Giant Panda & Terracotta Warriors holiday

See China through the eyes of a local, as your Chinese tour leader gives you a first-hand insight into the exotic and colourful tapestry that makes up this diverse country. Wandering around famous historic sites and visiting archaeological treasure-troves, pagodas and former palaces gives travellers an awareness of these cultural relics and the importance of them being preserved and protected, so that they can be enjoyed and appreciated by future generations.

Enjoying a home-cooked lunch as a guest of a Chinese family in a village house near Yangshuo enable travellers to interact closely with local people and hopefully leading to better cross-cultural understanding. Through a question and answer session, you learn how the local people live and gain an appreciation of their daily routines. Equally important your Chinese tour leader will help you to understand the traditions of these proud people, ensuring you don’t commit any cultural ‘faux pas’. This tour also includes a cruise down the Yangtze, where you learn about the ecological issues surrounding the world's third longest river.

Your visit to the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu supports an important project to save this endangered species. To support tour programs in China this operator is training tour leaders on a variety of issues, from environmental awareness to First Aid. This not only assists in the conduct of a tour but also provides leaders with important life skills. By only employing tour leaders born and bred in the regions they visit, they are supporting local economies. Through offering employment and steady revenue, tourism can ultimately make a real positive difference to local communities.