A private English-speaking guide in Hangzhou turns a good day into a story you will retell for years. Our guides are born and raised in Hangzhou — they know which gate opens first, which alley hides the best breakfast, and which viewpoint the tour buses never find. Rates are ¥990 for a full 8-hour day, transport and meal allowance included.
Rates: ¥990 for a full 8-hour day — the guide’s transport and meal allowance included, no surprise expenses. Add a private car with driver from ¥980/day and West Lake by dawn is inside one day’s drive. Travelling 11+ days? The guide fee drops 20% automatically; 21+ days, 40%.
Guides who cover Hangzhou
Hangzhou, properly
“Above there is heaven; below, Suzhou and Hangzhou.” A lake that poets have flattered for a thousand years, tea terraces that taste like spring rain, and an hour from Shanghai by fast rail.
- West Lake at dawn — Su Causeway before the photographers
- Longjing tea village: pick, roast, sip with the growers
- Lingyin Temple and its carved cliff Buddhas
- Wuzhen water town, lantern-lit at night (day trip)