China, from the inside.

Small groups across all of China, put together by someone who lives here and run with local partners. No coach, no jade shop on the way back to the hotel.

20+provinces filmed across, not read about3years living in China, student visa in hand8travelers on the next departure, not forty

Most people see China through glass. We take you in — because we already live here.

The coach, the guide reciting dates, the group of forty, the jade shop on the way back to the hotel: that is the China most people get sold. China isn't difficult. It's different. What makes it difficult is having nobody on the inside.

01

The way in

Visa, paying without a foreign card, the two apps, the train. We're the access, not the brochure.

02

All of China

Thirty-four divisions, not three cities. The classic route is the floor, not the ceiling.

03

No surprises

A price with what it covers and what it doesn't. An itinerary with hours on it. No hidden commission.

04

Stay longer

For a lot of people the trip is the first question and living here is the second. Same road, longer.

The Jiaxiu pavilion on the Nanming river in Guiyang, with the towers behind at dusk
Trips

Open departures

Fixed dates, small groups, published price. Anything else we build private or to order.

OpenGuizhou — terraces, Dong village
Group trip · Guizhou 贵州

Guizhou — the roads locals use

April 12–22, 2027 · 10 days · 8 travelers max · Guiyang in, Guiyang out

From US$[PENDIENTE] per person Open · 5 spots left

Why this trip

Ten days, four prefectures, no highway hotels. We sleep in Miao and Dong villages and move by car, because the trains don't go where we're going. If what you want is the classic route, this isn't it — and we'll tell you which trip is.

Day by day

  1. 01Land in Guiyang. Night market, 酸汤鱼 (suāntāngyú) for dinner. Briefing and apps set up, 90 minutes.
  2. 02Drive to Zhaoxing, 4 hours. Dong drum towers in the afternoon, we sleep in the village.
  3. 03Terraces at sunrise, 6 a.m. start. Afternoon free. Indigo dyeing with a local family.
  4. 04–10[PENDIENTE: days 4 to 10 with real hours]

What's included

  • All ground transport with driver
  • Nine nights accommodation, three of them in villages
  • Breakfast every day and six dinners
  • Local guide and interpreter throughout
  • Every entrance listed in the itinerary
  • Anthony on the ground with the group

What's not included

  • International flights
  • Visa fee
  • Travel insurance — required, not optional
  • Lunches
  • Anything personal

Before you fly

  • Tell us your passport and we'll tell you which visa applies and what the consulate will ask for.
  • Your foreign card mostly won't work. We set up mobile payment with you before you land.
  • Two apps, half an hour on a call. After that you can move around on your own.
Ask about this departure

Operated with vetted local partners in Guizhou.

WaitlistYunnan — Dali, Cangshan, tea hills
Group trip · Yunnan 云南

Yunnan — down from the mountains

[PENDIENTE: dates] · 12 days · 10 travelers max · Kunming in, Xishuangbanna out

Price on request Waitlist

Why this trip

One province, four climates. We start at 2,400 m in Dali, under 苍山 (Cāngshān), and finish in the tea hills near the Laos border, 30 °C and a completely different dinner. Twelve days because ten means spending three of them on the road.

Day by day

[PENDIENTE: full itinerary with real hours]

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Operated with vetted local partners in Yunnan.

ClosedHainan — coast, Haikou market
Group trip · Hainan 海南

Hainan — the island Chinese people actually go to

[PENDIENTE: dates] · 7 days · Haikou in, Sanya out

Price on request Closed · next edition [PENDIENTE]

Private

Same design, your dates, your people.

Ask about a private trip

Business

Trade fairs, suppliers, delegations. Interpreter, agenda, logistics.

Ask about a business trip

Custom

Built to order when nothing above fits.

Tell us what you want
01 / 06All of China, not the postcard
贵州
Guizhou

Rice terraces cut into the hills and Dong villages still built around their drum tower. Four hours by car from anything with an airport.

Guiyang, capital of Guizhou, at dusk among the karst hills that run through the cityGuiyang at dusk, between the karst hills

Don't see the province you're after? Almost any of them can be arranged — tell us which.

Suggest a province
How it works

From your message to the airport

You write once, and from there you're always talking to the same person — the one who'll be on the trip.

  1. 01

    You fill in the form: which trip caught your eye and which passport you hold.

    Two lines are enough. We answer the same day, Shanghai time.

