https://www.explorechinaholidays.com.au/tours/xinjiang-grand-journey/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5K1wFOTnA0o/hqdefault.jpg I went to the Xinjiang you won't see in western media (China Travel Vlog) Start here — one traveller's own film of Xinjiang, the region your next 17 days cross. See it through a visitor's eyes before the itinerary begins. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5K1wFOTnA0o 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wea0KtdAO-E/hqdefault.jpg Winding Through Canyons and Forests — Driving in Xinjiang's Keketohai Scenic Area — 4K Day 3 is the long drive north, ending in Koktokay's canyon-and-forest scenic area. This drives that landscape in real time — no narration, just the road and the Irtysh canyon. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wea0KtdAO-E 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yJF1N1R1Wzc/hqdefault.jpg Xinjiang Kanas Scenery Spot Walking Tour — 4K HDR Day 5 is your full day around the Kanas lake area. This 4K walk was filmed in Kanas itself — the pier, the water and the Altay peaks at a visitor's pace — the feel of the place before you stand on it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yJF1N1R1Wzc 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rPvi1qPYpas/hqdefault.jpg Kanas Lake or Kanas River — Which Xinjiang Gem Should You Choose? Day 5 is also when you choose how to see Kanas — lake or river bays. A traveller compares both, the practical kind of detail that helps you picture your own day there. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rPvi1qPYpas 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3QOXfNwZAXA/hqdefault.jpg A week in China's most beautiful region with people I love Day 6 walks you into Hemu, the Tuva mountain village. Adrian's journey continues from Kanas Lake to Hemu's wooden cabins — the same arc your days 5 and 6 make. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3QOXfNwZAXA 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fOs88jb-WZ8/hqdefault.jpg Travel to Kashgar! Josh's Top Recommendations in Xinjiang's Best Silk Road Oasis Day 12 is Kashgar's old city and Id Kah Mosque — the Silk Road's greatest living oasis town. Josh walks you through what's actually worth seeing, from the livestock market to the craft lanes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fOs88jb-WZ8 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://www.explorechinaholidays.com.au/tours/mystical-hubei-yangtze/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eSqscdsPYRM/hqdefault.jpg My 1st Impressions Of Wuhan, China 🇨🇳 (What's It Like Today?) Day 2 starts in Wuhan — the Yellow Crane Tower above the Yangtze, then the afternoon high-speed train into the Wudang Mountains. Ken walks the same river city for the first time, Yellow Crane Tower included, so you get the feel of the place before you land. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eSqscdsPYRM 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lOXytKOJTqE/hqdefault.jpg STUCK AT NIGHT ON WUDANG MOUNTAIN ⛰️🇨🇳 CHINA VLOG Day 4 heads for Wudang's heights — shuttle and cable car toward the Golden Summit, ridgelines and seas of cloud. Gabi's unplanned night high on the mountain (she ends up stuck near the top at 1,600m among the temple paths) shows the feel of the place better than any brochure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lOXytKOJTqE 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bYgsyNDUjJI/hqdefault.jpg China Travel 2025 | Shennongjia's Hidden World: Forest Legends & Natural Wonders, Hubei Ep2 Day 5 crosses into Shennongjia's forest country, ending at the Shennong Altar ceremony grounds in the Muyu area. Clare's first two days there open at that same altar and wander misty old-growth valleys and the Tiansheng Bridge — the feel of the place, first hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bYgsyNDUjJI 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PSYbgy3-YD8/hqdefault.jpg hiking for 4 days straight in enshi | china travel diaries Day 9 is the signature hike — Enshi Grand Canyon's karst towers, cliffside walkways and the "Stick of Incense" pillar. Sophia's travel diary spends days hiking this canyon country — tired legs, big views, and the feel of the place at walking pace. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PSYbgy3-YD8 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iQJNBnBrtU0/hqdefault.jpg YANGTZE RIVER CRUISE🚢 Chongqing to the Three Gorges w/ Victoria Cruises - China vlog | Lesley Adina Day 12 is the cruise's scenic heart — a smaller-boat stream excursion, then sailing Wu Gorge and the towering walls of Qutang. Lesley sails the same gorges aboard a Victoria Cruises ship (downstream, the reverse of our upstream run) — same river, same cliffs, the feel of days on the water. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iQJNBnBrtU0 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://www.explorechinaholidays.com.au/tours/vietnam-to-guilin/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SM6xlDu51dA/hqdefault.jpg Exploring the MEKONG DELTA | Best Tour From HO CHI MINH! Ep.2: Vietnam Tour Day 2 is a day trip out of Ho Chi Minh City into the Mekong Delta — river boats, a sampan through water-coconut canals and a fruit-garden lunch. Kyle and Jess filmed their own guided day trip from the city, so this is close to the feel of your day on the delta waterways. