Wendy Wu Tours Reviews

We've just returned from this amazing adventure (18/5 - 3/6). Thirteen lovely people in our group. Joe was our excellent guide with loads of clear and concise info put on our Whatsapp group. He was very friendly, helpful and organised. Also the local guides were also excellent and engaging.

We had two excellent buses  - comfortable and spacious and the roads were excellent and none of the journeys too long. Hotels also a very high standard, modern and spacious and all had kettles & hairdryers.

Many places have Western toilets but not everywhere unfortunately... Loved the atmosphere and winding scenic streets of Lijiang and Dali - everywhere on the trip was very clean and safe. The Tiger Leaping Gorge and Snow Mountain were magnificent as was the visit to Jizhaigou NP and the stunning blue pools, lakes and waterfalls. In Kunming and then Emeishan I fully recommend both optional shows - brilliant entertainment. Also there's a Tibetan show (all approx £30)

The meals were always a group banquet style meal - both lunch and evening at tables with a 'lazy Susan' They were plentiful and with optional chillies/spices to add. I can't eat anything with chillies and managed. Only negative comment is we often ate in our hotel or some hotel 'private dining room'  which was very characterless but the food was always good.

Trainers with good grip are suitable for all activities and poles only necessary if wet as all paths/steps were solid. I would however mention this holiday involved literally hundreds of steps on several occasions (often at altitude) so get in training! Also a lot of walking in airports and stations as they are vast.

There are quite a few added extra costs for cablecars/buses/taxis, shows and group tipping fund - all can be done on Alipay.

The weather was 25°/30°  so shorts and sleeveless nearly all the time, just warmer clothes for altitude on two occasions. Alipay is available everywhere but for smaller amounts it's more convenient to just use cash. Learn to use Google Translate - VERY useful for conversing with the locals :)

Passports are taken by the guide for all attractions to get tickets and have to be shown at railways and various other places.

This trip was amazing and a truly great experience with so many wonderful sights - fully recommended.

Alison was a fantastic guide, managing a group of 15 very different people. Alison’s English was excellent and was always on hand to help with any issues 24/7. She made it very clear when we had things to do, what we needed to prepare and where we were going next. 

 

Alison is wonderfully energetic and good fun to be around, she taught us Mahjong while we were on the Yangtze cruise. A precious experience to learn mahjong in China with new friends. Thank you to Alison and all of our local guides who helped us in each location we arrived in.

 

Our Majestic Yangtze tour was awesome, and packed a great deal into a short space of time (2 weeks). 

 

We did all the must see and must do activities in China such as visiting Shanghai, travelling by bullet train, cruising on the Yangtze River, seeing the Chengdu Pandas and Xian Terracotta Warriors up close and of course walking the Great Chinese Wall early in the morning with beautiful blue skies above. 

 

In addition, on one of the optional tours, we visited the Tribe of the Three Gorges. The scenery was spectacular, the tribe guide, costumes, ships, monkeys and crying marriage show were spectacular, such a memorable highlight for us. 

 

What a fantastic tour and experience, thank you to all at Wendy Wu!