It's hard to explain just how fast Kenya asks you to change gears. One minute you're dodging honking scooters in Nairobi, the next you're being awakened by hippos, and before you've properly caught your breath you're on a boat watching dolphins skim through the Indian Ocean.

This is the most beautiful folk museum in Guizhou! Tucked away in a small mountain village on the outskirts of Guiyang.

As for how ships traverse the Three Gorges Dam, there is a vivid motto: "Large vessels climb stairs; small ships ride the elevator." Large cargo ships and some cruise vessels line up to pass through the dam's five-tier ship locks, which can take up to four hours.

Food has the power to bring people together, and culinary tourism provides a platform for cultural exchange and connection, while boosting the local economy.

The lush oasis valley seems strangely at odds with the common perception of Saudi Arabia. Make no mistake, the desert is here, but so too are enchanting vistas. Over millions of years, sun, wind and water have shaped the sandstone around here into striking rock formations. This is a landscape where the imagination can run free. Even the area's spelling is unusual and enchanting — AlUla. This part of northwestern Saudi Arabia was once home to powerful ancient kingdoms and civilizations.

In the Sahara, she enjoyed a peaceful and secluded afternoon, riding in a vehicle at high speeds through the desert known as dune bashing and savoring the sunset, disconnecting from the world as her mobile phone had no signal.

Nestled deep within the bosom of the Sanjiangyuan area, where the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers originate, it is still early autumn in Qumarleb county, Qinghai province, but the snowflakes have started falling gently.

The spectacles are there: wildlife migration, exotic culture, vast prairies and cascading waterfalls. Now, there are more spectators as favorable policies put the sites in sight for Chinese travelers.

On the summit of a mountain over 1,000 meters high in a Zhejiang nature reserve, I glimpsed a work of art on the horizon. Beyond the outstretched boughs of Huangshan pines, silhouettes of mountain upon mountain were painted across the sky in striking blues and grays. The scene belonged in a museum, yet it hung in the sky before us, challenging every notion I had of what a mountain should look like in nature.

With intricately carved wooden windows embedded with colorful glass and European antique bronze chandeliers in its front hall, it has become a popular destination in Tachuan village, Huangshan, Anhui.

For as long as I can remember, I have had a fascination with climbing mountains. Coming from Wales, home to (in my perhaps biased opinion) some of the most beautiful mountains and natural scenes in the world, I have been lucky enough to be able to feed this love of scaling lofty peaks as much as my heart desired. Though I can't pinpoint exactly where this fascination comes from, the reason may be as simple as the answer mountaineer George Mallory gave to the question why climb Qomolangma — known in the West as Mount Everest. His reply was, "Because it's there."

When it comes to group travel, tourists are often guided through rigid itineraries, shuttling from attraction to attraction and battling endless shopping promotions. But the rise of personalized travel experiences in China is challenging this norm.

Nestled in the heart of the mountains in Xiasi village, Dushan county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, there is a unique ecological family farm. It is run by Kevin Cillen Michael E., a 28-year-old Belgian who is passionate about the land.

Beyond its natural beauty and luxurious accommodations, Resea Resort offers a variety of attractions, including a vibrant seaside commercial street, bustling lifestyle market, exhilarating forest sports ground, and a modern skateboard park. This diverse selection ensures there's something for everyone, making it the perfect destination for a memorable getaway.

A team of students from Beijing recently came to Changbai Mountain for a cycling camp. They took a seven-day cycling trip to enjoy the scenery, collecting plant specimens and doing woodwork, and visiting a forest farm, learning about the local culture in the process.

Chongqing, a metropolis of more than 30 million people in Southwest China, is different from other Chinese cities. With unique natural sceneries and places of historical interests, Chongqing possesses rich local cultural color. The city has become a popular tourist destination at the upper reaches of the Yangtze River best known for its spicy food and steep hills.

Known as an engineering marvel, a century-old railway in Yunnan province now attracts scores of visitors interested in its history, colonial architecture

The Qingmingqiao historical and cultural district sits where the ancient Grand Canal meets Bodu port. Its layout of roads and waterways still retains the charm of Jiangnan, a region located around the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with its quaint bridges and riverside homes.

Clad in mud-caked shoes and equally dirtied clothes and carrying a small cloth bag, French cave explorer Jean Bottazzi navigates the winding caverns deep within Suiyang county's mountains in Southwest China's Guizhou province with ease. His journey to Guizhou is fueled by a passion for caves that borders on obsession, as reported by Guizhou Radio TV Station.

Xingyi's appeal extends beyond its climate and geopolitical location. Karst mountains reach toward the sky like ten thousand fingers grasping at clouds. Sculpted solely by the forces of nature into a "Karst Museum", Xingyi offers an array of landscapes that seem crafted by divine intervention: cone peaks, deep gorges, hidden valleys and secretive caves.