The Forbidden City after overnight snow — one couple walking the empty courtyard

Private, tailor-made journeys across China

Private China, made around you.

One journey at a time — designed around your people, your pace and the moment you’re travelling for. No groups, no set departures.

Start planning on WhatsApp Design your journey ↓

Visa-free entry guide →

Operating since 1987Licensed Chinese operatorOne local team, door to doorVisa-free for 50 countries

What we actually do

Built around you, down to the details.

Sunrise above a sea of clouds at Huangshan, a couple with tea small on a stone terrace

01 — Route freedom

Your route, not a route.

Every itinerary starts from a blank page — the cities you actually want, at the pace you actually keep. Skip the famous checklist for three slow days on the water, or do both. Nothing is fixed until you say so.

Fully bespoke · rewrite it as often as you like

Explore the directions →

A local guide gently helping an elderly traveller down garden steps

02 — Care & detail

Every generation, thought through.

Grandparents and small children change how a day should run. We check the steps, the walking distances, the menus and the rooms before you ever get there — quietly, in advance.

Access checks · dietary notes · gentle pacing

Family & parents journeys →

A chauffeur opening the car door outside a heritage stone building

03 — One local team

Driver, guide, translator — one thread.

Private car and driver, licensed guides, translation, extra hands for the little ones, tables booked and doors opened. The whole ground game runs through one WhatsApp thread.

Private car · guides · translation · full ground handling

How the service works →

A private long-table dinner for a company group on a terrace at dusk

04 — Groups & business

Retreats, meetings, study visits.

Company retreats, incentive trips, conference logistics and factory or market study tours — planned with the same precision as our private journeys, at group scale.

Team retreats · MICE · business study tours

Business & group travel →

A photographer quietly filming a couple in a misty stone lane

05 — Signature moments

The parts they’ll retell.

A follow-shoot you forget is there, a proposal timed to the minute, a birthday table waiting on a rooftop. The moment is the point; we build the journey around it.

Photo & vlog · proposals · celebrations

Honeymoons & celebrations →

How it works

From first message to touchdown — six clear steps.

You will always know what happens next, what is included, what it costs and when payment is due. No surprises is part of the product.

Concept visual

Talk
Sit down with your planner
One conversation — WhatsApp, email or a call — to pin down the people, the dates, the budget and what this trip is really for.
Needs · dates · budget
Draft
A first route to react to
Within days you receive an initial route plan — cities, rhythm, highlights. The first draft is free and yours to keep either way. We trade notes until the shape feels right.
Free first draft · your notes · fast revisions
Confirm
The plan, made concrete
Dates, day-by-day itinerary, hotels, services and the exact price — everything written into one plan, nothing left vague.
Itinerary · hotels · services · full price
Secure
Contract and deposit
We sign a formal contract, and a 50% deposit locks every booking — rooms, cars, guides, tables — at the agreed price.
Contract signed · 50% deposit · bookings locked
Settle
Balance, one month out
The remaining balance is due one month before departure. After that, everything is simply waiting for you.
Final payment · 30 days before travel
Travel
One thread, door to door
From landing to send-off, one named local contact holds the details and answers in minutes — so the trip feels effortless from inside.
On-trip care · named contact

Begin with step one →

Real trips · real footage

Not stock photos. Our actual journeys.

Filmed on journeys operated by our licensed Chengdu agency — plus one case note on how a brief becomes a route.

Filmed by our team

Jiuzhaigou, from aboveWater this blue is real — we filmed it

**The yes, at the Great Wall**Three weeks of quiet planning for one question

**9:00 PM — Hongyadong**Our guest from Dubai, Chongqing night

**Spring on the Wall**A stretch with no one else on it

Filmed by our team

Chongqing after darkShot by our team, by drone

**The Bund, first evening**Five friends, one skyline

**Jing’an Temple, Shanghai**Gold roofs in a glass city

**Kuanzhai Alley, Chengdu**The living statues always win

**Old-town market morning**Paper fans, nowhere to be

Filmed by our team

Mt. Gongga under the starsWest Sichuan route, night camp

**Zhangjiajie, the viewing deck**Six of them, three thousand pillars

**Yu Garden encounters**The characters in costume always win

**Hongen Temple, lit up**Evenings here don’t feel real

**Autumn on the Great Wall**The walk back to the car, happily delayed

**River-town evening**The stop that wasn’t on the plan

**One of our groups · Daci Temple**Your trip could be the next photo here

A couple overlooking a quiet lake from a stone terrace — illustrative route image

A recent journey · Australia · couple

One couple. A trip with room to breathe.

