TEA HORSE ROAD TOURS

Introduction to the Tea Horse Road

Across the dangerous hills and rivers of Hengduan Mountain Range, in the wild lands and forests across "the Rooftop of the World", a mysterious ancient road winds it’s way through South West China. It is one of the most heart stopping roads on this planet. For thousands of years, numerous caravans had been quietly traveling along it. Standing on the Road, you can still see clearly the some-70cm-deep holes in the stone plates created by stamping of horse hooves. And it seems they have numerous stories to tell. The aged Mhanee altars on roadside are engraved with all sorts of religious scriptures and mottos. This, is the Ancient Tea Horse Road, one of the world's highest and most precipitous ancient roads which carries and spreads civilization and culture.

The Ancient Tea Horse Road is a passage formed by tea-horse trading in ancient China between agriculture area of the inner land and remote nomadic areas. Tea-horse trading is an activity carried out based on "tea" from central area and "horses" from remote minority area. As an important means for economic exchange between Han regions and minorities regions, it played a crucial role in communicating among different ethnic groups both economically and culturally. "The Ancient Tea-Horse Road" is a post road formed by trading of tea and horses in the past between northwest Yunnan and southeast Tibet. Along this ancient road, there are the best natural scenery and cultural sites of China. Proper development will make the road one of the world's best areas for travelling.

Tea Horse Road Tours takes small groups of travellers to towns situated along the Ancient Tea Horse Road. In each town visited, remains of the road can be seen. Often those on one of the tours will have meals, or be staying in a Hotel, that many years ago those early pioneers also shared the same experience. From Zhongdian in North West China, to Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand, all the towns once exchanged goods with the early caravaners.

The name “Tea Horse Road Tours” was the obvious choice for the company, as it best describes the activities that the tour company undertakes.

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