As China specialists, we have developed exciting tours designed for you to experience the best of China. We focus on cultural or educational interests, although we explore many other areas. We want foremost for you to enjoy your stay so you can reap rich personal benefits from the investment you make in a China tour.

Our clientele are discriminating travelers who expect quality and value, and get it when they come with us. The hotels we use are normally four-star or five-star; so, too, is the Yangtze cruiser. Most meals are provided. Restaurants are carefully chosen; as are the coaches for our sightseeing forays. Our informative local guides are all English-speaking.

Our program includes 13- or 17-day Yangtze River/China Highlights tours that take you through the fabulous Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, a storied section soon to be changed forever with the completion of a massive dam under construction at the downriver end of the gorges. Each tour goes to Beijing, Xian, Chongqing, Wuhan or Yichang, Guilin, Yangshuo and Shanghai. You have the option of adding three more days to the tour to take in the World Heritage gardens of Suzhou, the historic Grand Canal and Tongli, a watertown dating from the Ming Dynasty.

We also offer two 22-day tours - in spring and in fall - incorporating a five-star cruise on the Yangtze River with visits to some of the less traveled regions of the country. Each tour takes in Beijing, Xian, Wuhan, Chongqing, Shanghai and Suzhou. The spring tour goes to Luoyang for the annual spectacular Peony Festival, and to Guilin and the beautiful Li River. The fall tour goes to Dazu, renowned for its Buddhist rock carvings, and takes in colorful regions of Dali and Lijiang in exotic western Yunnan Province, the land of mythical Shangri-la.

One of our most popular tours is our Classical China and World of Confucius Tour, a 17-day overland odyssey by first-class train, coach and canal boat between Beijing and Shanghai, with stops in eight cities, including the birthplace of Confucius, the sacred mountain of Tai, Suzhon & Hangzhon. There's no better introduction to the Middle Kingdom than this first-class tour.

We also organize and lead tours for teachers as part of their professional development. Please contact us for details. These programs do fill up quickly.