Routes
Free routes, day by day
Every route here is complete and free: where to go each day, how to get there, where to sleep and what to eat. Follow one on your own, or ask us to arrange it.
The famous places, done properly.
FreeOff the usual trailWhere people go after the classics: canyons, tea mountains, salt towns.
On requestArranged for youYour dates, your pace, with licensed drivers, guides and local experiences.
Classic routes
Classic · Free
8 days · Mar–May, Oct–Nov
Classic Yunnan in 8 days
The classic first-timer's route, climbing step by step from 1,900 m in Kunming to 3,200 m in Shangri-La.
Classic · Free
3 days · Year-round; Nov–Mar for gulls, Jun–Sep for mushrooms
Kunming like a local in 3 days
Most visitors treat Kunming as a place to change trains. Give it three days and live in it instead.
Classic · Free
6 days · Nov–Apr; best Jan–Mar
Southeast Yunnan: terraces and old towns in 6 days
A walled town where dinner is grilled tofu counted in corn kernels, then sunrise over the Hani terraces, far from the Dali–Lijiang crowds.
Off the usual trail
Routes to the places nobody writes about in English, in full: every day, every road leg and drive time, where to sleep, what to order, a plan B for weather, and cards to show drivers and waiters.
