Tag Archives: Yunnan


There are many things that make Yunnan – one of our favourite Asian destinations – unique. We take a look at eighteen of the oddest…

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There’s adventure to be found both on- and off-road across Asia – indeed, some would say that any drive in the region qualifies as an adventure…

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Running the gamut from the icy Himalayas to the tropical Golden Triangle, the scenery on our Asian journeys takes some beating. In this week’s story, we share a few wonderful scenic drives in Asia…

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Ordinarily, fields might not be the kind of subjects that have you reaching for your camera. But the fields of eastern Yunnan aren’t your ordinary meadows…

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There may be plenty to choose from, but we’ve managed to settle on a few spectacular favourites…

Winding roads through a wintry landscape...

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Buried beneath the leaf litter of Yunnan’s ancient forests lies hidden treasure prized by the world’s gourmands. Joanna James explores the region’s fabulous fungi…

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Our founder, Peter Schindler, remembers the twists and turns of an autumn journey in northwest Yunnan…
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Tibet is a richly rewarding place to travel. While there’s always more to discover, we have learned a lot in the last nine years of organising and leading journeys on the Tibetan Plateau.

Here is our guide for first-time visitors…

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In the second of our two photo essays on beautiful Yunnan,
we look to the province’s lush and exotic south, Xishuangbanna…

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China’s Yunnan province sits astride a crossroads.
Here, lowland China, Tibet, Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent meet, creating somewhere utterly special. In the first of two photo essays, we look to the province’s rugged northwest…

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