Silk Road Tours 2023/24; China & Central Asia Exploration
作为世界上最古老的贸易路线,丝绸之路erves not only as a conduit for commerce but also as a vibrant pathway for art and culture. Our carefully curatedprivate Silk Road toursoffer an accessible and flexible pace, enabling participants of all backgrounds to immerse themselves inthe rich history, cultural relics, ethnic minorities, stunning landscapes, and local interactionsfound along this legendary route.
Accompanied by our expert local tour guides and exclusively tailored arrangements, you'll follow in the footsteps of ancient caravans as you traverse the incredible countries and areas bordering the Silk Road such asChina, the five Stans and Caucasus, and delve deep into the very heartbeat of this historic and enthralling region.
Silk Road Tours in China and Staring from China
The following routes are examples to help you tailor your own Silk Road tour. Remember all these tour packages can be changed according to your needs.
- Best choice for a bucket list trip
- Panorama of the Silk Road
- Throughout the Silk Road
- History, culture and landscape
- Best for retired couples
- Main cities and core destinations of Silk Road
- Islamic and Buddhist culture interact
- Local interaction
- Uyghur culture
- Local interaction
- Rainbow mountains
- Flexible itinerary
- Special caves reservation opportunity
- Paint your exclusive mural
China Silk Road Tours with the Extensions
The following itinerary are recommended for those who wish to combine the China Silk Road tour with major cities or less-traveled neighboring areas.
- 1st time visit China
- Easy transportation
- Picturesque Wild Beauty
- Silk Road Culture
- Golden Poplar Forests
- 彩虹山
- Tibetan Culture Outside Tibet
- Stunning View of Plateau
Silk Road Tours in Central Asia and Caucasus
The following private tours of the Caucasus and Central Asia have been designed to cover landscapes of natural beauty and the unique mix of cultures and history along the Ancient Silk Road. All can be tailor-made for your own private travel schedule and interests in this region.
- Best choice for abucket list trip
- Exotic Islamic culture and unique lifestyle
- Atime-smartchoice
- Diverse traditions, cultures, and scenic beauty
- Best choice forfirst-timers
- Landscape and mix of cultures
- Best choice for ain-depth visit
- Heritage and Cuisine
China Highlights,Asia Highlights, andGlobal Highlightscollaborate to provide families and couples with personalized and stress-free experiences in diverse destinations.
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Great way to see the city
188金宝搏官方下载an super easy. We saved a lot of time with a private driver, and our guide Jenny took really good care of us, sending instructions for where to meet once getting off the train and made everything feel really safe and easy. She also accommodated a number of last minute changes to our itinerary without batting an eye. She was very patient, knowledgeable and friendly. It was great having a guide who grew up locally in the area to show us around (which is not always the case, from my previous experiences elsewhere). Would definitely recommend! more
Sep 2023, Stephanie N
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Mervyn is what we call a perfect tour guide!
Mervyn is what we call a perfect tour guide! She is extremely informative all the way through. She knows hers stuff and she is also enthusiastic, knowledgeable, personable and very willing to help. The whole day was perfect. A great amount of walking and a lots of physical activity ( hiking) and she was all smiling, accommodating and keeping us informative. She was absolutely the best tour guide we've ever encountered in China. Her English is perfect! Everything was so well organized. Her knowledge of the local culture and history is impressive. Fantastic more
Sep 2023, pdaroundthewrorld
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Wonderful experience!
Our tour guide was Mervyn, and she was amazing! She had great knowledge of Xi'an and the silk road, and we learned so many things we didn't know before. The Muslim quarter is a must-see, with so many streets of food. Terracotta warriors were breathtaking. We did a Hanfu experience and enjoyed walking the city at night in our tang Dynasty outfits. We wish we spent more than 2 days here as there's so much to do. Definitely recommend this tour and will be visiting again! more
Sep 2023, Laura A
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Two days in Xi’an
What an amazing few days in Xi’an! Our guide Jenny was first class - very knowledgeable and very helpful, she went out of her way to make sure we had the best experience like ordering us coffees & food and booking dinners for us. The highlight was of course visiting the Terracotta Warriors, but we also really enjoyed visiting a local family to make dumplings. Can’t recommend this trip and Jenny enough! more
Sep 2023, Marvin K
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Terracotta Warriois and Xi'an City Wall by bike: highly recomended!
