China Walking/Hiking Tours

There are many amazing hikes in China, close to the cities or scarred over the mountain areas. Here we list some of China's best hikes that are workable for most travelers:

1. The Great Wall of China
2. Tiger Leaping Gorge
3. Yellow Mountain
4. Li River & Longji Rice Terraces
5. Mount Hua
6. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Tianmen Mountain & Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon
7. Yubeng Village around Meili Snow Mountain Area
8. Xinjiang Kanas
9. Four Girls Mountain
10. Namjagbarwa Mountain

Best time to hike the Great Wall is from April to November.

Best time to hike Li River and Longji Rice Terraces in Guilin is from middle of April to October.

Best time to hike Tiger Leaping Gorge is spring and autumn, when the temperatures are mild with lower humidity.

Best time to hike Yellow Mountain from April to November.

Best time to trek Yubeng Village is from Mid-April to May, September and October.

It is absolutely different to walk, trek or hike in China.

With our China walking trips, it is most likely you'll walk the urban trails for the architecture, history, back streets or local culinary delights of a city, like Beijing or Shanghai. Besides, there're also Great Wall walks and countryside wandering through rice paddies.

Our hiking tours of China involve relatively long energetic walks in a natural environment like Li River, wild sections of the Great Wall or Zhangjiajie mountains on hiking trails or footpaths for several days. It requires more physical strength, and more challenging than walking.

We also craft some trekking trips in China for thrill adventures seekers, with which you will trek in wild natural environment (e.g. Tiger Leaping Gorge and Yubeng Village) and conquer mountain peaks (e.g. Mount Siguniang). Of course trekking in China requires more physical and mental strength, and more challenging than hiking.

On our China walking & hiking tours, we cover as many trails as possible to make the trips diverse, exciting and exhilarating, and suitable for people of different interests and different levels of hiking expertise. The trails on our trips include paved flats hiking trail, access foot trail, walkways, bikeways, broadways, backcountry trail, interpretive trail (nature trail), loop trail, mountain trails, desert trails, long distance trail, ancient trail, etc.

Yes. If you are a family with children and seniors wishing to walk/hike in China, we've got a range of walking tours for you to choose, with Great Wall of China family hiking, brisk city walks, leisure countryside strolls, and light backcountry trail hiking. All of the trips can be customized to meet your needs, and allow you to hike even in the wild outdoors and camp, without worries and danger.

For city walks and leisure countryside hiking (e.g. in Yangshuo), we usually arrange for our clients the star-rated hotels, ranging from five stars to economic hotels. But in remote countryside, especially the mountainous areas (e.g. Tiger Leaping Gorge), the accommodation will probably be very basic guesthouses. And on the Great Wall hiking trips, we can arrange overnight camping on the beacon tower.

Please keep luggage to a minimum — you will need to carry it yourself at airports. The baggage allowance is normally 20kg for checked-in luggage and 5kg for hand luggage.

It's best to take a layered approach to cope with the differing temperatures you are likely to experience. You will find dress in the hotels very casual, though you may wish to take one smarter outfit. During sightseeing, you may visit temples or religious buildings in which dress restrictions apply so please ensure you have appropriate clothing.

• Walking Boots — well worn-in, with good ankle support and strong-ridged soles with good tread and spare boot laces
• Loop-pile socks — some find one thick and one thin pair reduces the risk of blisters
• Spare clothing — several thinner layers are better than one thick layer
• Waterproof trousers and jacket — with hood
• Shorts
• Long trousers and long-sleeved shirts with collars — as protection from the sun
• Sun hat
• Swimming costume and swimming cap (for use in hotel pools)
• Comfortable clothes — for evenings
• Comfortable shoes — for sightseeing
• Insect / mosquito repellent, camera, umbrella

• First Aid Kit — including plasters, painkillers, antiseptic wipes and lipsalve
• Sun protection — sunglasses; high factor sun screen and lip protection
• Water bottle — with at least 1 litre capacity
• Collapsible stick — many people find these useful for walking on rough and slippery terrain
• Lightweight survival bag
• A small rucksack and a small second bag — a bin liner will keep contents dry if it rains