Eastern China Trip Report
by Garry Armstrong, David Steele / 16th – 28th November 2025
A premier tour company specializing in wildlife expeditions
Rooted in China, our team shares an unbridled passion for birdwatching—and we’re thrilled to offer exceptional birding/wildlife tours spanning every corner of the country.
Whether you prefer our standard scheduled group tours or personalized small-group private adventures, each experience is crafted to be flexible, highly rewarding, and of the finest quality. We cherish every guest who joins us, and our ultimate goal is to make your birding/wildlife experience in China an easy and joyful one.

Our birding tours are carefully curated recommended tours, which cover an extensive range of China's premier birding hotspots and offer remarkably rich, immersive experiences tailored to every enthusiast.
Photo tours prioritize high-quality image capture as the core focus. Unlike birding tours, We plan significantly longer stays at each location, enabling photographers to refine compositions, adjust settings, and seize optimal lighting for exceptional shots
This tour covers most of China’s top bird hides and blinds hotspots — and it can also be split into several specialized tours to suit different preferences. Taking photos only from hides/blinds
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This tour is mainly focused on photographing Red Panda, Giant Panda, and some endangered Leaf Monkeys & Iconic Snub-nosed Monkeys in China.
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Winter Photo tour, focus will be mainly wintering Cranes in China and endemic pheasants
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Visiting both hides/blinds, as well as wild undisturbed natural habitats.
→These are tour packages designed for birders who want to travel with their families and non-birding friends interested in Chinese culture and history. These tours are complemented by visits to cultural relics, historical sites, ancient towns, traditional villages, and famous landmarks, allowing you to experience both amazing wildlife and the rich, profound history of China.
The trip reports are mostly written by our clients, who are eager to share their experiences with anyone looking to embark on birding tours in China.
by Garry Armstrong, David Steele / 16th – 28th November 2025
by Matt Hale (Text), Li Li (Photo)
by Matthias Alberti & Xia Wang
We are a trustworthy company
We have 17 years field experience
We offer all-inclusive tours across China, so you can enjoy a worry-free experience—with no need to worry about destinations, transportation, accommodations in remote natural habitats, local guides, or access to nature reserves.
We’re China’s leading local birding company—we know the landscapes, habitats, and hidden birding spots here like the back of our hands.
Tell us about your trip requirement. We'll work together to customize your trip to meet your exact requirement so that you have a memorable trip.
You may opt for either a premium or budget travel package. We will make sure the tour budget is under your control and go the extra mile to deliver a seamless and satisfying travel experience for you
We don't add hidden extras cost. All trips include travel permit, lodging and fooding. There are no surprises with hidden costs.
We look after seniors. Our birding tours include senior-friendly services like slow-paced itineraries and accessible vehicles.
We are highly recommended by birders who have used our services, and a large percentage of our customers are either repeat customers or referred by others
What our clients‘ve been saying about Us?
SUPER trip Steven, you were correct! Elan! One of the very best guides ever!!! Thanks for giving us a wonderful time with the White headed langurs!!! Plus fun accommodations, excellent food and superior service. Many, many thanks!!!!
“Steven An is one of the best birding guides and tour leaders anywhere in the world. He gets my strongest recommendation.
I am an avid birdwatcher, currently in the top 50 worldwide for 2024 species seen, and have used guides around the globe. What makes Steven special is he is outstanding at finding the birds, listens well to his client’s targets and wishes and designed an excellent 6 day custom tour for East China. His English is excellent. There was no language barrier.
Some of the best bird finders can be the worst tour leaders. There are no compromises with Steven. He is very pleasant and enjoyable to be with. His ability in locating birds is top notch. He listened to what I wanted and designed a great tour. He was able to adapt to a rain-out at TianmuShan, implemented a new plan, and put me onto the endangered Crested Ibis. We saw 154 species, including 122 life birds. Got the critically endangered Blue-crowned Laughingthrush – outside of breeding season which is nearly impossible.
His protégé, Elan James, is also highly recommended. Elan has ears like an owl and eyes like a falcon. He was a real asset on this tour. I have no reservations about future tours with Steven and Elan either individually or as a team.
I would especially recommend them to Mandarin speakers with limited English skills who need support to explore outside of China. Their language and birding skills are a unique combination.
Highly recommended. We are already planning another trip in September. “
Cheers,
Bud
Hi Steven just to confirm we got home OK. Big thanks from David and I for all your organising which worked perfectly. Also special thanks to our guides who worked really hard for us, we ended up with 219 species. I will do a trip report and may come back to you to confirm some place names and will share the report with you before I publish on Cloud birders.
Fantastic Steven! I’ll call you Super Stevie from now on! All sounds wonderful, couldn’t have gone any better, fantastic. Thanks for all your help this year, Steven, you’ve done a lot of tours and all gone very well. Hopefully I can get you more tours in the future. Cheers , James!
Ni hao Steven! THANK YOU again for the best trip ever! You were the best guide we could have imagined! Since our trip I am a fan of China and really happy after the beautiful landscapes, all our experiences and most of all the wonderful species we could see because of you!I would be happy to organise trips together with you if you would be interested!? Would you have suggestions for Sichuan/Tibet or to other regions for the future? 2018? 2019? 2020? Would you have some suggestions? I have already asked some friends!Will send some pictures of our SE China trip soon!Best regards from Austria to China and all the best for you!Ingrid
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