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SM6xlDu51dA 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XRUw6-GoS24/hqdefault.jpg HA LONG BAY, VIETNAM | 2-Day Ha Long Bay Cruise (Full Guide with Honest Review) Day 9 takes you to Ha Long Bay, where you board your overnight cruise among the karsts. This couple joined a 2-day cruise from Hanoi and reviewed it honestly — cabins, the cave visit and kayaking — the same rhythm as your own two days on the bay. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XRUw6-GoS24 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uJ0jrQxmI2Q/hqdefault.jpg Fairyland on CHINA 🇨🇳 - VIETNAM 🇻🇳 Border I S2, EP62 Day 12 crosses into Guangxi for Detian, Asia's largest transnational waterfall on the China–Vietnam border. Yan drives the border country and films the falls from the China side you visit — the border-river boats and the full width of the cascade, the feel of the place. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uJ0jrQxmI2Q 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Flj2OO1ejQk/hqdefault.jpg The INCREDIBLE Longsheng (Longji) Rice Terraces | A Day Trip From Guilin, China Day 14 is your full-day excursion from Guilin to the Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Rice Terraces, with a minority-village visit. James and Keli did exactly that trip from Guilin — guesthouse stay and terrace hikes — the feel of the place at a traveller's pace. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Flj2OO1ejQk 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LJQrnVByCmg/hqdefault.jpg CHINA'S BEST RIVER CRUISE: Li River Cruise From Guilin To Yangshuo (China Vlog 2019 桂林) Day 15 is the Li River cruise from Guilin down to Yangshuo, past the karst peaks around Xingping on the 20-yuan note. Naick and Kim filmed their own cruise down that same river — the scenery your morning on the water is all about. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJQrnVByCmg 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://www.explorechinaholidays.com.au/tours/silk-road-beyond/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bJBvRn2Sytg/hqdefault.jpg Our First Time in URUMQI, CHINA 🇨🇳 Exploring Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Day 3 pairs the Tianshan's Heavenly Lake with Urumqi's International Grand Bazaar. A travel couple's own visit covers both stops on the ground — the bazaar's food lanes and the alpine lake — the feel of the place at a visitor's pace. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bJBvRn2Sytg 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eQj-Jb4FqDk/hqdefault.jpg You Won't Believe This is CHINA! 🇨🇳 (Exploring Eastern Xinjiang Where Most Tourists Don't Go) Day 5 is Turpan's oasis civilisation — ancient ruins, the minaret and the karez-watered vineyards. This film roams the same desert-oasis country east of town (Tuyuk village, Bezeklik caves, the Flaming Mountains) — the feel of the place around the sites you'll walk. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eQj-Jb4FqDk 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BsdSyHz2WZA/hqdefault.jpg 3 Days Dunhuang Travel: Mogao Caves, Great Wall and Desert | China Travel ep.3 Day 7 is the Mogao Caves in the morning and a camel ride across the Mingsha dunes to Crescent Moon Spring in the afternoon. KT's Dunhuang episode follows exactly that arc — caves, dunes and the Shazhou night market after dark. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BsdSyHz2WZA 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1bft6NWuVbk/hqdefault.jpg RAINBOW MOUNTAINS of CHINA: Why You Need To Visit Zhangye Day 10 walks the Zhangye Danxia Geopark's rainbow sandstone hills before the afternoon high-speed train to Xining. A filmmaker's day trip by rail into the same geopark — colours, crowds and sunset — the feel of the place before you go. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1bft6NWuVbk 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AaaD8lNkRdw/hqdefault.jpg Walking in the Incredible Chaka Salt Lake, China's Mirror Of The Sky | 4K HDR Day 12 is Chaka Salt Lake, the 'Mirror of the Sky' — the scenic train across the lake and the salt paths on foot. This no-narration 4K walk is filmed on those same paths and boardwalks — the feel of the place at walking pace. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AaaD8lNkRdw 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://www.explorechinaholidays.com.au/tours/ancient-china-yellow-river/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LRWDeai_olI/hqdefault.jpg China's Most Beautiful City: Pingyao Is INCREDIBLE! (China Vlog 2019 In 平遥古城) Day 6 brings you into Pingyao, China's best-preserved walled city — Ming-Qing streets, China's first draft bank and the old city walls. A Belgian couple's 2019 vlog wanders those same lanes and runs into the famously warm local welcome — the feel of the place before you arrive. