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Photography Tour to China

Have you ever considered a photography tour to China? No matter you are a professional photographer or just a shutterbug, China is a great destination for you to have a wonderful photography tour. Well- known for its beautiful natural scenery, splendid culture and profound history, China is a charming land for tourists from all over the world. Sunrise and sunset, ancient towns, ethnic villages and birding spots, China will definitely meet your expectations.

If you are fond of photographing sunrise and sunset, Jinshanling Great Wall in Beijing, Guilin Xianggong Hill and Cuiping Wuzhishan Hill, Yuanyang Terraces, Dongchuan Red Land in Kunming, the Avatar Mountain in Zhangjiajie and Mt. Huangshan are your top choices.

If you are interested in photographing ancient towns or villages, we highly recommend you to visit these ancient towns, including Pingyao, Cuandixia Village in the north, Xidi, Hongcun Village and Chengkan in the south. Besides the above ancient towns, we could also tailor-make a water town photography tour for you to explore Gubei Water Town, Zhouzhuang Water Town, Wuzhen Water Town, Xitang Water Town and Tongli Water Town.

China has 55 ethnic minorities with colorful minorities' culture. If you plan to photograph the minorities' villages or explore the minorities' life, you won't want to miss Kaili Langde Miao Minority Village, Xijiang Miao Minority Village, Zhaoxing Dong Minority Village, Longsheng Zhuang Minority Village and Tujia minority Hakka buildings etc.

More deeply, if you' d like to photography bird migration, there are 8 best birding spots in China : the kingdom of crane- Poyang Lake, the capital to see birds in autumn and winter-East Dongting Lake, home to Hooded Crane-Chongming Island, Plateau Swan Lake-Qinghai Lake, home to Red-crowned Crane-Yancheng city, paradise for Black-necked crane- Dashanbao, the biggest wild salamander wintering habitat in the world-Wuyuan salamander Lake, the only snow-viewing crane reserve in the world-Zhalong Natural Reserve.

Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-la

Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou Valley, Guilin, Shanghai

Beijing, Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou Valley, Mt. Huangshan, Shanghai

Beijing, Zhangjiajie, Mt. Huangshan, Shanghai

Chengdu, Garze(Hailuogou-Kangding-Xinduqiao-Danba-Rilong)

Kunming, Jianshui, Yuanyang Rice Terrace

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