Hangzhou Private Flexible Day Tour with West Lake Boat Cruise
Description
Enjoy this full day 8-hour private Hangzhou city sightseeing tour with a local expert guide. Spend some quality time visit the city’s top attractions inline with your own styles. Cruise around the UNESCO West Lake, one of the China’s famed natural wonders, appreciate the charming scenery along the lake. Visit the impressive stone Buddha Grottos in Fei Lai Peak, admire the Grand Lingyin Buddhist temple while visiting different sections of the area. Sample some famed green tea and freshly prepared home dish at the local tea farmer’s house while enjoying the amazing view of the green tea terrace and countryside scenery. Customizable itinerary catering to your own preferences, enjoy convenient and comfortable door to door transfer from Hangzhou hotel or Hangzhou Train Station.
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Itinerary
Your professional guide and driver will meet at your downtown Hangzhou hotel or railway station if you travel by train. Spend few mins to discuss with your guide the sites you are interested to visit. Since it is the private tour, the itinerary can be fully customized and totally flexible. Following is the suggested itinerary, be sure to let your guide know if you need make any changes. Typically, start the tour at Lingyin scenic area, visit the largest stone grottoes in southern China, walk along the caves while marvel at over 300 different sizes of exquisite stone carved buddha statues from thousand years ago.
Next, make your way to Lingyin Temple, one of the ten most famous Buddhist temple in China, visit different sections of the temple with grand architectures, admire the Four Heavenly Kings, Happy Buddha as well as other religious artifacts, learn about the locals go about their religious culture and custom.
Then follow your guide to Longjing tea fields, known as the base for producing the famous Green tea in China ,immerse yourself in the tranquil countryside scenery and lush green tea terrace , learn how to pick the tea leaves and get great understand of the local tea culture. Take a break and savor a delightful lunch at the home-made restaurant, your guide will recommend you the dishes base on your dietary requests.
Continue your afternoon tour to UNESCO site- West Lake, enjoy a nice walk along the lotus park ,Su-causeway ,fish pond, gardens while learn the interesting history and folklores from your guide. Board the sightseeing boat and enjoy a relaxing cruise along the picturesque lake and get on to the Island to see Three Pools Mirroring the Moon , fully appreciate the amazing natural beauty of the whole area.
Make a stop at Qing Dynasty old street , enjoy fun explore include the street food , arts, handicrafts, trinkets, you may also enjoy souvenir shopping with the assistance from you guide. Since this is a fully customized tour, If you have been to the above-suggested sites, please feel free to choose some of the following other sites :1) Amazing bird-eye view of the West Lake from Leifeng Pagoda or ChengHuang Pagoda from Wu Shan (Wu Hill);2) Local famous museums : China National Tea Museum, China Silk Museum, China Traditional Medicine Museum; 3) Former Residence of Huxueyan; 4)Yunqi Bamboo Forest; 4) Xixi Wet Land etc. After the wonderful tour you will be dropped off at your Hangzhou hotel or other places you prefer in the city center.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up and drop off is provided anywhere in downtown Hangzhou. Please advise your hotel information at time of booking . You could also be picked up and dropped off at Hangzhou east or Hangzhou railway station if you travel by train.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements if have at time of booking
Reviews(12)
amazing amzing experince with leo. he helped us very much with very good care. i will recommand him to others for sure
We took a private tour of Hangzhou with West Lake boat cruise with Sunny Tour. Our tour guide Phoenix is very efficient. She and our driver really took great care of us. We appreciate very much that we can change the itinerary to suite our needs.
We had a great day touring with Phoenix. The Lingyin Temple was sensational as was the tea tasting in the Longjing Tea Village and we enjoyed the boat cruise on Westlake very much. Phoenix was a highly professional and helpful guide, and also very patient with two fanatical photographers! We enjoyed our discussions with her about the history and culture of the sites we visited. Thoroughly recommend this tour if you are in Hangzhou.
Our guide, Phoenix, was fantastic. She made our trip to West Lake even more memorable by sharing tid-bits that gave us a glimpse into the Chinese culture and history. She was super accommodating and understood the challenges that came while traveling with small children. She even helped us order food at a restaurant which would have been challenging for us otherwise. She took great pictures and shared them with us at the end. Overall, we the experience was 10/10 and highly recommend this agency and especially Phoenix.
The tour arrangements were seamless and efficient, and the tour guide, Sarah, was knowledgeable and pleasant. Tour itinerary was extremely flexible and catered to us, as we had a list of places we wanted to visit in Hangzhou, and Sarah was extremely accommodating with a quick turnaround. We were able to explore with ease of mind as food and transport were already settled for us.
Emily, our personal guide was absolutely fantastic! From meeting us at the station in the morning till sending us off back at the station in the late evening, she was attentive, knowledgeable and very patient with us. Weather all day was horrendous but she still made the tour very enjoyable.
I booked this tour last minute and couldn’t have been more impressed with the entire experience. From the seamless communication with the company to the comfortable car and skilled driver, everything was well coordinated and smooth. The real highlight, however, was my tour guide, Emily. She was not only warm and welcoming but also incredibly knowledgeable — sharing rich historical insights about Buddhism, the stunning West Lake, and the significance of Longjing tea culture. Her storytelling truly brought each site to life, from the peaceful Fei Lai Feng carvings to the serene temple grounds and lush tea fields. Thanks to Emily, I was able to access places I wouldn’t have confidently navigated on my own, especially in such a short timeframe. This tour offered the perfect blend of history, nature, and culture — all in one day. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting an immersive and insightful introduction to Hangzhou.
The tour guide is very friendly and ensure we were well taken care except I only found out we couldn’t make it to some attractions due to restrictions of plate no. of certain dates
Hi the tour has been great & excellent. We manage to do long jing picking tea & Sarah has been great tour guide
Jim was fantastic guide, really nice and friendly, he help us with everything we need. He took us everwhere we want to
