HERITAGE JOURNEYS
Discover the China behind your family story.
Walk the lanes your family came from, with a local guide beside you — and your family and friends right there with you.
Private live virtual tours of China
China is closer than you think.
Share a walk through China with the people you love. A real local guide walks live with you on Zoom — you point, they turn; you ask, they answer — and your family and friends can join from their own homes, wherever they are.
One moment. Miles apart. Together.
Explore with Joy offers private live virtual tours of China on Zoom.
Each one-hour walk is led by a real local English-speaking guide.
Imagine seeing the Great Wall and China's top cities live with someone who is actually there, while your family and friends share the same experience from their own homes.
Ask questions, laugh together, and discover China as a family, a group, or a community.
- Real local guides, live in China
- Private — just you, your family, or your group
- Ask questions as you go — it's a conversation, not a video
How it works
Three simple steps.
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Join the waitlist
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Meet your guide
We email you the Zoom link. Each walk lasts about an hour.
- 3
Everyone joins from home
Family and friends share the walk, and anyone can ask questions.
A friend in China is ready to show you around.
On your tour day, your guide is out on the street, live. You point, they turn. You ask, they stop, they answer. It is a shared moment — not a recording.
Your private tour
Your Local Guide
Your tour is led live on Zoom by a real local English-speaking guide, there in China.
Recorded samples
Joy — Sample Walk AI Host
Joy hosts the recorded sample walks, so you can see each place before you book.
Sample walks
Take a first look at eight destinations.
SIGNATURE TOURGreat Wall
Our signature walk
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Beijing
Imperial history
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Shanghai
Old-world charm, modern energy
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Xi'an
Ancient capital and heritage
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Chongqing
Mountain city, dramatic landscapes
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Guangzhou
Lingnan culture and local life
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Shenzhen
China's modern innovation hub
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Chengdu
Leisure, food and traditions
Watch the sample walkOccasions & milestones
Heritage journeys, birthdays and anniversaries — made unforgettable.
See China — together. A return to the streets your family came from, a birthday you'll never forget, an anniversary spent somewhere extraordinary.
Birthdays
Celebrate a birthday you'll never forget.
Bring the whole family together — from three different cities if that's where life has scattered you — for one extraordinary shared experience in China.
Anniversaries
Celebrate a lifetime of memories. Make a new one together.
Bring the whole family together — family and friends joining from their own homes — for one extraordinary shared celebration in China.
Also wonderful for Retirements · Graduations · Reunions · Engagements & Vows
Contact Us
We'd love to hear from you — reach out any way that suits you.
You can ask Joy, our sample-walk AI host, questions about the walks — type your questions, or turn on your microphone to talk with her out loud. Joy hosts the recorded samples only — your own tour is led live by a real local guide in China.