1. When is the best time to do a cycling/hiking/sightseeing tour in China

Spring (Feb-Apr) and Autumn (Aug-Oct) is always the best time to see China. During these two period of time, we have very comfortable temparature, and good sceneries, no matter in the south or in the north. In spring time, it maybe a little bit wet in the south. But it is ok and this is a very beautiful time in the south. Especially in rural areas, you will see very much beautiful green around and farming on the rice field is undergoing everywhere.

2. Shall I buy my own insurance or is it included in my trip payment?

3. What kind of things can we see during cycling?

Villages, village houses, villagers smoking pipes, school kids wearing red scarfs, farmer, waterbuffollo, rice field, and some times small factories for sure and many others.

4. Will we do many others besides cycling?

Yes. We have many chances to see night markets, shopping streets, kindergarten, hope project middle school, local food market, natural sceneray spots, and so on.

5. What bike gears do I need to prepare if I go for a bike tour?

Helmet is a must. Gloves and Jelly Seat are recommended, Bike Suits and your own pedals are optional.

6. Are your tour vehicles safe?

In China safety has always been We use government licensed tour vehicles. According to local stipulation, tour buses must be inspected 5 times a year.

7. Is it easy for a vegetarian to do one of your trips?

Yes. Our leader will take very good care of you. Vegetarian food is quite easy to get in places we stay each day.

8. When we're cycling in rural areas, do we have clean water and safe food?

In China, Chinese people traditionally drink boiled water, even though the water is very clean. So we recommend you always drink boiled water provide by the hotels and guesthouses we stay, or bottles of purified water. The food is safe and good.

9. How much cash do I need to prepare?

It depends. You will actually not have many chances to do shopping. Prepare some for the time before you meet you tour leader. Normally before we start cycling, our leader will bring you to the bank of China and suggest how much money you need to change.

10. Do I have much time to do shopping while we are still cycling in the rural areas?

No, not much but the time for buying waters, fruits, drinks and other kinds of little stuff.

11. If I feel tire after cycling for a while, can I stop and take a break? Will I hang the other people up?

It's your bike tour, take your time and enjoy it.

12. I like cycling, but I would like to cycle a little bit slower so that I can stop and take photos, so

Ditto, and continue the bike ride when you think you are ready. Its' neither a competition, nor a training for the next Olimpic Games.

13. Is the road condition safe to ride?

The routes of our bike ride are well-designed, they are good for cycling. Our tour leaders are entitled to change the routes for cycling whenever the road is too bad for cycling.

14. Will you recommend a backpack or a suitcase if I do one of your tours?

Backpacks are good for all the tours we do. Suitcases and backpacks are both ok for biking tours and sightseeing tours.

15. Are life jackets available on all of the boats we are going to take during the trip?

Definitely yes! This is so important to guarantee the safety of our group members when they are on the surface of water.

16. Is it safe to travel in China especially at nighttime?

China is a safe country for traveling. Wherever you go, you can find people greeting you especially in village areas, because it is not very often for them to meet a foreigner. Probably they will just stare at you for curious. While, like any places in the world, there must be some bad people. At this time, your group leader will be a good adviser.

17. I have never been on a train in China, so, could you please tell me something about it?

Trains in China are the major and most welcomed and popular transportation tool. For a train, it usually consists of four parts, hard sleeper, soft sleeper, hard seat, and dinning carriage. Soft sleeper is a closed compartment with four sleepers, two bottom ones and two tops ones. Hard sleeps is an opened compartment with six sleepers, two bottom ones, two middle ones and two tops ones. The hard seat is the most difficult way but much cheaper than sleepers. Dinning carriage usually has settled menu, but the food is usually not considerable good.