4 Plantation Tours in China Worth Booking

1.Half-Day Hangzhou Yunxi Bamboo Forest and Tea Plantation Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $130Our pick

Spend four to five hours with a private guide hiking Yunxi’s bamboo forest, visiting Meijiawu or Longjing Tea Village, tasting local tea, and eating a Chinese lunch or dinner. Guides may include Lin, Rebecca, or Mr Pan, also called Tony. Hotel and railway station pickup is included.

“This was one of the best guides we ever had! Mr Pan aka Tony and Alana helped us design the perfect itinerary for our trip. We kindly asked them to include a visit to the West Lake and the Lingyin Temple and they helped us arrange the day Read more”

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2.Half-day Tour: Largest Tea Plantation & Amazing Xianggong Hill

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $107

This six-hour Yangshuo tour pairs hands-on tea picking at Seven Fairies Peak with a tea-making session and a climb up Xianggong Hill. An English-speaking guide, private transport, entrance fees, reed hat, and bamboo basket are included. Morning and afternoon departures suit tight schedules.

“was amazing, friendly helpful! views are spectacular!!! the tea plantation view was amazing as well and delicious. !!”

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3.Experience Chengdu: Private Tea-Making Day Tour of Mengdingshan Tea Plantation

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · from $240

Leave Chengdu at 9 a.m. for a private, air-conditioned ride to Mengdingshan. A local farmer and English-speaking guide explain picking, processing, tasting, and brewing, with lunch, tea to take home, hotel pickup, and drop-off included. Guides such as Jenny and Coral have earned especially warm praise.

“We certainly enjoyed this tour. From the drive into the mountains to a tasty Sichuan home cooked meal. Tea sipping. Collecting tea flowers. All Brilliant”

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4.Qixianfeng Tea Plantation Tour in Yangshuo

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 4 reviews · 3 hours · from $79Best value

You’ll leave central Yangshuo by car for Qixianfeng Tea Plantation, a seven-hill tea-growing area. An English-speaking tea master guides you through picking leaves, preparing tea in the Chinese style, tasting black, white, and green tea, then drying 100 grams for you to take home.

“Plantation itself is really great! Bad communication from tour agency though, no actual service from the agency other than ordering a car. In our case more than an hour late (due to bad traffic) but bad communication about it („be there in 10mins…“) Better to book the plantation tour directly with the plantation and get a DiDi - much easier and cheaper.”

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