Tour Overview
This is Hangzhou in a day — complete, unhurried, and deeply personal. Start with a sunrise boat cruise on West Lake, explore Lingyin Temple's 1,700-year-old Buddhist grottoes, then sip freshly roasted Longjing tea in the terraced fields where it's been grown for over a thousand years.
Itinerary
8:30 AM — West Lake Boat Cruise
Your guide meets you at your hotel. A traditional wooden boat ride across West Lake. Morning light on the water, willows trailing in the breeze, distant pagodas emerging from mist.
10:00 AM — Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng Grottoes
Walk through Lingyin (Soul's Retreat), one of China's largest Buddhist temples. Explore the Feilai Feng grottoes with 300+ stone Buddhist carvings dating from the 10th–14th centuries.
12:00 PM — Lunch
Authentic Hangzhou cuisine at a carefully chosen local restaurant. Try Dongpo Pork, West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce, and Longjing Shrimp.
1:30 PM — Meijiawu Longjing Tea Village
Walk through terraced tea fields. Watch a master roast leaves by hand in an iron wok. Participate in a traditional tea ceremony. Taste spring and autumn harvests.
3:30 PM — Leifeng Pagoda
Panoramic views from Leifeng Pagoda. Your guide tells the Legend of the White Snake, one of China's Four Great Folktales.
What's Included
- Private English-speaking guide (born and raised in Hangzhou)
- Private air-conditioned vehicle with driver
- West Lake boat cruise ticket
- Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng entrance fees
- Tea plantation visit and tea ceremony
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water throughout the day