We had an amazing experience in Xi'an thanks to China Highlights private day-tour. Our guide, Rocky, organized the day schedule perfectly to make sure we enjoyed in the morning a cool ride on Xi'an City Walls, and then to head to Terracotta Warriors in the afternoon to avoid much crowd. We also enjoyed a delicious lunch at local restaurant, where Rocky helped us to order typical dishes. We would highly recommend it as everything was great: Rocky was very fluent in English and so knowledgeable, car was comfortable and we felt very safe with the driver. more
Sep 2023, Caterina
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Viaje a Xian y Josefina como guía
Hicimos联合国viaje为什么瓦利亚斯之中国,之间ellas Xian. Cuando llegamos a la estación de tren nos estaba esperando Josefina, una guía excepcional, hablando un perfecto espa?ol y con una eficiencia y simpatía que nos encantó. Nos llevó al hotel y nos instaló y sus explicaciones fueron abundantes durante las visitas a los guerreros de Terracota, el barrio musulmán, la Gran Mezquita, las murallas y las Torres del Tambor y la Campana así como la Gran Pagoda del Ganso Salvaje y en fin cualquier rincón o lugar al que nos llevó fue una maravillosa experiencia, incluida una impagable clase de como hacer figuras de Terracota que Josefina estuvo filmando pacientemente. Además de todo eso, su cercanía como persona nos hizo sentirnos muy a gusto con ella. Le agradecemos desde aquí todo su trabajo y, especialmente, su detalle personal final. Gracias por todo Josefina. more
Aug 2023, Eco C
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Great day tour!
We had a great day with our China Highlights tour guide, Jenny, who was so knowledgeable about Xi’An and the Terracotta Warriors. We really enjoyed learning from Jenny and hearing all about life in China! more
Aug 2023, Great day tour!
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A great guide in Xian
We (a family of 4 ) visited Xian. It was such a different world for us. Fortunately our guide Susan was great. She would answer all our questions and also taught us about history in such a way that we never got bored. She even give us fans with the chinese emperors written on them so we would catch up with history all the time. I totally recommend the Xian experience with Susan more
Aug 2023, A great guide in Xian
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Amazing time in Xian
I had an amazing time visiting Xian for two days. Rocky from China Highlights was a wonderful tour guide. He was very knowledgeable about all the historical facts of the Terracota Warriors, The Great Mosque, The Big Goose Pagoda and the Guangren Temple. Even though the places were extremely crowded due to the summer holidays, everything went smoothly as Rocky was well-prepared and organized. He made sure to find a Restaurant that offered vegetarian options and even got me delicious peaches to try. Thanks, Rocky for making my trip to Xian memorable and fun. more
Aug 2023, appachu k
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Xi’an Tour China Highlights
Carol Wang put me in touch with Jenny. An amazing a very knowledgable guide. She gave great insight into the history and culture of Xi’an. She also knew the neighborhoods and all the shortcuts to use. A great to experience I won’t forget. If you’re with Jenny you’re in good hands! more
Aug 2023, Anthony L
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Jasmine B
Quelle expérience inoubliable avons-nous vécue à Xian accompagné admirablement par Fanny ! Par la visite du quartier musulman, armée des soldats en terre cuite, la ville et ses remparts, un spectacle grandiose, etc., Fanny à toujours su nous emmener aux endroits parfaits pour notre famille. Avant d’arriver, j’avais peur que cette ville soit sans intérêt pour mon plus jeune enfant, mais Fanny et China Highlights ont proposé des activités variées pour toute la famille et Fanny savait comment naviguer dans les foules avec notre poussette et fut d’une aide précieuse avec les enfants ! Elle nous a aussi beaucoup aidé à mieux comprendre la ville et son histoire. C'était toujours intéressant de l'écouter. Le logement à Somerset Xindicheng était parfait aussi ! Merci pour tout ! Nous en garderons un mémorable souvenir. more
Aug 2023, Jasmine B
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We worked with Kimmi Huang at China…
All the drivers and guides in each city were excellent and really enhanced our experience.we had Jennifer in .Beijing, Mervyn in Xi’an, Chase in Guilin and Kris in Shanghai. If we travel in this region again, will definitely use China Highlights, thanks for an unforgettable trip! more
Aug 2023, Rita Arment
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Wonderful two weeks in China
My mom and I visited China for two weeks using China Highlights and had Jennifer (Beijing), Mervyn (Xi'an), Chase (Guilin / Yangshou County), and Kris (Shanghai) as our guides. Our guides were knowledgeable about their local regions and very friendly. Each guide went above and beyond to make our experience memorable and special! Thank you, China Highlights! more
Aug 2023, Annie
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Great historical and cultural experience!