An Australian couple came to us for a private China journey rather than a fixed tour. The work was not choosing the cheapest route; it was turning a feeling into a sequence they could actually enjoy.

Brief translated into a route, pace and stay shortlist.
Private transfers, dining and optional photo or celebration details kept in one plan.
Clear next steps before any deposit, with a named local contact throughout.

Shape a journey like this →

Notes from the road

What travellers remember.

Selected guest feedback from journeys operated by our licensed Chengdu agency.

★★★★★
Our guide knew exactly when to hit each lake to dodge the crowds. Jiuzhaigou felt like it was ours alone. Every hotel, every transfer — flawless.
Emma & JamesUnited Kingdom · Oct 2025Jiuzhaigou · 6 days

★★★★★
Traveling as a family of five in China felt daunting until we found Panda Journeys. The kids still talk about feeding-time at the Panda Base. Zero stress.
The Nguyen FamilyAustralia · Apr 2025Chengdu & Chongqing · 5 days

★★★★★
The West Sichuan road trip was the trip of a lifetime — 4,000m passes, Tibetan monasteries, a driver who handled everything. Felt completely safe.
Lukas M.Germany · Sep 2025Western Odyssey · 7 days

★★★★★
They built the whole itinerary around our dates and revised it three times — never pushed us. Final quote matched exactly. Honest and warm people.
Rachel T.United States · May 2025South & Yunnan · 8 days

★★★★★
Chongqing at night from Hongyadong is unreal, and our guide took us to spots no blog mentions. WhatsApp replies came within minutes, even mid-trip.
Omar A.United Arab Emirates · Nov 2025Chengdu & Chongqing · 5 days

★★★★★
As a solo traveler I wanted local insight without a fixed group. They nailed the balance. The visa-free entry made the whole thing effortless.
Yuki S.Japan · Mar 2025Custom Sichuan · 9 days

Selected guest feedback from journeys operated by our licensed Chengdu agency. Happy to connect you with a past guest on request.

Your brief

Tell us the feeling.
We’ll draft the journey.

A few quick choices — or skip them all and just say hello. A real person replies within 24 hours, usually much sooner.

What’s the occasion?

Who’s travelling?

Anywhere already calling? (pick any)

How long, roughly?

When, roughly?

Hi Panda Journeys — I’m thinking about a private China journey. Could you share a first direction?

Continue on WhatsApp

No payment, no obligation at this stage. Your details stay between us — see our privacy note.

Who is behind this

An operator in its fourth decade. A brand-new promise.

Panda Journeys is the international studio of Chengdu Everbright International Travel Service — licensed and operating in China since 1987. The paperwork is real, and you can see it before you commit.

1987: Operating since
39: Years on the ground
1: Local team, door to door
24h: First reply, or sooner

Clear inclusions before any deposit
A named contact, not a call centre
Your details are never sold or shared

Payment, the boring way

PayPal
Visa / Mastercard
Bank transfer SWIFT
Alipay / WeChat Pay

A formal contract and invoice with every booking. 50% deposit locks the plan; the balance is due one month before departure.

Start the conversation

The best time to ask is while it’s still a daydream.

Prefer email? Leave your details and one line about the trip — a real person replies within 24 hours, usually much sooner.

Or talk it through now

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Private China, made around you.

Built around you, down to the details.

Your route, not a route.

Every generation, thought through.

Driver, guide, translator — one thread.

Retreats, meetings, study visits.

The parts they’ll retell.

From first message to touchdown — six clear steps.

Sit down with your planner

A first route to react to

The plan, made concrete

Contract and deposit

Balance, one month out

One thread, door to door

Not stock photos. Our actual journeys.

One couple. A trip with room to breathe.

What travellers remember.

Tell us the feeling.
We’ll draft the journey.

Received — thank you.

An operator in its fourth decade. A brand-new promise.

The best time to ask is while it’s still a daydream.

Received — thank you.