Wan-Da Tour

Who are we?

We are a company specializing in small group quality tours to Asia and Southern Africa. We were founded in the Province of British Columbia in August 1996, and started tours to China the following year. In subsequent years we expanded our program to include Indochina and Myanmar, and then included southern Africa as well with the aim of providing our valued clientele with more options for travel. We aim to continue to expand our destinations as opportunity and demand dictate.

Co-founder and general manager Naiwei Bai is a native of Beijing. Prior to becoming involved in the travel business, Naiwei enjoyed a successful career in acting and singing. A child actress in a score of Chinese movies, she performed on stage as a singer throughout China and in Japan, Hong Kong and Canada. She holds a university degree in music and taught singing at the prestigious Beijing Conservatory of Music before moving to Canada in the 1990s. Naiwei also holds a diploma in Chinese cuisine from one of Beijing's top cooking schools, and a certificate in tai chi quan from the Beijing University of Physical Education, China's Number One sport institute. In 2002, she become a Canadian citizen. She lives in Victoria.

Co-founder Derek Sidenius is a native of Vancouver. A graduate of the University of British Columbia he has worked mostly as a journalist or teacher in Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, Chile, China, Japan and Hong Kong, and has held many jobs in government service and print journalism in his native Canada. He has visited some 70 countries in the course of a lifetime of travel.

With their varied backgrounds and interests they provide prospectives from both Oriental and Western standpoints, a blend of cultures that is both unique and beneficial to travelers engaging their services.