Local experiences
Erhai festivals: boats, songs and Bai traditions
Explore Erhai’s Bai cultural traditions through fishing-season celebrations, decorated boats, lakeside songs and local legends.
Local experiences
Discover local life through food, tea, neighbourhoods, culture and the people behind each experience.
Get closer to everyday life
Start with a neighbourhood, a table or a teahouse. Choose the experiences that fit your interests and pace.
Explore the details ↓Interests
Explore the details
10 results
Local experiences
Jinli, Chengdu: a walking route, food and a half-day plan
Walk from Wuhou Shrine into Jinli’s lantern-lined lanes, pause for Sichuan snacks and make a relaxed half-day of Chengdu’s history and street life.
Local experiences
Shaxi: a town on the Tea Horse Road
Stone bridges, old lanes and Bai culture in a quiet valley between Dali and Lijiang.
Local experiences
Shuanglang markets: rushan, fruit and Bai crafts
Discover Bai flavours and craft traditions through Shuanglang’s small shops, produce stalls, preserved fruit and rushan cheese.
Local experiences
Shuanglang: fish dishes and Bai home cooking
Explore the flavours of Erhai: Bai home cooking, sour-and-spicy fish, preserved fish and golden silverfish with eggs.
Local experiences
An afternoon made for tea
Sit down, order slowly and let the city carry on around you.
Local experiences
Sichuan food, beyond the heat
Explore flavour, texture and neighbourhood meals at a pace that suits your appetite.
Local experiences
A Chengdu morning: breakfast, a market and tea
A neighbourhood-scale outing around your base, with Chinese food names and room for conversation.
Local experiences
Xizhou and Bai village life
Courtyard streets, a village meal and an optional craft session arranged with a real host.
Local experiences
A day around Baisha, with time for Naxi history
A separate outing from Dayan for village streets, mural context and a slower meal.