Testimonial

Dear Karen, Our trip went fine and brought us the nice discovery feelings that we like. Tibet was most interesting and genuine; The train to Lhasa is very impressive, riding for a long time between 4500-4900 m elevation (bringing some headhache...). I regret we had to cut the silk road part for work/time reason, because we also liked very much the most western part of our trip, with the desert proximity. This feeling must be even stronger further west. Thank you for your kind support, Best regards, Yves

Candy, Overall, I think China Highlights did a great job pulling together our itinerary on such short notice. The flights allowed us to have four full days of touring. The hotel rooms were great, and the food was excellent. My favorite parts of the tour were the Li River cruise, the Reed Flute Cave, the Tai Chi training, and bike riding and hiking in the Yangshou countryside. It rained during our Moon Mountain hike, so I would like to return to Yangshou to try it again, as well as a bamboo raft ride (looked like more fun than the bouncy bike ride). All the other scheduled tour activities were fine for a first time visitor, but I would probably skip if I were to visit the area again. Vivian was a wonderful travel companion. She provided deep insight into the local culture, and she went out of her way to give us additional touring opportunities (Seven Star Park, Guilin Li River Theatre, lakes walk). Getting to know Vivian was probably the biggest highlight of the tour! I would strongly recommend China Highlights to any first-time visitor to Guilin. Please feel free to forward my name and e-mail address to any potential customers. Thanks again for all your help, Wayne

Dear Elaine: Thank you for your assistance during our visit to Guilin. We had a wonderful time and we will certainly recommend your services. The best thing about the trip was our visit to Guilin itself, in particular, the Li River cruise and the Yulong bamboo rafting trip. The city is remarkably beautiful and the sights are breathtaking. I think that Guilin is a place not to be missed when visiting China. I also enjoyed dealing with you Elaine. I appreciated your prompt and efficient replies and your willingness to accommodate our needs. Mark, our greeter in Guilin was also very professional and helpful. He provided the assurance of your presence and professionalism at all times throughout the visit. I will certainly recommend your services to my friends and family. Thank you, Ibis Lam

Dear Karen, We want to tell you again how much we enjoyed our trip and how much we appreciate the work you did to make it so fabulous. China is a fascinating country and we believe the tour you put together for us was exceptional in helping us understand the culture and people. Based on your questions, here is our feedback and recommendations. I think overall we liked not being in a large group. The guides and personalization of the tour were very important to us. We like to ask a lot of questions and learn a lot of detail about what we see and it is hard to receive this in groups. We also liked the flexibility of the guides who were very helpful in accommodating changes we wanted to the schedule. Again, a group tour would not be able to be as flexible. In other words, the personal attention was very nice. We really enjoyed the food in local restaurants that were not the typical tourist restaurants where we could have local specialties.

Sunny,
The trip was awesome. I already suggested few of my friends that if they are going to do a trip in china, they can contact you guys. if you would love to, I can send you some pictures later. Guilin and yangshuo has the best view, tibet has the best culture, xi'an has the best hotel, and beijing is good for shopping. Jay and I enjoyed a lot. He said if we both have time, we may travel to china again, but next time, we will visit difference places.

We like the mountain view, and we love the biking part as well. The weather in guilin is just perfect. warm but not hot. the best part of the trip for us would be in yangshuo. I felt like I was in the heaven. You can see the farm, mountains in the daytime, and you are back to the city at night since there are tens of club and pub waiting for you at western street. if you love shopping, you can also find lots of unique stuff. we really enjoy the bargarning. I almost forgot the show, the Yinxiang is really really good. We strongly suggest people to go and watch that show. There are not many chance in one's life to see a show like that. Doesn't matter if it is your first time to china, as long as you like the western chinese food back to your home, you will really enjoy the really chinese food in china. they ARE GOOD!!!! one last thing to remind people is if they are going on a trip as big as me, they have to bring a nice camera, not the one on the cellphone.

