Book Spotlight: Travels Through Dali with a Leg of Ham

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...

Mei's AdviceCultural Immersion, Mei Zhang, Yunnan

May 6, 2016

Sip on Ancient Tea and Dance Around a Bonfire: Get a Taste of Local Life in Yunnan’s Minority Villages

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...

DestinationsCultural Immersion, Mountain Kingdoms, Yunnan, Expedition

March 22, 2016

Norlha: An Innovative Workshop On The Tibetan Plateau

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...

WildChinaXiahe, Cultural Immersion, Expedition

November 26, 2014

The Top 5 Things You Need to Know about Pu’er Tea

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...

Foodie Finds, Insider Tipstea, Cultural Immersion

August 17, 2012

Backstage pass to Yunnan

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...

TibetTea and Horse Caravan, Expedition, Jeff Fuchs, History, wild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel, Cultural Immersion, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan

January 30, 2012

Impressions of Longjing on a Winter’s Day

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...

TibetCultural Immersion, Hangzhou, Chelin Miller, wild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel

October 13, 2011

The Grand Choirs of the Dong People Festival

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...

WildChinawild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel, Cultural Immersion, Guizhou, Travel to China, southwest china

July 1, 2011

Xi’an Cave Homes: old dwellings of the Chinese Communist Party

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,...

WildChinawild China, WildChina, Shaanxi, Xi'an, Cultural Immersion

December 10, 2010

A Simple Song in Baibi Village

Sometimes all it takes is an unexpected moment – a snapshot of daily life – that brings a trip into focus. I witnessed such a moment during recent travels in Baibi village, an isolated Miao...

WildChinaTravel in China, wild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel, Cultural Immersion, Guizhou, Miao

December 2, 2010

Traditional papermaking still alive in Xishuangbanna

During a recent visit to Xishuangbanna in southern Yunnan Province we stopped by the small but industrious village of Manzhao, which is known throughout the region for its traditional papermaking. The people of Manzhao are...

WildChinaCultural Immersion, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, History, wild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel

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