Hangzhou Private Tours and Travel Guide for First Visits

Why go

Why Hangzhou earns its place

A strong visit connects the famous sights with the city around them.

A landscape designed for wandering

West Lake is not one single view but a sequence of causeways, bridges, gardens, temples and reflections best discovered slowly and in changing light.

Tea with a sense of place

The hills west of the lake are associated with Longjing tea, offering a chance to understand cultivation and tasting without reducing the villages to shopping stops.

Old stories, current city

Buddhist heritage, craft traditions and historic streets sit beside a large technology-oriented metropolis, making Hangzhou more layered than a scenic escape.

Experience Menu

Your Hangzhou menu

Select the experiences that belong in your city chapter. Standard experiences are included in the package; Premium experiences are + at provider price.

Classic Sights

West Lake Slow Day

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Lingyin Temple & Feilai Peak

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Local Life

Local Food Crawl with Your Host

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Gongfu Tea Session

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Nightlife Drop-off & Pickup

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Longjing Tea Village Visit

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Grand Canal & Qiaoxi Walk

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Health & Wellness

Full Health Screening Assistance

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Traditional Chinese Medicine Session

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Hu Qing Yu Tang Heritage Wellness Visit

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Signature & Entertainment

Impression West Lake Night Show

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Xixi Wetland Boat Visit

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Host-day plans

Choose your host-day plan

Your plan determines your hosted days and day-unit capacity. Half-day experiences use 1 unit. Full-day experiences use 2 units and fill one hosted day. Standard experiences are included; Premium experiences remain extra at provider price.

City First Look

1 host day

2 day units

One focused host day for a confident first look at your city. This plan includes 2 day units.

From $499 per day for the first guest on bookings of 2+ days ($599 for a one-day booking), plus $149 per additional guest per day, including a foreign-guest-licensed four-star twin-share hotel, standard tickets, and 30+ edited photos delivered within 48 hours; premium experiences are + at provider price.

Choose at least one experience first.

City Story

2 host days

4 day units

Two hosted days to connect the city's defining sights with the local life around them. This plan includes 4 day units.

From $499 per day for the first guest on bookings of 2+ days ($599 for a one-day booking), plus $149 per additional guest per day, including a foreign-guest-licensed four-star twin-share hotel, standard tickets, and 30+ edited photos delivered within 48 hours; premium experiences are + at provider price.

Choose at least one experience first.

City Deep Dive

3 host days

6 day units

Three hosted days for a richer city chapter, with room for landmarks, local rituals and a signature interest. This plan includes 6 day units.

From $499 per day for the first guest on bookings of 2+ days ($599 for a one-day booking), plus $149 per additional guest per day, including a foreign-guest-licensed four-star twin-share hotel, standard tickets, and 30+ edited photos delivered within 48 hours; premium experiences are + at provider price.

Choose at least one experience first.

What your host day covers

Package pricing is per guest: for bookings of two or more days, the first guest is $499 per day, while a one-day booking is $599 for the first guest; each additional guest is $149 per day, with a maximum of six guests and a custom proposal for larger parties. The package includes a comfortable four-star hotel licensed to accommodate foreign guests, based on twin-share occupancy, with a single supplement for a guest who occupies a room alone; it also includes itinerary planning, standard attraction tickets, venue reservations, all-day photography, up to eight hours of local host service per day, and arrival setup for Alipay, cash access, taxis, and shopping. Each hosted day delivers 30+ edited photos online within 48 hours plus all original files; professional studio-grade retouching is not included. Your first hosted day includes an airport-arrival greeting at the arrivals exit per your confirmed arrival details, with free flight-delay waiting for 90 minutes after landing. Overtime beyond eight hours is $45 per hour and must be confirmed in writing in advance; airport greetings for arrivals between 00:00 and 06:00 add $60. Premium experiences are not included and are charged separately at the provider price. Shopping and meals are at the guest's own expense. A 30% deposit is due immediately when the booking is confirmed and is non-refundable; the balance is due 24 hours before departure. For a cancellation or change requested within 24 hours before departure, only 30% of the total booking price is refunded. Any refund is returned to the original payment method within seven business days. The deposit and balance are paid through a PayPal payment link by credit card or PayPal. Force majeure releases both parties from liability.

Sample day

One well-paced day in Hangzhou

Host service starts at 07:30 and ends at 15:30 (8 hours). Times are intentionally approximate. The route protects time for context, meals and the discoveries that happen between landmarks.