Dear Eva We wanted to thank you for arranging our trip. Everything worked out perfectly, there were no problems with any of the travel arrangements. The hotel accomodations were great and the guides were informative and very helpful. The guides' English was excellent in all cases, and their knowledge about local history and culture was very good to excellent. We especially liked the flexibility the private tour gave allowing the guide to change or make suggestions when we had extra time or elected to substitute a different activity in the itinerary. We would highly recommend the private tour as a means of seeing the most sites with the most flexibility-absolutely the best part of the tour. There were so many memorable sites-the Great wall-especially the more remote area we visited, the terracotta soldiers in Xi'an, the Leshan Buddha and Dazu were spectacular-not to be missed, the medicine market in Chengdu was fascinating, the acrobatic show in Shanghai was amazing. I don't think we would change a thing in the two weeks we were there. The four of us agreed that this trip was the among the very best we have taken. We can highly recommend your services without reservations. Sincerely; Mira and Kenneth McHenr

Eva: Once again thank you for all your help and our trip was truly fantasic. I will also send some pictures later of the trip that you might enjoy. Perhaps you could forward them to our guides later. Thank again for making our trip something to remember for a lifetime. The trip was done with a personal guide and driver. I was not sure what a personal tour meant when I booked the tour. I think you should make sure you tell the people booking tours that they will have a driver and a guide with no other people on the tour. This is very important because we were able to spend as much time as we wanted on every part of the tour. IT WAS FANTASTIC!. Having water along with the tours was very nice and a pleasure. We very much enjoyed both the Li River Cruise and the Great wall (which we went to by ourselves). These were the high points in our visit to China. The Dumpling dinner was also very good. Bernd Foerster

Hello Morgen, We are now at home in New Zealand & have recovered from our jetlag. Peter & I would like to say thankyou very much for making our trip to China even more memorable by China Highlights wonderful service. The guides were excellent & we felt very safe & cared for in their hands. Apart from the fantastic things we have seen & the food we have eaten, the best thing was knowing that everything was taken care of by China Highlights for us. We knew that if we wanted to change anything , we could if it was possible. I feel that the writeup in the information data E-mailed to us about the SHANGHAI URBAN PLANNING EXHIBITION HALL did not do the place justice. We did not want to go there originally but our guide Jeffray encouraged us & it was a wonderfully informative adventure to be there. We could have spent more time. I will be using your services again when we next decide to come to China. Thankyou again Morgen. Helen Anderson

Dear Morgen, My husband and I were very satisfied with the service afforded us during our vacation. The hotels were good quality and the trip down the Yantze was spectacular. The guides were knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. They were courteous and spoke English that we had no trouble in communicating. They were also flexible when we wanted a change of itinerary such as the changes we made in Shanghai. The guide in Xian was most helpful when my husband needed medical attention. I would recommend your travel service to anyone traveling to China. The meals were good in all locations and the cruise line was exceptional. We took the option of a more expensive cabin on the cruise and were glad that we did. The flights within China were all on time and comfortable. The Kungfu show in Beijing was spectacular and on the advice of the guide we also went to the acrobatic show in Beijing which was exciting and a highlight of the trip. I would suggest including the Devlopment Museum in Shanghai. It is located on the lower level of the TV tower and is a beautiful museum and I think a most on a trip to Shanghai. The trip to the Hutong in beijing was most interesting and the meal in a private home was very nice. It was enjoyable to meet a local family. The only disappointment in the entire trip was the weather. We did not see the sun for the entire trip, but this was something you had no control over. If I were to return to China in the future, I would book the arrangements through your company. Barbara and Peter Vaka

Dear Ryan, I would like to personally thank you for the organization of our trip to China. The trip was very well organized. I really appreciate your help and efficiency with all the adjustments you had to make during our travel. I was very impressed with China and loved the beauty of the country. I would love to come back to China with my friends and family. Krystyna, of course was a great asset to have, but your guides were extremely helpful.I have the great memories. Best regards Zofia Rek