First-time China guests who want comfort without losing local texture.
Luxury fixed routes
Luxury China journeys, privately run.
For guests who want stronger hotels, slower pacing, senior planning, and a finished route before checkout.
Private guide
Senior planner
Hotel review
Holiday pricing
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Luxury route options
Beijing · Imperial Capital
The Beijing Capsule
From $8,400
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Shanghai · Jiangnan
Shanghai & Suzhou Silk
From $11,200
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Guilin · Yangshuo Karst
The Yangshuo Slow Days
From $9,600
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Chengdu · Sichuan Living
Pandas & Hot Pot
From $10,800
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Beijing · Xi'an · Shanghai
The Three Capitals
From $16,800
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Jingdezhen · Suzhou · Hangzhou
The Porcelain & Silk
From $18,400
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Yunnan · Cool Highlands
Yunnan Capsule
From $17,200
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Tibet · Pilgrim's Geography
The Lhasa Pilgrimage
From $24,600
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Eight Cities · Eight Tables
The Chef's China
From $21,400
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Silk Road · Three Capitals
The Silk Road Private Arc
From $48,000
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Tibet · Full Plateau
The Full Tibet Pilgrimage
From $32,000
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Yunnan · 25 Peoples
Yunnan & Mosuo
From $34,000
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Seven Cities · Seven Masters
The Masters' Circle
From $42,000
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Four Regions · Continuous Narrative
The Imperial Grand Tour
From $72,000
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Tibet + Yunnan + Sichuan
The Plateau Continuum
From $58,000
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A Month with the Masters
The Grand Cultural Arc
From $86,000
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Signature Luxury China Journeys
Fixed · Curated · Fully Serviced
Luxury China journeys
Luxury China journeys
without the group-tour script.
For travellers who want a private China route with stronger hotels, slower pacing, senior planning, and every service standard confirmed before departure.
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The Design Philosophy
How a luxury route
How a luxury route
is actually built.
Four operating standards separate a luxury private journey from a high-priced sightseeing package. They are the rules we use before a route is priced.
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One Private Party
A fixed route, privately run.
Luxury Journeys start from curated routes with known hotels, guide logic, and pacing. Your party travels privately, and the planner adjusts timing, rooms, and daily pressure before payment is captured.
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Private Guide · Private Vehicle
The chauffeur, the driver, the guide — all yours.
Every day, a private vehicle. Every day, a private English-speaking local guide whose entire week is your trip. Heritage-tier hotels (Peninsula, Aman, Rosewood, or local 1,000-year courtyard properties) are the default — never the upgrade.
III.
Masters, Not Tour Stops
An Intangible-Heritage master opens every route — never as a stop.
Calligraphy, porcelain, silk, tea, opera, Naxi script. Every Luxury Journey includes at least one master session. You sit at their wheel, their loom, their tea-pluck — they host you for hours, not the seven minutes a group tour allows.
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Planner Review Before Payment
The route is checked before money is captured.
A China-side planner reviews your dates, room plan, guide availability, rail logic, and seasonal pressure before confirming the booking. You see the payment terms before you choose full payment or deposit.
ChinaTourly planning desk
"Luxury is not a longer list of stops. It is fewer compromises: the right rooms, the right guide, and a route that still feels calm on day eight."
I · The Capsule
07days max
Week-long Essentials · 5 — 7 days
The Capsule Journeys
For the traveller with limited time but no compromise on depth. Single-region focus, no transit days, two cities maximum — designed to feel complete in a week.
4Routes
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From $8,400
Beijing · Imperial Capital
The Beijing Capsule
Forbidden City after-hours · Mutianyu Great Wall private morning · Da Dong duck chef-anchor dinner
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II.
From $11,200
Shanghai · Jiangnan
Shanghai & Suzhou Silk
Three-Michelin Ultraviolet · Suzhou master gardener · Hangzhou Mingqian tea-pluck
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III.
From $9,600
Guilin · Yangshuo Karst
The Yangshuo Slow Days
Photographer's private dawn boat · Cormorant fisherman elder · Hot-air balloon sunrise
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IV.
From $10,800
Chengdu · Sichuan Living
Pandas & Hot Pot
Panda Base keeper-for-a-day · Master Hu private hot pot · Mt Qingcheng Taoist morning
Read the routeII · The Classic
15days max
Classic Itineraries · 7 — 15 days
The Classic Routes
The most-booked pattern of China — three to four cities, two regions, time for both monuments and slow afternoons. The route most travellers actually want once they hear themselves think out loud.
