Tea tour and forest visits
At the origin of tea
A forest has no doors
We welcome you among our tea trees all-year long, to savour all aspects of the terroir with your own senses. Each visit is a full immersion in the Yunnanese terroir, in full respect of its land, people, and culture.
We offer different kind of group trips to visit some of the most important tea places of China. We just concluded our Spring Tour of Yunnan, but we have designed other two routes taking us to historical tea lands throughout China: explore this page for the latest schedule, and contact us to book a talk and find the solution that better suits your needs.
China tea tour, route #1: via Huangshan and Jingdezhen
July 20th - Aug. 7th, 2024
Itinerary and bookings
China tea tour, route #2: via Wuyishan and Fuzhou
Sept. 2nd - Sept. 20th, 2024
Itinerary and bookings
Winter tea tour: Yunnan
Dec. 23rd,, 2024 - Gen. 5th, 2025
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Customised visits:
Bookings are open for November 2024- January 2025
Seasons
Xishuangbanna is enjoyable all year-long, with a very mild sub-tropical climate that express itself in a moltitude of colors.
October-January
The rain in October starts to diminish until a dry January; the temperature are mild, with fresh nights (13-18°C) and warm days (19-25 °C).
Ideal for any kind of visit, at all altitude.
February-April
February and March are the dryest months, and between mid-March and mid-April the tea season is at its peak: expect hotter days (max 30-33°C in Jinghong, 28°C in the mountain) and a dry weather, until the first rains arrives between late March and April.
May-September
The rainy season with its ever-changing skies, hues, and fragrances.
The new tea has been pressed and it is ready to be tasted and purchased.
Choose it if you like to feel the tropical fragrance on banana leaves, and you are ready to relax listening to the sound of the rain.
July 20 - August 7
China Tea Tour, route 1
The best time to taste the new teas of the season, when the finest leaves are ready to be enjoyed in the quiet of farmers homes and teahouses.
In this route, we'll visit the tea gardens of Huangshan and Qimen, where four of the 10 best teas of China are born. We'll then descend to Anxi, home of a fifth member of the list, and the historical ceramic district of Jingdezhen. The road will then take us to Yunnan, discovering pu'er tea and adding another conquer to the list.
Septermber 2 - 20
China tea tour, route 2
A trip in the heritage of tea culture, sharing our days with the most passionate tea and clay artisans.
Once more, we start our journey in a true Yixing Master studio before proceeding to the protected lands of Wuyishan and Tongmuguan, home of unparalled wulong tea and ancestral red tea. We'll fill our senses with beauty in Jianyang and Fuzhou, experiencing unique ceramics and mesmerizing flower tea, before closing our tour again in Yunnan travelling trough the most wanted terroir of pu'er tea.
Experience Yunnan
Customised trips and long-term stay
Tailor your trip according to your favorite time to travel and the places you wish to visit: let us know about your plan and what you like the most, we are pleased to customise your time here according to your preferences.
We welcome long-term visitors for both professional improvements and collaborations. Xishuangbanna is an ideal base for living and breathing tea culture at any time of the day; every road leads you to a mountain of tea and every conversation will leave you with new ideas and inspiration.
Long-term stays are subject to project approval and fit into our annual program.
Tailor your trip, visit us Xishuangbanna for the time of a tea or for extended journeys: let us know about your plan and what you like the most, we are pleased to customise your time here according to your preferences.
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Tour galleries
Click on an image below to explore the photos of our previous tea tours.