Mervyn from China Highlights was very adaptable and friendly during our travels to Xi’an. She was knowledgeable about the Terracotta warriors and told the history in a captivating way. An overwhelming amount of people at the warriors when we visited, but Mervyn directed us expertly. She also gave us great recommendations of places to see and try around our hotel. more
Aug 2023, Annie A
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Amazing 2 days in Xian with Jenny
We spent 2 days of our 2 week tour of China in Xian. Jenny was our tour guide and she did an amazing job at making the 2 days very special. In the two days we visited the Terracotta warriors, visited the muslim quarter, Xians old city walls, Tried our hands at both making our own terracotta soldiers and had fun trying to made dumplings. Jenny was incredibly good at her job, knew so much about the history of China/Xian, the terracotta worriers, the muslim quarter and was very happy to share all her knowledge with us. She was also very aware of our needs, ensured we hit the various stops at the right time of day to try and manage the heat. Jenny also found some amazing lunch spots for us and ensured we ate the local delicacies. Super memorable few days in Xian and we will for sure be back. Thank you Jenny for making our time with you so special and memorable!! more
Aug 2023, Sandra
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Due ottimi giorni a Xi’An
由于giorni交易le strade di西安,ai guerrieri diterracotta, alla Pagoda dell’oca selvatica e al quartiere musulmano. Jenny, la nostra guida, è stata amichevole, flessibile, ci ha dato tutte le informazioni per capire la storia della zona, ci ha dato molte dritte anche per muoverci in autonomia e ci ha anche guidato tra le specialità culinarie della zona (consigliato il “banchetto di dumpling” e lo street food nel quartiere musulmano). Fantastico! Vale senza dubbio la pena muoversi con un esperto della zona, per apprezzare appieno il tempo nella regione. more
Aug 2023, Maverick G
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Another great trip with China Highlights (and Jacob)!
This, our second leg of our three week China Highlights tour, occurred in Xi’An and surrounding area (Muslim quarter and mosque, 14 km bicycle ride on top of the city wall, Terracotta army (got there before the open and had first row views!), Big and Small Wild Goose pagodas and Hangyangling Tomb) with Jiang Jiang (Jacob). He is an excellent, friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and attentive guide who had lots of excellent restaurant, local shadow puppet theatre and song recommendations. It was fun to be with joyful and enthusiastic Jacob and his use of a tablet to show us exactly where we were, were going and to illustrate his explanations was also greatly appreciated. Thank you Jason! more
Aug 2023, Axel Rudolph
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Xi'an Terracotta Army and Muslim Quarter
I visited Xi'an with China Highlights. Jenny was an amazing tour guide! We visited the Terracotta Soldiers and she knew everything there was to know about them. She also knew the best times and places to get a good view at them in the busy museum. We also took a scenic tour of the Muslim Quarter. Jenny was incredibly welcoming, helpful and funny. I am vegetarian, and so the lunch spot was a brilliant choice- not far from the museum- I had delicious biang biang noodles and also lychee black tea. more
Aug 2023, Stuart
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My favorite stop in China
We traveled three weeks throughout China and Xi'an was my favorite place--the history, the noodles, and mostly the people! Our tour guide, Mervin, was a master of navigating the busy tour crowds and ensuring that we got to fully enjoy and appreciate the richness and uniqueness of the area. Our first stop was the Terra Cotta Soldiers and was simply a wonder! Mervin was patient with us and explained the context, construction, and preservation of the soldiers and answered our questions. She is deeply connected to the area and it was incredible to hear her perspectives and family stories. It made for such a special and memorable visit. After the soldiers, we biked the city walls, ate snacks in the Muslim quarter, and feasted at delicious local restaurants that Mervin reserved. more
Jul 2023, Kaila W
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Fantastic City, Fantastic Guide!
We had a fantastic time in Xi’An and this was all down to our fantastic guide, Mervvyn. She was very caring, understanding and flexible. Not only that, but she had a vast knowledge of the rich history in Xi’An and shared the information in a brilliant way. We were so lucky to have such a great guide! The hotel that was organised by Maggie was excellent and we really enjoyed our stay there. Thanks so much again to you both, Maggie and Mervvyn! more
Jul 2023, Máirtín P
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