5Routes
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From $16,800
Beijing · Xi'an · Shanghai
The Three Capitals
Forbidden City after-hours · Terracotta archaeologist-led · Suzhou private gardener · Three-Michelin dinner
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VI.
From $18,400
Jingdezhen · Suzhou · Hangzhou
The Porcelain & Silk
Porcelain, silk, and tea sessions arranged with confirmed hosts before the route is finalized
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VII.
From $17,200
Yunnan · Cool Highlands
Yunnan Capsule
Naxi old-town dawn · Yulong Snow Mountain heli access · Tiger Leaping Gorge private trek
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VIII.
From $24,600
Tibet · Pilgrim's Geography
The Lhasa Pilgrimage
Potala monk-led restricted halls · Yamdrok private dawn · Family monastery blessing
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IX.
From $21,400
Eight Cities · Eight Tables
The Chef's China
Ultraviolet private prep-room · Lou Wai Lou president's plating · Master Hu hot pot dinner
Read the routeIII · The Deep Cut
20days max
Multi-Region Depth · 15 — 20 days
The Deep Cut Routes
Three regions become possible. Tibet enters the picture without sacrificing the classic cities. The Silk Road begins its full unfold. Time to learn from masters, not just visit them.
4Routes
X.
From $48,000
Silk Road · Three Capitals
The Silk Road Private Arc
Mogao Cave 257 after-closing · Tang calligraphy master · Kashgar bazaar with ethnographer
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XI.
From $32,000
Tibet · Full Plateau
The Full Tibet Pilgrimage
Potala · Yamdrok · Everest Base Camp from Rongbuk · Travelling monk-companion
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XII.
From $34,000
Yunnan · 25 Peoples
Yunnan & Mosuo
Lijiang Naxi old-town · Lugu Lake Mosuo matriarch table · Shangri-La Songzanlin dawn
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XIII.
From $42,000
Seven Cities · Seven Masters
The Masters' Circle
Master sessions, studio visits, and take-home work only where the host and timing are confirmed
Read the routeIV · The Grand Tour
∞20+ days
Month-Long Immersions · 20+ days
The Grand Tours
A month of China. Four to five regions stitched into one continuous narrative. The journey returnees ask us to design after their third visit — when they know what they actually want to spend time inside.
3Routes
XIV.
From $72,000
Four Regions · Continuous Narrative
The Imperial Grand Tour
Beijing → Xi'an → Silk Road → Tibet · Senior planner review · Privately run for one party at a time
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XV.
From $58,000
Tibet + Yunnan + Sichuan
The Plateau Continuum
Lhasa pilgrimage · Shangri-La · Yunnan ethnic mosaic · Chengdu rest · 22 days at altitude or beside it
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XVI.
From $86,000
A Month with the Masters
The Grand Cultural Arc
28 days · 4 regions · Master sessions and shipping support quoted only after host confirmation
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Three Ways to Travel With Us
Where the Luxury tier sits.
Signature Journeys
Editor's-pick routes · 7-14 days
- Pre-designed routes (Beijing · Shanghai · Xi'an · Tibet · Yunnan · Silk Road)
- Private vehicle, private English-speaking guide
- 5-star hotels throughout
- Daily English-speaking host
- Flexible departure dates
- Master sessions
- Heritage-tier lodging
For travellers who want our editor's pick — without the dialogue.
Luxury Journeys
Sixteen hand-shaped routes · 5-28 days
- 16 hand-shaped routes across four duration windows
- One strategist for your entire journey
- Heritage-tier hotels (Peninsula · Aman · Rosewood · 1,000-year courtyards)
- At least one ICH master session per journey
- Senior planner review before payment capture
- 24-hour strategist response
- Concierge throughout the trip
For collectors of experience — the routes others cannot book.
Bespoke Builder
Self-designed · 5-21 days
- 7-step interactive trip builder
- Live pricing as you choose cities, days, pace
- Day-by-day schedule editor
- Private add-on upgrades (cave openings, helicopters, master sessions)
- Strategist confirms within 24 hours
- Pre-shaped narrative arc
For travellers who know what they want — and want to shape it themselves.
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The strategist who'll design your route.
You will not get a generic checkout flow. You will get a named planner who checks dates, guide availability, room logic, seasonal pressure, and payment terms before confirmation.