  2. 02

    We send the full itinerary, the price and what it doesn't cover.

    If the trip doesn't suit you, we say so and point you at the one that does.

  3. 03

    A deposit holds your seat.

    [PENDIENTE: amount, refund window and cancellation policy]

  4. 04

    Before you fly we set up apps, payments and paperwork with you.

    On the ground, Anthony travels with the group.

Photo 4:5 — Anthony in China
Who's behind it

Three years living in China. The trips go where I'd go back to.

I did my IMBA at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and I've filmed in more than twenty provinces — invited by tourism boards, and plenty of times on my own tab. What I know is which road is worth six hours and which one isn't.

  • Three years living in China on a student visa
  • IMBA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Antai College)
  • Filmed across 20+ provinces
  • Hainan International Tourism Promotion Ambassador, 2025
  • Invited by CTRIP, TripAdvisor and provincial tourism boards
  • Spanish, English, Mandarin (intermediate)

Day to day in China at @anthsk

Who backs it

A branch of Axira Logistics

This Way China is the travel branch of Axira Logistics, a Dominican company that connects its clients with manufacturers and representatives in China. That's where the contacts on the ground come from, and behind every booking there's a registered company that invoices and answers for it — not just an Instagram account.

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Guidance

Some people don't want a trip. They want to stay.

Study, visa, living. The same road, only longer.

Study

Universities, programs, scholarships, application timing. Which intake you're already too late for.

Visa

Tourist, student, transit. What applies to your passport and what changed this year.

Living

Landing: apartment, bank, phone, apps, and what a month actually costs.

Guidance is orientation from living here. It is not legal or immigration advice — rules change, and we'll tell you when to check with a consulate. [PENDIENTE: decide whether Guidance is charged]

Ask about staying
Questions

What people ask before they book

If yours isn't here, put it in the form and you'll get a straight answer.

Before you book

No. You need two apps and a payment method that works, and we set both up with you before you fly. Someone who speaks Chinese is with the group the whole time.

Depends on your passport and your route. Some nationalities get visa-free transit, most don't, and the rules move. Tell us your passport and we'll tell you what applies today — then confirm with the consulate before you buy flights.

Each departure has its own cap and it's on the card. Small enough to fit in one vehicle and change the plan the same morning.

No coach, no mandatory shops, no guide reciting dates. We go where we'd go back to, and we tell you what to skip.

Most people do. Rooms are twin share with someone of the same sex, or single with a supplement. Ages usually run from late twenties to sixties.

On the ground

You need to walk three or four hours on uneven ground and get up early a few days. No technical hiking. If a day is hard we say so in the itinerary, and there's always a way to sit it out.

Three- and four-star hotels in the cities and family guesthouses in the villages. The village nights are simpler: hot water, clean, thin walls. They're also the best part.

Tell us when you book — vegetarian, no pork, allergies, whatever it is. Outside the big cities the kitchen is the kitchen, so we plan around it in advance instead of improvising at the table.

Yes, with an eSIM or roaming that routes outside the mainland, or with a VPN installed before you arrive — not after. We walk you through it on the pre-trip call.

We tell you the same day, we move it, and we say what it costs — if it costs anything. If the replacement doesn't work for you, we look at options together.

Money and paperwork

Through PayPal, in US dollars. We send you a payment link in the name of Axira Logistics; we never ask for or store card details. The deposit holds your seat and the rest is paid before departure. [PENDIENTE: deposit amount and final payment date]

[PENDIENTE: amount, refund window and cancellation policy]

International flights are not. We tell you which airport to land in and on which day, and we check your booking before you pay for it — a flight landing at the wrong hour costs you a day of the trip.

Yes, it's required. Medical cover plus repatriation. We don't sell it and we don't take a commission on it; we just check you have it before you fly.

Lunches, personal spending and anything outside the itinerary. It's cheaper than most people expect, and almost everything is paid by phone — which is exactly why we set that up with you beforehand.

Write to us

Tell us where you want to go

The form is the way in. It reaches the person who runs the trips, and it comes back with an answer, not a brochure.

The country that issued your passport, not the number. That's what tells us which visa applies — we don't need the number and we never ask for it.

We answer within a day, Shanghai time. If it's urgent, say so in the message.

Tell us where you want to go. We'll tell you if it's the right season.

Write to usOne person reads every message. Usually answered within a day.
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