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Experience deeply.

Travel effortlessly.

Come home with stories.

The best way to experience a place is with someone who understands both where you're coming from and where you're going.

Every traveler experiences a place differently. A thoughtful journey brings you closer to its culture, people, food and stories, while everything around you unfolds with ease and intention.

Signature Journeys.

Experience deeply.

A great journey has a rhythm to it — one that brings together China's iconic landmarks, rich cultural traditions and carefully selected local experiences, with the time and context to appreciate each one.

ICONIC PLACES

From UNESCO World Heritage sites to some of the world's most celebrated landmarks, experience the places that have shaped China's story.

MEANINGFUL CONTEXT

Discover the stories that connect China's past and present—and reveal how history continues to shape the places and people you encounter today.

LOCAL EXPERIENCES

Step closer to everyday China through its food, traditions and carefully selected local experiences that reveal another side of the culture.

THOUGHTFUL PACING

There is a rhythm to each day—time to explore, time to recharge and enough space for the unexpected moments that make a journey memorable.

  • Shanghai | The Bund and Skyline

    Historic waterfront architecture faces one of the world’s most futuristic skylines—a remarkable portrait of Shanghai’s past and present.

  • Xi'an | The Terracotta Warriors

    An underground army of thousands, created more than 2,000 years ago to guard China’s first emperor (Emperor Qin) in the afterlife.

  • Chengdu | Panda Research Conservation

    See giant pandas up close while learning about the conservation work helping protect China’s most beloved animal.

  • Explore Local Morning Market

    Walk among unfamiliar ingredients, regional specialties and everyday shopping to see Chinese food culture before it reaches the table.

  • Beijing | Temple of Heaven

    Built without a single nail, where emperors once performed rituals seeking harmony between heaven and earth.

  • Guilin | Li river

    Limestone peaks, quiet villages and winding waterways form the landscapes that have inspired Chinese artists for centuries.

  • Morning in a local park

    Tai chi, dancing, music and mahjong reveal a wonderfully social side of everyday life in Chinese cities.

  • Chongqing | Cyberpunk City of China

    A vertical megacity where bridges, towers and train lines thread directly through buildings — including one line that runs straight through the middle of a 19-story residential tower.

  • Beijing | The Great Wall of China

    Stretching 13,170 miles across northern China, one of humanity’s most extraordinary feats of engineering—and a defining symbol of the country.

  • Traditional Chinese Calligraphy

    Put brush to paper and discover an art form where language, movement and centuries of tradition come together.

  • Zhangjiajie | Tianmen Mountain

    Known as the "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain," after inspiring the floating peaks in the film. Thousands of sandstone pillars rise straight out of the forest floor.

  • Tea Tasting

    Slow down in a traditional teahouse, where tea, conversation and people-watching remain part of the city’s everyday rhythm.

Travel effortlessly.

The way you travel matters just as much as where you go. Thoughtful service, exceptional comfort and the feeling of being well cared for allow you to settle into the journey, be fully present and simply enjoy where you are.

From the moment you arrive,

the journey unfolds with ease.

The Journeys East Standard

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Bilingual & bicultural hosting

A Journeys East host travels with you throughout the journey, bringing local fluency together with an understanding of how you want to travel.

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Small groups by design

No more than 10 guests in a group. Allow for a more personal way to travel, with greater flexibility, ease and space to experience each place.

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Five-star stays

Hotels selected for exceptional comfort, thoughtful service and a welcome sense of ease at the end of each day.

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Premium transportation

Private ground transportation and thoughtfully selected premium intercity travel make moving from place to place effortless.

And throughout it all, the details are anticipated and quietly handled along the way.

Come home with stories.

THE STORY BEHIND JOURNEYS EAST

Having lived between China and the U.S., I've seen how different a destination can feel when you're traveling with someone who understands both sides—someone who knows the place, but also understands how you want to experience it.

That became the idea behind Journeys East: journeys I'd be excited to take myself.

— Marcus Lei, Founder

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