China Tours 2024/2025: Most Popular Tours and New Experiences
From December 1st, 2023 to November 30th, 2024, visitors from France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Singapore, and Malaysia can stay in China for up to 15 days without a visa for travel, business, transit, or visiting friends and family.
Starting March 14th, travelers from Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Switzerland can also enjoy this visa-free entry.
If you are planning a China trip for 2024/2025, don't miss the private tour packages we offer with promotions below. Any of them can be customized according to your schedule and interests. New experiences offered only by China Highlights may give you some inspiration for a unique China trip during your vacation time in 2024/2025
Top 4 Promoted China Tours for 2024/2025
These are our most popular four China tour itineraries, which visit all the classic sights. 80% of first-time travelers start their tailored-China-tour journey from these itineraries. Please ask your personal travel advisor about our promotion policy when inquiring about any of these tours!
- The best choice for first-timers
- Discover the picturesque rural China
- The best choice for panda fans
- Be a panda keeper
- The best choice for nature lovers
- Witness the Hallelujah Mountains
- Top family itinerary
- Experience China's countryside life together
New Tours for Exploring China in 2024/2025
The tours below are newly-designed for travelers who would like to discover the hidden beauties of China, immerse themselves in local culture or local life, or take on some new challenges. Any of these itineraries below can be changed or combined as another leg of your China tour.
- Ideal for a second China tour
- Explore more natural beauty and ethnic cultures
- Best for retired couples
- Main cities and core destinations of Silk Road
- The best for a bucket list trip
- A grand trip including China's highlights
- Best for culture fans
- Meet Chinese ethnic minorities
New Experiences for Your China Tour in 2024/2025
China Highlights creates new experiences every year, allowing travelers to find those hidden gems on less-traveled roads, to understand China's culture by practicing it, to try new and exciting outdoor activities, and to uncover the stories behind the sights and people. Discover the real China with our exclusive experiences below.
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Thanks Leah and Guide Terry!
Our guide for Beijing was super knowledgeable and experienced and able to help us to achieve as much as we wanted within the time given. We had a fun time guided by him as he is also super humorous and you can see how he interacts with the vendors and people whom he comes by. Thank you for a very enjoyable time in Beijing and accommodating to all our needs! more
Mar 2024, Puay Sze L
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Beijing in spring
She was very flexible and added extra time when we needed it and we felt extremely well taken care of. She also chose the best restaurants for us, more
Mar 2024, shehla k
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Greatest Great Wall Camping and Trek
Tom is the guide that will take you to where no other guide will. We pushed for the experience and Tom and the team delivered more than what we could have ever asked for. His English speaking ability and his Chinese history knowledge is second to none. more
Mar 2024, Chivadahlii
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Greatest Great Wall Tour and Trek
Tom is the guide that will take you to where no other guide will. We pushed for the experience and Tom and the team delivered more than what we could have ever asked for. His English speaking ability and his Chinese history knowledge is second to none. more
Mar 2024, DaveH
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Wonderful guided tour around in Beijing
Wonderful guided tour around in Beijing by Helen. It was really good having a guide who was great at telling about all the history. more
Mar 2024, Sebastian Bo Rasmussen
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Beijing Tour
our tour guide Selinda it is a great and knowledge person, she was very kind to received us at the airport and during the trip she knows all the great spots and interesting details. As our first time in China, sometimes is a lot to process, but with Selinda support all was more easy, she take care of us and we enjoyed a lot the trip, thanks a lot for your time and your support. more
Mar 2024, Megan J
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Ethan: Perhaps the best Tour Guide On The PLANET??!!
Our tour guide Ethan (in Beijing) for three days was an absolute delight. Let me tell you, he’s the real freakin deal. He took incredible care of me and my father from the moment he picked us up at the airport from the moment he sent us on our way to xi’an. more
Mar 2024, Seth M
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Beijing highlights with Lily Liu
Lily Liu brought us to temple of heaven, Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, summer palace, lama temple and Beihai Park. Highly recommend her as she speaks very good English. As we had her as our guide, we managed to enter the forbidden city using the group tour gate skipping a long queue for individual tourist. more
Mar 2024, James ong
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Trip of a lifetime!
