Explore China

EXPLORE CHINA PROGRAMS

EXPLORE BEIJING

8 days discovering one of the World’s greatest cities. You will have the possibility of visiting The Great wall of China, Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, The Olympic Village and The Traditional Hutongs. You will have the challenge of planning your route around Beijing in teams to discover the city and Chinese culture in-depth. Stretch your leadership, teamwork and planning skills to the maximum as your team tries to undercover the reality behind your chosen topic, for example: economic development.

EXPLORE THE SILK ROAD

The very name of the legendary trade route connecting China with the West arouses the senses. It conjures visions of camels winding through arid desert, burdened, with the treasures of the Orient mixed with the riches of western civilizations – pearls, gold, musk, jewels, satin and silk. You can almost smell exotic spices, perfumes and hear the bartering at the bustling oasis towns, filled with strange travellers from all over the continent and beyond. You will have the exciting opportunity to learn by experience being the director of your very own documentary movie. From the different topics, such as, trade, religion, food, economic, development or any other aspect of culture you will be able to create a documentary to present it at the end of the trip!

EXPLORE HOLY TIBET

Visiting Tibet, this Land of Snows, or the roof of the world, it’s a lifetime dream for many people. For centuries, this mysterious Buddhist kingdom, locked away in its mountain fastness of the Himalaya, has exercised a unique hold on the imagination of the world. It was named Holy Land and steeped in magic and mystery. Tibet is without doubt one of the most remarkable places to visit in the world. You will have the opportunity to become a Tibetan for one day while staying with Tibetan nomad family, and participate farming work with Tibetan nomads, join and help with the local Tibetans’ daily work like harvesting, milk refining, sheep hair cutting, yak dung collecting and drying, etc…

Explore China with Seed International

                                                EXPLORE China with Seed International!

We would like to offer you a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. That is what we expect Explore China to be – an unrivalled learning experience, providing equal proportions of adventure, fun, an insight into international relations, language studies, history and cultural interaction. Not to mention the personal skills that can be gained from working with students from across the world and challenging yourself in a new and unfamiliar country.

Participants of Explore China program
2011

“New and unfamiliar” definitely describes China. The world’s fastest growing economy is sometimes so new that a 15-year-old picture is unrecognizable now a days and last month’s road map may already be out of date! Contrastingly, another way to describe China would be “traditional”. In one of the oldest civilizations you will catch glimpses of the past as well as experiencing current practices that can be traced back thousands of years. This huge and diverse country cannot easily be defined, but one word that every visitor would agree on is “Fascinating”. We want you to experience as many aspect of a fascinating China as possible, and this was our motivation for carefully selecting the programmes in 2012.

We have designed the tours to be unique, providing experiences that normally you would not get from a visit to China. An example of this is the explore field research in Beijing where students will discover the city in teams and undertake their own research on a key contemporary topic. There are dozens more exciting and unique features that we have included and we encourage you to come and participate of an experience that you will cherish for the rest of your life.

Finally, for us the most important aspect about our programmes are the people who join and what we are most excite about is welcoming you to China next year. We hope to see you soon!