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LRWDeai_olI 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ACLIWT-LRkg/hqdefault.jpg 24 Hours on China's Holiest Mountain (Mount Wutai) Day 9 is your full day on Mount Wutai, one of China's four sacred Buddhist mountains — Xiantong and Tayuan temples, Pusa Ding and the pilgrim paths. One traveller's 24 hours on the mountain shows the temples, the altitude and the rhythm of a stay there — the feel of the place at walking pace. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACLIWT-LRkg 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uwZUOEYO6zo/hqdefault.jpg I Visited a UNESCO Site I'd Never Heard Of | Yungang Grottoes, China Day 11 is the Yungang Grottoes outside Datong — over 50,000 Buddhist statues carved into sandstone cliffs, with the Hanging Temple if time allows. A Norwegian filmmaker's first visit shows the caves at a visitor's pace, queues and all — the honest feel of the place. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uwZUOEYO6zo 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sfWdmXMCM1Y/hqdefault.jpg The Most Incredible Day Trip in Henan: Shaolin Temple, Shaolin Kungfu and Songyang Academy; Day 14 drives from Zhengzhou to the Shaolin Temple at Mount Song — birthplace of Zen Buddhism and Chinese martial arts — with a kung fu performance by the resident monks. Gilbert and Lilian make the same Zhengzhou–Shaolin run independently: temple halls, the Pagoda Forest and the martial arts show, with ticket and transport tips along the way. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sfWdmXMCM1Y 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oTUQmc48GDI/hqdefault.jpg Unmissable Things to Do in Luoyang 洛阳; Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 Guanlin 关林, White Horse Temple 白马寺 Day 15 takes you from Shaolin to the Longmen Grottoes — over 100,000 Buddhist statues along the Yi River — then on into Luoyang. This film covers both the grottoes and the White Horse Temple you visit on day 16, plus the old town at night — two of your days in one warm, practical video. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oTUQmc48GDI 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://www.explorechinaholidays.com.au/tours/amazing-china/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zmhCK3w5aQA/hqdefault.jpg Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City Walking Tour (Nov 2025) Day 2 is Beijing's imperial centrepiece — Tiananmen Square, then the Forbidden City's gates, courtyards and palace halls, with the Temple of Heaven as the backup when palace tickets are gone. This November 2025 walk covers the exact route, queues and all. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zmhCK3w5aQA 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aJuQX1c65Oo/hqdefault.jpg The Great Wall - Juyongguan Pass Beijing Day 3 climbs the Great Wall at Juyong Pass — the same fortifications you will — after a Peking Duck lunch and before the Hutong pedicab lanes. This walk is filmed on our exact section, so the ridge-line views are the real ones. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aJuQX1c65Oo 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6pkEmwG0uOU/hqdefault.jpg Exploring 'Old Shanghai' through FOOD! Day 5 is the Old City precinct — Yu Garden's rock-and-water world beside lanes that still smell of breakfast. Amy eats her way through the same streets, from soup dumplings to shikumen alleys: what old Shanghai tastes like before you walk it yourself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6pkEmwG0uOU 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qx1sRryJ7JY/hqdefault.jpg SHANGHAI VLOG: first time in china, the best food and drinks, suzhou day trip Days 4-6 are the Shanghai-then-Suzhou heart of the journey. Anna's first-time-in-China vlog runs the same arc — the arrival buzz of Shanghai, then the day trip out to Suzhou's canals and gardens — through newcomer's eyes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qx1sRryJ7JY 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CI_Y9DkXqJ8/hqdefault.jpg Hangzhou — China's Heaven on Earth | West Lake & Longjing Tea Day 8 arrives in Hangzhou for West Lake — the boat ride, the causeways, the pagodas at the water's edge. This walk follows the same shoreline and explains why generations called this place heaven on earth. