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Hangzhou Private Tour - West Lake_Su Causeway 3
West Lake_Su Causeway 3
Hangzhou Private Tour - Boat Cruise_Hand Rowed
Boat Cruise_Hand Rowed
Hangzhou Private Tour - Tea Processing
Tea Processing
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Hangzhou Private Tour - West Lake_Leifeng Pagoda
West Lake_Leifeng Pagoda
Hangzhou Private Tour - the Show, Songcheng Romance
the Show, Songcheng Romance
Hangzhou Private Tour - West Lake_Su Causeway
West Lake_Su Causeway
Hangzhou Private Tour - West Lake_Leifeng Pagoda 2
West Lake_Leifeng Pagoda 2
Hangzhou Private Tour - Tea Leave Picking
Tea Leave Picking
Hangzhou Private Tour - Tea Leave Picking
Tea Leave Picking
Hangzhou Private Tour - Zhejiang Provincial Museum
Zhejiang Provincial Museum
Hangzhou Private Tour - Zhejiang Provincial Museum
Zhejiang Provincial Museum
Hangzhou Private Tour - Zhejiang Provincial Museum
Zhejiang Provincial Museum
Hangzhou Private Tour - Zhejiang Provincial Museum
Zhejiang Provincial Museum
Hangzhou Private Tour - the Show, Songcheng Romance
the Show, Songcheng Romance
Hangzhou Private Tour - the Show, Songcheng Romance
the Show, Songcheng Romance
Hangzhou Private Tour - the Show, Songcheng Romance
the Show, Songcheng Romance
Hangzhou Private Tour - Boat Cruise_Hand Rowed
Boat Cruise_Hand Rowed
Hangzhou Private Tour - Boat Cruise_Hand Rowed
Boat Cruise_Hand Rowed
Hangzhou Private Tour - Boat Cruise_Hand Rowed
Boat Cruise_Hand Rowed
Hangzhou Private Tour - The West Lake
The West Lake
Hangzhou Private Tour - The West Lake
The West Lake

Summer Edition of 1-Day Tour: Essence of Hangzhou by Exclusive Car

Art, Culture, & Historical
Car Tour (driving guide)
Hangzhou Tour Guide - Ben W.

Joined 2025

Ben W.
5.00 / 5
(2 reviews)
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Hangzhou
Chinese (Simplified) (Native), English
8 hours
Private tour (only you and Ben W.)
Up to 5 people

This itinerary is specially designed to avoid the summer heat of Hangzhou. In this tour you will be able to experience the essence of the whole city in just one day in a cool, clean, spacious, comfortable car. My car is a full-size 6 seater luxury SUV with two independent second-row seats and two very comfortable third-row seats, allowing 5 persons group ride comfortably. The car was newly purchased on June, 2026.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

08:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel in Hangzhou. Let's start off early in the morning to avoid the scorching sun.

- - Arrangeable to meet at train station.

08:30 AM

Hand-rowed wooden boat cruise on the West Lake

The rowing boat is a perfect, old-fashioned way to enjoy the Wes Lake. A boatman uses a single long oar to steer you through the calm water, offering a serene and authentic journey. The view in the lake is stunning.

10:30 AM

Leifeng Pagoda

Leifeng Pagoda is a Buddhist pagoda with a history of 1100 years located on the shore of West Lake. From the top of the pagoda, you can overlook the entire West Lake. Inside the pagoda is a museum demonstrating relics, history and cultures of the pagoda.

11:30 AM

Lunch

We will have lunch in a cool, fine restaurant to try authentic Hangzhou Cuisine.

01:00 PM

Songcheng Theme & Show of Songcheng Romance / or Zhejiang Provincial Museum

You can choose one of two following options:

Option 1): Songcheng Theme & Show of Songcheng Romance

Hangzhou Songcheng is a world-class theme park featuring cultures from of Southern Song Dynasty (12th - 13th century A.D.). Its signature show, Songcheng Romance often ranked among the world's three greatest shows uses cutting-edge audio-visual tech to tell Hangzhou's long and splendid history. A visit here offers an immersive trip back to ancient China.

Option 2) Zhejiang Provincial Museum.

The best history museum in Hangzhou introducing 10,000 years' history of Hangzhou / Zhejiang Province with exhibiting lots of exquisite and precious cultural relics.

Note: Zhejiang Provincial Museum is closed on Monday.

03:00 PM

Longjing Green Tea Leave Picking & Processing

Longjing tea produced in Hangzhou is the best green tea in China. We will go to a village with beautiful tea field to experience tea leave picking and tea processing.

