Tea Journeys
Yunnan's tea mountains the way the tea families work them — Nannuo's 400-to-800-year-old ancient trees with Hani harvesters, the UNESCO-inscribed Bulang and Dai heritage landscape at Jingmai, hands-on Pu'er cake-making at a Relais & Châteaux tea manor, and the Bulang fire-pit roasted-tea ritual at a five-suite Mangjing retreat.
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Pu'er Tea Experience
Three to five days deep in Yunnan's tea mountains — Nannuo's ancient tea forests, Jingmai's UNESCO-inscribed Bulang and Dai heritage villages, hands-on Pu'er cake-making at the tea estate, and the Bulang fire-pit roasted-tea ritual in Mangjing village.
More tea journeys coming — a Kunming tea-merchant deep-dive and a Yunnan-tea-and-Tibet caravan retrace. Reach out if you'd like an early route.
Private trips built around the Pu’er tea mountains
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Jingmai Tea Tasting Tour
Five days deep in Yunnan's UNESCO tea mountains — Nannuo's ancient tea forests, hands-on Pu'er cake-making at the tea estate, and the Bulang fire-pit roasted-tea ritual in Mangjing village.
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Soulful Side of Yunnan
Dali, Tengchong, and Mangshi — three towns most Yunnan itineraries skip one of. Bai heritage courtyards, Tengchong's volcanic hot springs, and a Dai town near the Myanmar border that feels closer to Southeast Asia than to Han China.
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Guilin: Rivers, Peaks & Hidden Trails
Five days on the Li River and Longji terraces — bamboo rafting, karst ridge walks, and heritage lodges in Yangshuo and the Longsheng highlands.
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Gentle Summer in Yunnan
Wild elephants in Xishuangbanna, then three days on UNESCO-listed Jingmai Mountain among ancient tea trees and Blang villages. Eight to twelve days — built for families, works equally well without them.