Tours — guide + car

Your guide, your car, one honest price.

Everything we do, bundled: a born-and-raised local guide plus a private car with a professional driver. Take a ready route below, or start from zero with your guide on a video call.

Bundle pricing

Add it up. It really is that simple.

Guide + car per day, 8 hours with the guide and up to 10 with the car, fuel, tolls, parking, guide transport and meal allowance included. Long-trip guide discounts apply as usual: 11+ days 20% off, 21+ days 40% off.

Guide language+ 5-seat car (¥980)+ 7-seat car (¥1,780)+ 9-seat car (¥2,480)
English (¥990/day)¥1,970/day¥2,770/day¥3,470/day
Spanish / Japanese / French / Korean… (¥1,590/day)¥2,570/day¥3,370/day¥4,070/day
Arabic etc. (¥2,290/day)¥3,270/day¥4,070/day¥4,770/day
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Prefer to skip the guide? Book the car alone from ¥980/day — your driver handles the road, luggage and timing with service in Chinese. Perfect for returning visitors, Mandarin speakers, and anyone whose guide is… their phone. Add a guide for any single day of the trip whenever you want one.
Ready routes

Six journeys you can book this week.

Prices are per group (up to 4 travellers, English guide + 5-seat car). Bigger car or another language? The bundle table above has your number. Hotels, tickets and meals are arranged at cost, never marked up.

Beijing Classic3 days
GREAT WALL — FORBIDDEN CITY — HUTONGS

Beijing Classic

Dawn on the Wall, the Palace at opening time, and the Beijing your guide grew up in.

Shanghai & Water Towns3 days
THE BUND — ZHUJIAJIAO — SUZHOU

Shanghai & Water Towns

Skyline and alleyways, a 1,700-year-old water town, and a Suzhou garden at golden hour.

Xi’an Essentials2 days
TERRACOTTA ARMY — CITY WALL — MUSLIM QUARTER

Xi’an Essentials

An army of 8,000 at opening, the Wall by bike at dusk, lamb skewers where locals queue.

Chengdu Panda Break3 days
PANDA BASE — PEOPLE’S PARK — LESHAN

Chengdu Panda Break

Pandas at breakfast, mahjong in the park, and the Giant Buddha carved from a cliff.

Guilin Karst Country4 days
LI RIVER — YANGSHUO — LONGJI

Guilin Karst Country

The China of ink paintings: river cruise, cycling between rice fields, terraces at sunset.

Zhangjiajie & Fenghuang5 days
AVATAR PEAKS — GLASS BRIDGE — OLD TOWN

Zhangjiajie & Fenghuang

Pillar forests in the clouds, the world’s highest glass bridge, and a lantern-lit old town.

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10-day Golden Triangle (Beijing–Xi’an–Shanghai)? ¥19,700 per group — and at 11+ days your guide fee is already 20% off.
Reshape any route with your guide — free →
In the price / not in the price

We hate fine print too. Here’s all of it.

In the price

  • Your local-born guide, 8 hours a day
  • Private car + professional driver, up to 10 hours
  • Fuel, tolls and parking on the agreed route
  • Guide’s transport and meal allowance
  • Trip planning, tickets and hotel bookings at cost — zero markup
  • 24/7 on-trip support in your language

Not in the price

  • Entrance tickets (bought at cost, receipts shown)
  • Your hotels and meals (booked at cost on request)
  • Flights and trains between cities
  • Anything you didn’t agree to — there is nothing else
From idea to itinerary

Three steps, one group chat.

01

Pick a route — or none

Take a ready journey as-is, or describe a trip from scratch. Both take five minutes.

02

Meet your guide on video

Free, before you pay. Adjust the route together until every day feels like yours.

03

Confirm and pack

One price, one schedule, one group chat. We handle tickets, tables, timing and the car.

Tours FAQ

Before you book a tour.

Are these group tours?+
Never. Every journey here is private — your guide, your car, your people. The prices are per group, not per person.
Can I do the same trip without a guide?+
Yes — the driver-only option cuts the guide fee entirely (from ¥980/day for the car). Your driver gets you everywhere; service in Chinese. Add a guide per-day whenever the mood strikes.
What if we want to change the route mid-trip?+
That’s the point of a private tour. Talk to your guide the evening before; day-to-day changes inside the 8 hours cost nothing.
Do you arrange trains and flights too?+
Yes — intercity trains, flights and hotels are booked at cost with itineraries managed by your trip designer.
When do I pay?+
A 20% deposit confirms the guide, car and dates. The rest 15 days before arrival, or on arrival in cash if you prefer. Free cancellation up to 21 days out.
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