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CI_Y9DkXqJ8 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2mRu5REmtto/hqdefault.jpg Things to do in Hangzhou: West Lake, Xixi Park, Lingyin Temple, Longjing tea Day 9 climbs into the Longjing tea hills near West Lake — the villages, the terraces and the cup that started it all. This guide covers the same day-trip circle, from Lingyin's temple lanes to a proper Longjing tasting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2mRu5REmtto 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://www.explorechinaholidays.com.au/tours/china-heartland-tibet/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z6O2AhNhPSE/hqdefault.jpg I'm On The Roof Of The World: Exploring Lhasa, Tibet Start here: first steps in Lhasa — the Barkhor's prayer-wheel circuit, the Potala appearing between lanes, old-town alleys at 3,650 metres. This is the overview our Days 7-10 unfold in full, filmed in English by a road-trip creator. https://www.youtube.com/embed/z6O2AhNhPSE 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OI-n8jZUFQc/hqdefault.jpg 4,500 Meter VILLAGE FOOD - Heavenly Yamdrok Lake, Tibet! Day 5 steps into a Tibetan family's home in the Shannan countryside — butter tea, tsampa and unhurried hospitality. Mark Wiens eats his way through a village beside Yamdrok Lake at 4,500 metres: the same slow village life our family-visit day is built around. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OI-n8jZUFQc 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u2AgrR7BYYk/hqdefault.jpg Yamdrok lake and Karola glacier In Tibet China Day 6 is the big driving day — Yamdrok Lake's turquoise water from the pass, then the Karola Glacier beside the highway before Shigatse. This vlog drives the same two stops in sequence: see both before your own window seat. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u2AgrR7BYYk 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ztim4ULWNu8/hqdefault.jpg Tashilhunpo: The Panchen Lama's Monastery In Shigatse, Tibet Day 7 opens in Shigatse at Tashilhunpo — seat of the Panchen Lama, home to the giant future-Buddha statue and the rooftops the old town curls beneath. This explainer walks the monastery on site before the afternoon road to Lhasa. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ztim4ULWNu8 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KL5xT0tP2Ac/hqdefault.jpg Tour of Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet (June 2025) Day 8 is Lhasa's centrepiece — the Potala's 1,000 rooms rising above the city, then Jokhang and the Barkhor kora. Filmed in June 2025, this walkthrough climbs the same palace stairs and walks the same circuit you will. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KL5xT0tP2Ac 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://www.explorechinaholidays.com.au/tours/inner-mongolia-ningxia/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N7vzCFj4UWc/hqdefault.jpg INNER MONGOLIA CHINA...4 Days of Deserts and Grasslands. Start here: deserts, steppe and the cities between them, walked end to end. The World Hiker compresses the same arc our 18-day journey follows into four days on foot — a map of what is coming, from Hohhot out to the dunes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N7vzCFj4UWc 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FKh5KL2BFFA/hqdefault.jpg My parents fell in love with Malatang…. in Inner Mongolia?? Day 3 is our first full day in Hohhot — the Inner Mongolia Museum, Dazhao Temple and the old street, ending with Hohhot-style shaomai. Amy starts her own Inner Mongolia trip in the same city, taking her parents straight into Hohhot's food and streets — the feel of arriving in the 'Blue City'. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FKh5KL2BFFA 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kcUujC8kC_o/hqdefault.jpg Volcanoes and Horse Riding in Inner Mongolia, China Day 4 stands among the Ulan Hada volcano cones — the Mars-like craters where the astronaut-photo experience happens — before the road runs on to the Huitengxile grassland for sunset. This vlog walks the same volcanic field and finishes in the saddle: the landscape in full, before you stand on it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kcUujC8kC_o 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hB3c9oktswY/hqdefault.jpg A Theme Park in the Ordos Desert - Inner Mongolia, China Day 6 enters the Kubuqi Desert at Resonant Sand Bay — the cableway up, camel trains, dune slides and the desert train across Yuesha Island. Eric G walks the same resort and shows the true scale of the dunes against the rides, before you take the cableway yourself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hB3c9oktswY 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gQOujNHRSXo/hqdefault.jpg Exploring the Lost Civilization of Western Xia | Yinchuan, Ningxia, China Day 12 is the Western Xia Imperial Tombs — weathered earthen mausoleums of a lost kingdom, with the museum that brings it back to life. This creator visits the Xixia mausoleums and museum, plus the Helan Mountain rock carvings from our Day 11 — the lost-kingdom story, told on site in English. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gQOujNHRSXo 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zVlwKFKflWs/hqdefault.jpg Travelling to Shapotou, China (A Desert on the Edge of the Yellow River) 🇨🇳 Day 14 wakes in the desert at Shapotou, where the Tengger dunes run down to the curving Yellow River. Jack visits the Shapotou tourist area in the quiet off-season and is honest about it — 'it didn't stop it from being an epic experience' — the feel of the dunes and the river bend before you stand on them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zVlwKFKflWs 2026-10-01T00:00:00+10:00 no