes the river turbulence at its peak.

Lijiang Ancient City
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  • Location: Lijiang
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Season: All year round
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

It enjoys beautiful scenes, an indeed famous city with long history and splendid culture, it is very rare in China that such well-preserved minority ancient city still exists. The old town is quite busy in the afternoon and evening with an active atmosphere of the lights and crowd. An early morning visit will be less crowded.

Yuanyang Terrace Field
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  • Location: Yunnan
  • Duration: 4 hours
  • Season: Spring, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Yuanyang Terrace Field's history can be traced back 2000 years. The first tribe to settle this area and construct terraces for farming purposes was the Hani ethnic group. This incredible piece of engineering was not discovered until 1980s and now listed as one of China World Heritage Site Candidates.

The End of Earth and the Corner of the Ocean
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  • Location: Sanya
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Season: Summer, Winter
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Located 23 kilometers west of Sanya city, this spectacular place face the endless sea with Maling Mountain at the back, coconut trees and numerous rocks scatter on the sand, the Chinese characters on the rock means "the end of earth and the corner of the ocean" which witness a moving eastern love story of Romeo and Juliet.

Mogao Grottos
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  • Location: Dunhuang
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Season: Spring, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Constructed over a millennium, from the 4th to the 14th centuries, the caves hold the world's richest treasure house of Buddhist sutras, murals and sculptures. It is not allowed to take photos.

Lake Karakuli
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  • Location: Kashgar
  • Duration: 8 hours
  • Season: Spring, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

A sparkling glacial lake, surrounded by stunning rocky mountains, and snow-covered peaks as high as 7500m (the lake's at 3,600). After eating in one of the collection of yurts at the water's edge you can walk around the lake (about 4 hours), or take a ride by pony, camel or motorbike, or just enjoy the scenery before returning to Kashgar.

Xijiang Miao Village
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  • Location: Guizhou
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Season: Spring, Autumn
  • We Offer: Private guide and your own driver.

Xijiang Miao Village, also called the "homeland of Lusheng", is the largest Miao villages in Guizhou. Geographic location: 36 km northeast of the county town of Leishan.

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