Sichuan · Yunnan · Tibet · Xinjiang
Walk China with the groups
Chinese trekkers actually join.
We sell seats in real domestic trekking batches — the same trips Chinese hikers book on WeChat — and open them to international travellers. Same mountains, same guides, a third of the price you were quoted in English.
- 11
- join-in treks
- 9
- regions
- ¥3,000
- entry price /pp
- 4
- with English guiding
The gap we fill
China has a trekking scene.
Almost nobody translates it.
Every weekend, thousands of Chinese hikers leave Chengdu, Kunming and Xining for the plateau. Their trips are organised, affordable, well-supplied and entirely in Mandarin — published on WeChat, paid by WeChat Pay, invisible to anyone searching in English.
So the international traveller finds a handful of operators quoting two to three times the domestic rate for the same route, and concludes China is expensive to trek. It isn't. It's un-translated.
We're a Chengdu-based team that sits inside that domestic network. We buy seats on the batches our partner operators already run, handle the language and the paperwork, and pass on the domestic price rather than the export one.
How the booking actually works2027 season
Six trips to start with
Sichuan Chinese group Genyen Massif Full Circuit
格聂全线A full walking loop around the Genyen massif in west Sichuan — three valleys, two high passes, and camps in yak pasture below a 6,204 m snow peak that almost no foreign trekker has heard of.
Sichuan English guiding Mt. Siguniang — DaFeng Summit
四姑娘山大峰The most accessible 5,000 m summit in China: two days of walking, one pre-dawn push, and a view across the Four Girls range that makes the altitude headache worth it.
Sichuan English guiding Mt. Yala Circuit
雅拉雪山徒步A five-day loop under the sacred snow cone of Yala, through Tagong grassland and the Nongge pasture, with pack horses carrying the weight.
Yunnan Chinese group Haba Snow Mountain Summit
哈巴雪山攀登The classic first snow summit in China — 5,396 m, one glacier, and a summit ridge that has introduced a generation of Chinese climbers to altitude.
Mt. Kailash Kora
冈仁波齐转山The three-day kora around the most sacred mountain in Asia, wrapped inside a longer Tibet itinerary that includes the permit, the guide and the drive across the plateau.
Departure dates are set by our partner operators roughly three months before each season opens. Enquire with your month and we confirm the actual batch, the current per-person price and whether English guiding runs on it.
No surprises
What this is. And what it isn't.
Buying a seat in a domestic batch is a specific product. We would rather you read this now than discover it at 4,000 m.
What you get
- Real domestic-group pricing, not an export markup
- A route the operator has run many times before
- English-speaking trek lead on flagged departures
- A cook, horse support and a fixed camp system
- Permits, park fees and logistics handled for you
- Fifteen to thirty Chinese trekkers as company
What you don't
- A private guide who builds your itinerary
- English guaranteed on every single trip
- Boutique lodges and nightly hot showers
- Any departure date you like
- A group made up of other foreigners
- Someone to carry your daypack
Four steps
From enquiry to trailhead
- 01
Pick a trek and a month
Every trek page states the season, the maximum altitude and whether English guiding runs on that batch. If your dates are flexible, say so — it widens the options.
- 02
We confirm the batch
You get the actual departure date, current per-person price, remaining seats and the language situation in writing, before any money moves.
- 03
Deposit, documents, gear list
A deposit holds your seat. Passport details, insurance covering your maximum altitude, and for Tibet the permit paperwork on a fixed deadline.
- 04
Meet the group and walk
You join the batch at the stated meeting point. On domestic departures we can attach an English-speaking translator to your booking.
Trekking info
The things nobody tells you
How to join a Chinese trekking group (and why you would want to)
Chinese domestic trekking groups are cheaper, better organised and more fun than most foreign travellers expect. The only thing standing between you and one of them is a language barrier — and a booking process nobody explains.
The Tibet permit, explained without the runaround
Foreign travellers cannot enter Tibet independently. Here is what the permit actually is, what it costs you in time, and the three ways people get it wrong.
Altitude in China: what actually happens, and how to avoid it
Most treks on this site start above 3,000 m and several go past 5,000 m. Altitude is the single biggest reason a trip goes wrong — and the most predictable.
Start here
Tell us the month.
We'll tell you what's running.
No deposit to ask. One question is enough — a trek name and a rough month, and we come back with real dates, real prices and an honest answer about whether English guiding is included.