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These tour operators offer a variety of tours to China, this millenium's most exciting travel destination, full of eye-boggling sights, grand landscapes, sensational food and hordes of Chinese, so be sure to browse their sites. They will provide you with hard copy brochures of their China tours for your offline consideration via their brochure request pages should you need them.

Kumuka operate small group tours and family tours across Asia, including China. Tours offer a range of transport styles and they pride themselves on the standard and variety of accommodation. Kumuka : Home | Asian Adventures | Brochure

Highlights of China:
8 days. Experience Beijing's magnificent sights as well as its small traditional backstreets, then walk along the Great Wall at Mutianyu and visit the Ming Tombs before heading to Xi’an.
Here we visit the City Wall, the Wild Goose Pagoda, Banpo Museum, and of course the Army of Terracotta Warriors.
We then fly to Shanghai to see modern China's most extreme architecture as well as the fabulous Jade Buddha Temple, the Yu Gardens and the Bund Area, Shanghai’s most famous mile. [Tours available until June 2009]

Chinese Kites, Warriors and Pandas:
A 9 day family-friendly tour including highlights of China, a noodle making lesson, kite flying, pandas, acrobatic and kung fu shows.
We stroll the Great Wall of China, we explore the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and the Summer Palace, fly kites with local children, visit Pandas at Beijing Zoo, take a tour of the hutongs, and watch a Kung Fu Show.
Next is Xi’an, where we cycle along the City Wall looking down over Xi’an, visit the Terracotta Army and learn some interesting things.
From Xi’an we fly to Shanghai, visit the Yu Gardens, the Bund and Shanghai Museum. Then we cruise along the Huangpu River, go up the TV Tower, explore the Children’s Palace and spend an evening at an acrobatic show. [Tours available until August 2009]

Yangtze River Cruise:
15 days to sail through China's history with a cruise down the legendary Yangtze River, and overland trips to see some of the country's wonders.
We start in Hong Kong, then fly to Chengdu and visit the Panda breeding centre.Next is a full day tour of Emei Shan Mountain and a visit to the Buddha in the Dazu grottoes on the way to Chongqing. Then we cruise the Yangtze with a shore visit to the Ghost City of Fengdu, look at the Three Gorges Dam Project and then travel back in time at Xi'an, where we visit the Wild Goose Pagoda, the City Wall and of course the Terracotta Warriors, one of China's top attractions. Then it's on to Beijing for Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and of course a wonderful walk on the Great Wall of China. [Tours available until May 2009]

Central Kingdoms:
This is a 14 day small-group tour that includes a walk along the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu, visiting grottoes, temples and tombs and cruise the Yangtze River.
We explore Beijing, travel overnight by train to Zhengzhou where we visit the Provincial Museum, then continue on to Kaifeng and the Iron Pagoda and Dragon Pavilion. We visit the Shaolin Monastery and Pagoda Forest before arriving at Luoyang, home to the Longmen Grottoes.
Next stop is Xi’an to see the Wild Goose Pagoda, City Wall, the Terracotta Army and Banpo Museum.
From Xi’an we fly to Chongqing and cruise down the Yangtze River for three days, sailing through the spectacular 3 Gorges and stopping off along the way to haunt the Ghost City of Fengdu. We end our tour in Shanghai and visit the fabulous Jade Buddha Temple, the Yu Gardens and the Bund. [Tours available until May 2009]

Intrepid offer good value, small group adventure tours in 90 countries around the world from overland expeditions to active, family and comfort vacations. Tours Search | Family Vacations | Activity Holidays | Overland Trips | Brochure | Late Booking Deals

Roam China:
An active 20 day tour from Beijing to Hong Kong that includes exploring the many faces of Beijing, hiking the Great Wall, visiting the Terracotta Warriors, biking between Yangshuo's magical limestone peaks, trekking through the rice terraces of Longji, experimenting with rural life in a village stay, and sampling delicacies in a Hong Kong food market.

Grand China:
A 21 day trip from Hong Kong to Beijing involving exploring Yangshuo, cruising the Yangzi River and the controversial Three Gorges Dam Project, visiting pandas in Chengdu and the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, enjoying the contrasts of Shanghai and the many attractions of Beijing, with a final stroll along the Great Wall.

Best of China:
This is a 14 day trip from Shanghai to Beijing that encompasses the greatest attractions in the area from high-rise Shanghai to Ming history in Nanjing, Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, life on the Yangzi River, walking the Great Wall and exploring ancient Beijing.

Explore! offers a large variety of superb active, short breaks and family adventure tours all over Asia, including India and the the mid-East. Explore! Brochure | Asia Tours Search | Family Holidays | Walking Tours

Great Wall and Guilin [hiking and biking]:
15 days of historic, scenic action from walking old Beijing to a hike along the most stunning sections of the Great Wall at Jinshaling and Simatai to stay in a guesthouse just a stone's throw from the mighty Wall.
A flight to Guilin takes us to the bizarre yet beautiful limestone peaks which have fired the imaginations of poets and artists for centuries. Our route takes us through traditional fishing villages along the banks of the Li River with plenty of time to stop off for a boat trip, perhaps meeting cormorant fishermen. Near Chaoping we explore a network of caves loaded with stalactites and stalagmites.
The small and buzzing town of Yangshuo makes a good base from which to cycle deeper into the countryside, climb a peak or two or try out bamboo rafting on the Yulong River. In the tiny village of Hebaoshan we stay with a local family gaining a deeper insight into the lifestyle and traditions of rural China. We explore the little-known Stone Village, surrounded by high stone walls, accessible via four towering gates. The Ling Canal scenic area is our final destination as we circle back to Guilin

Along the Yangtse:
A 16 day tour including the cosmopolitan cities of Hong Kong and Shanghai, this trip also spends time exploring rural China. We visit the stunning limestone scenery of Yangshuo and terraced rice fields of the Longji area. We then board a Chinese riverboat to cruise the dramatic Yangtse River Gorges.

Crossroads of Asia:
19 days along China's southern Silk Road in Central Asia.
From Urumqi, capital of China's remote north-west, we drive to Kuqa, a staging post on the Silk Road, then into one of the greatest 'voids' on earth - the Taklamakan Desert, the resting place for many 19th Century European explorers. Eventually we emerge onto the southern silk road along which lie a belt of settlements, nestled between the desert and Pamir and Kunlun ranges.
Traders from the neighbouring countries of Central Asia still flock to Kashgar and we plan to absorb ourselves in this exotic ethnic mix at the fabled Sunday bazaar and livestock market. Although the city is modernising, it's still possible to take a stroll through the narrow passages of the old town past Uighur homes and workshops and witness the traditional life.
Then our route starts to climb as we head up into the snow-capped Tien Shan mountains that separate China from Kyrgyzstan. Crossing the border at the legendary Torugart Pass (3752m), the scenery starts to change, the dry and desolate landscape giving way to forested mountains and lush steppe.
Kyrgyzstan offers an unforgettable environment as well as a warm Central Asian welcome from these traditionally nomadic people. In a beautiful hidden valley at Tash Rabat, we stay in a yurt camp next to the brooding ruins of an old fortified caravanserai. We have another taste of the nomadic life staying in the alpine pastures at Lake Song Kul.