Swimming under the Huangguoshu Waterfall
The 74-meter-high Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou is China’s largest waterfall. With abundant water flow all year round, the white torrents resemble flowing silk, splashing like pearls and jade. The moderately powerful flow gives the waterfall a graceful and elegant beauty. Everyone who visits the Huangguoshu Waterfall is awestruck by its grandeur. The karst landscape surrounding the waterfall features an abundance of underground rivers, caves, stone forests, cliffs, and canyons.
Ultimate way to experience it: Swimming under the waterfall.

Trekking to Mount Everest
Mount Everest in the Tibet Autonomous Region is China’s highest peak. Any attempt to get close to Everest is the ultimate expression of returning to nature. Facing Everest, you don’t necessarily have to climb it—you might even feel tears welling up, because just seeing this mountain with your own eyes is the ultimate life experience and sensation.
Ultimate way to experience it: Staring at Everest in awe, trekking at its base, or rock climbing.

Driving across the Taklamakan Desert
A century ago, the Taklamakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, covering 330,000 square kilometers and known to Western explorers as the “Sea of Death,” is China’s largest desert. Its boundless vastness and stunning desert scenery have an irresistible charm, making it a source of pride for those who cross it. Just setting foot on the dunes allows you to experience the ruggedness and desolation of the desert. The longing for water and greenery, along with a glance at the tragically heroic populus euphratica trees, might help you grasp the meaning of life and death from a single grain of shifting sand.
Ultimate way to experience it: Driving across the desert.

Hiking around Namtso Lake
Namtso Lake, located northwest of Lhasa at an altitude of over 4,700 meters with an area of 1,940 square kilometers, is China’s highest-altitude saltwater lake. To Tibetans, “Namtso” is a sacred lake, and every year many pilgrims travel from all directions just to worship it. Namtso Lake is like a giant precious mirror inlaid in the northern Tibetan grasslands, carrying the beliefs and aspirations of generations of Tibetans. The natural scenery of Namtso is breathtaking, attracting countless photography enthusiasts.
Ultimate way to experience it: Hiking around the lake.

Jilin Changbai Mountain: Searching for Wild Siberian Tigers
Jilin Changbai Mountain is China’s largest habitat for wild Siberian tigers. Hearing the real roar of a tiger is becoming an increasingly rare luxury. Having an intimate encounter with a Siberian tiger in the wild is a completely different experience from seeing one in a zoo. Only in the mountains can you witness the majestic power of the Siberian tiger’s roar echoing across Changbai. The sight of these tigers brings even more vitality to the mountain.
Ultimate way to experience it: Searching for and photographing wild Siberian tigers. The lakes and mountains of Changbai.

Chasing thunder in Chengguan Town, Danzhou, Hainan
Chengguan Town in Danzhou, Hainan Province, is the place with the most thunderstorms in China. With an average of 131 thunderstorm days per year, it is known as the “City of Thunder.” It’s hard to imagine being bombarded by thunderstorms, but the destructive power of lightning is all too evident. Thunderstorms often trigger hail, tornadoes, and other phenomena. Danzhou’s “City of Thunder” has become a holy grail for storm chasers, and the scene is truly like something out of the movie *Twister*, perfect for explorers conducting scientific research.
Ultimate way to experience it: Experiencing natural phenomena.

Rafting the Yellow River to experience the unique Loess Plateau
The Loess Plateau in Shaanxi is China’s largest loess distribution area. Spanning 540,000 square kilometers—from the eastern end of the Qilian Mountains in the west to the Taihang Mountains in the east, the Qinling Mountains in the south, and the Great Wall in the north—the Loess Plateau is the world’s largest loess distribution area. The cultural relics still scattered across the land, untouched by the yellow sands, make one tread carefully, fearing that the slightest misstep might disturb history.
Ultimate way to experience it: Rafting the Yellow River.

Hiking through the Libo Maolan Primitive Forest
Located in the southern suburbs of Libo County, the Maolan National Karst Forest Nature Reserve is China’s largest subtropical primeval forest and a well-preserved treasure of original forest vegetation on the mid-subtropical karst landform. Covering a total area of over 130 square kilometers with a forest coverage rate of 91.59%, it is home to more than 500 species of trees, including living fossils such as ginkgo and liriodendron, as well as many rare and ancient wildlife species like the forest musk deer, macaque, musk deer, South China tiger, wild ox, bear, leopard, and white monkey. The reserve also features attractions such as the Xiangshui River Waterfall, Xiaoqikong, cave clusters, Yuanyang Lake, Daqikong, and Yao ethnic culture.