Ending Point

Your hotel

Want to personalize this tour?

This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.

Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide fee

Private transportation by an air-conditioned SUV

Fuel, toll, parking

Pick up / drop off from / to your hotel, train station or airport in Hangzhou

What‘s not included

Meal for you, starting from 50 per person depends on your specific requests.

Entrance fee for Leifeng Pagoda: 40 RMB per person

Boat Cruise: 300 - 360 RMB in total

Tea leave picking and processing: around 100 RMB per person.

Ticket for Songcheng Romance: 300 RMB per person for ordinary seats; 600 RMB per person for VIP seats.

Tour Important Information

* Zhejiang Provincial Museum is closed on Monday.

* If you are interested in places that are not in the list, it is also possible. Please send me message, I will then give my opinion.

Cancellation Policy

  • Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
  • 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
  • No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Hangzhou Tour Guide - Ben W.

Joined 2025

Ben W.
5.00 / 5
(2 reviews)
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About Tour Guide Ben W.

I am a government licensed English speaking tour guide in Hangzhou. I hold a Master of Engineering degree and used to be an engineer in a global company for almost 20 years. I am enthusiastic about history and foreign cultures. I also love traveling overeas and making friends from different countries.

As a tour guide I will not only "recite" those standard descriptions of tourist attractions. Instead, I will focus more about the history and cultural background of them. I won't tell those exaggerated legends. I will still tell you some interesting folk stories, but I will clearly tell you which ones are true history and which ones are just stories.

Instead of simply introducing tourist spot, I prefer interacting with foreign friends about everything that they are curious about China. China is a so different country. I can explain to you what are the real differences and where those difference came from.

I enjoy my job as a tour guide. I see each trip with clients as a way of entertaining friends, not just a job.

Hangzhou, known as Paradise on Earth, with the poetic West Lake, is the most beautiful major city in China. It has a history of more than 2000 years, once being the capital of ancient China. Hangzhou is a modern metropolis with amazing city views and a good destination for shopping. Hangzhou also produces the best green tea in China, high quality silk, a lot of famous handcrafts like fans, scissors, copper ware, and of cause delicious authentic Chinese food.

Hangzhou has very convenient transportation. It is only 1 hour's ride away from Shanghai by bullet train. I highly recommend you make Hangzhou a stop when you visit China.

All the tours can be flexibly customized. Don't hesitate to message me, tell me your preference and needs.

Look forward to seeing you in Hangzhou!


Reviews

Hangzhou Day Tour

Bed responded quickly and efficiently to my enquiry and customized a wonderful one-day tour for us. He also arranged early registration for the Lingyin Temple visit before the tour began, which we later realized made the experience extremely smooth despite the huge crowds there. He picked us up at the hotel, and we started at Hefang Street, a beautifully preserved ancient shopping alley. We then drove to the Grand Canal, the world’s oldest man-made waterway. After that, we visited West Lake, where he thoughtfully chose two contrasting spots — one famous and lively, the other peaceful and tranquil — allowing us to experience both sides of its charm. The next highlight was Lingyin Temple and Feilai Feng, the spiritual heart of Hangzhou Buddhism, with its many well-preserved ancient Buddhist stone carvings, some carved directly into the caves. We ended the tour at a tea plantation, where he arranged for us to pick tea leaves while being filmed by a drone (my wife’s highlight of the tour). We also had the opportunity to experience making matcha tea before he drove us to our dinner venue. Throughout the day, Ben was patient, knowledgeable, and took the time to explain the history and cultural background of each site. The itinerary was compact, as per my request, but Ben arranged everything so efficiently that the day still felt relaxed and enjoyable. His car was clean, and his driving was excellent. I highly recommend Ben to anyone planning a tour in Hangzhou.

Calvin K.

Ben W.

Thank you very much for the kind review. Your good and long summary of itinerary also reminded me that happy day with you because we also had very happy and interesting conversation. Again, I am very glad that you recognize my arrangement and my service during the tour. Sincerely wish you and your family a happy life!

Great visit to Hangzhou

Hangzhou is a beautiful city and Ben W. was an excellent guide. Met us at the train station and took us to all the important sites during our time there. Was very accomodative and knowledgeable. His English is excellent (you will need an English speaking guide to navigate the city). Definitely five stars.

Bruce T.

Ben W.

Thank you very much for your kind review. I am very glad that I could help and you enjoyed the tour in Hangzhou. I also enjoy the days with you because we had so many interesting conversations, so many happy laughs. All those happy moments will become a lifetime memory for me!

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