Self-Guided Biking Tour of Dali [Downloadable Map]

Grab your camera and get ready to see our favorite parts of Dali on this self-guided biking tour. Download the map to begin your own Dali adventure. Image by Jeremy Foster via Flickr

Dali and LijiangActive, Dali, Expedition, Mountain Kingdoms, Yunnan

May 6, 2016

Sip on Ancient Tea and Dance Around a Bonfire: Get a Taste of Local Life in Yunnan’s Minority Villages

No other place in China gets as diverse as Yunnan, both in its splendid palette of landscapes and its exceptional mix of minority communities. Here, 25 of China’s 55 minority groups find sanctuary, their traditions...

DestinationsCultural Immersion, Expedition, Mountain Kingdoms, Yunnan

Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan

September 12, 2014

Must Try Yunnan Recipes

Chinese cuisine is much more than the sickeningly sweet orange chicken and limp chow mein you may have encountered outside of China. In fact, Chinese cuisine is very diverse and varies from province to province....

Foodie Finds, YunnanChinese cuisine, Food, Mountain Kingdoms, Yunnan food

August 15, 2014

Yunnan’s Ancient Tea & Horse Caravan Road

Where in China can you experience a mix of history, culture, and nature? You can explore some of China’s most diverse cultures, ecology, and landscapes in Yunnan Province, just south of the Tibetan Plateau....

Destinations, Tibet, YunnanExpedition, Mountain Kingdoms

June 25, 2012

My Perfect Day in Shangri-La

Imagine waking up each morning to the comforting smell of sweet Caravan Breakfast coffee, enjoying a buttery scone with a spoonful of flavorful honeysuckle honey while admiring the mystical valleys of Shangri-la, and ending your...

Shangri-La, Tibet, YunnanFood, Mountain Kingdoms, Shangri-La, wild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel, Yunnan

December 21, 2011

T+L’s Hottest Travel Destinations of 2012: Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province

Featured in the January 2012 issue of Travel + Leisure as one of the “Hottest Travel Destinations for 2012“, WildChina’s journey in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan made the cut! Xishuangbanna (pronounced she-shwang-ban-na), in the southern part...

TibetMountain Kingdoms, wild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel

January 5, 2011

Dai food: Chinese cuisine’s best-kept secret

Dai food: Chinese cuisine’s best-kept secret. While most of China is frozen or at least quite cold, there are still some parts of the country’s south that are enjoying shorts and t-shirt weather during the...

WildChinaFood, Jinghong, Mountain Kingdoms, wild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan

July 27, 2009

3 days in Lijiang and 2 days in Shangri-La

An old friend sent me this inquiry: We (3 of us) are going to Yunnan for the last week of August. We have things pretty well organized and plan to spend 3 days in Lijiang...

TibetMei Zhang, Mountain Kingdoms, travel in China, wild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel

July 10, 2009

Beyond Lijiang

While the tiled roofs of Lijiang make for picture-perfect views, the scene on the streets of this UNESCO World Heritage Site is often less than tranquil. According to a report from UNESCO, from 1997...

WildChinaLijiang, Mountain Kingdoms, Travel to China, travel to Yunnan, wild China, WildChina Travel, Yunnan

August 8, 2008

Guangxi: Soaking in the Natural Beauty

As with my other stops, I have met interesting people here in Guangxi province, south of Guizhou, including an artist famous for his "shan shui" (mountains and water) paintings. But this time, it is the...

WildChinaGuangxi, Guilin, karst, Longsheng, Mountain Kingdoms, Nature & Wildlife, wild China, WildChina, WildChina Travel

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