Our tour guide, Tom, was fantastic. He was so knowledgeable and passionate about the history of the wall and Beijing. He took time to share knowledge, take photos and check that we were getting what we wanted from the trip. I cannot recommend enough! more
Mar 2024, Samantha B
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The Temple of Heaven Beijing
She took us to The Temple of Heaven and also arranged for us to visit a local family. She was extremely knowledgeable with good english and considerate to the fact that I had a walking stick and arranged our transport to accommodate this. She was really great company and made our day with her a very enjoyable experience. more
Mar 2024, Trail49540093682
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Beijing in 4 days.
Our guide Terry was a fluent English speaker with an amazing knowledge of the places we visited. Nothing was too much trouble for him and his driver and he adapted our itinerary to fit in with our wishes more
Mar 2024, Trip36911639325
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Wonderful and attentive
The tour itself was great and Tom is very knowledgeable about all the areas we went and spoke freely, whitout any script, about ever sight we saw and answered all my additional questions. The whole tour felt very relaxed and natural and I didn't have to worry about a thing. more
Mar 2024, Johannes P
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The tour was of The Greta Wall of China
The tour was excellent. Selinda was very knowledgeable about all the aspects of our tour. Selinda was very interesting and knew so much Chinese history more
Mar 2024, Alice W
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Unforgettable memories
I had unforgettable memories in Beijing with my great tour guide Ethan, we went to the Great Wall of China and the forbidden city and the temple of heaven, the summer palace. Hotels were all very comfortable, and food was really amazing. Thank you China highlight. more
Mar 2024, KennyI
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I had unforgettable in Beijing
I had unforgettable memories in Beijing with my great tour guide Ethan, we went to the Great Wall of China and the forbidden city and the temple of heaven, the summer palace. Hotels were all very comfortable, and food was really amazing. Thank you China highlight. more
Mar 2024, Kenny lim
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Fantastic JingShanLing Great Wall Hike
Terry was fantastic and told us a lot of history about the Great Wall and this particular section as well. more
Feb 2024, Jenny M
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Beijing Tour
His in-depth knowledge of the city ensured we explored the best places, including delightful farm-to-table eateries where we savored authentic Peking duck. Terry's professionalism and punctuality made our experience seamless and enjoyable. more
Feb 2024, Eliaqim Guimar…B@eliaquimguimar_e2024
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USA Girl Trip
Our guide, Jack, was very knowledgeable and interesting. more
Feb 2024, Leigh Ann Collins
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Private Transfer from Beijing Airport to Hotel with Meet & Greet
Mark was very knowledgeable and provided a wealth of information about a wide range of topics, ranging from early Chinese history to architecture, micro-economics, culture, and many other topics we were eager to discuss. Mark was flexible, friendly and worked well with our driver to get around efficiently and safely. The primary challenge to our schedule was maneuvering through the crowds. Mark had everything coordinated in advance, which maximized the quality of our time at each location. We were so impressed with Mark and China Highlights that we have already recommended them to everyone who has expressed interest in visiting China. Mark was a great guide! more
Feb 2024, Rem M
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Best Time to Visit China
For comfortable weather conditions, the best times to visit China are spring (April–May) and autumn (September–October).
For a quiet experience, avoid China's public holidays: National Day holiday (October 1–7) and Chinese New Year Holiday (15 days before and after February 10th in 2024), and school summer holidays in July and August.
For the best prices: visit in the low season from November to December.
How many days for a classic tour?
For a classic tour, we recommend you spend at least 8 days at the most classic destinations — Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi'an. Our 8-day Golden Triangle itinerary fits this recommendation perfectly.
Here are recommendations of what to see in the top five China destinations:
There are no fixed itineraries for our tours. Our travel advisors can change the itinerary according to your schedule, interests, and budget.
Which city to enter/leave China from?
The most popular China gateway cities are Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, with huge international airports and plentiful attractions.
Our tours can start from whichever gateway city you prefer.
How to get a China visa in 2024
Foreign citizens normally need a visa to visit China. We recommend you apply for your China visa one to two months before your travel date. Applying for a visa with the help of a visa company may save you a lot of hassle. See more on China Visa Requirements and China Travel Restrictions.