8 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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5.Private Tour: Yao Mountain and Tea Plantation from Guilin

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · from $84

Leave your Guilin hotel by private air-conditioned minivan for Yao Mountain’s chairlift and broad views over misty hills and villages. Then visit a former Ming-dynasty tea garden, learn how green tea is made, and join a tea ceremony. Your English-speaking guide leads only your group.

“My family had a great time on the Yao mountain and the tea plantation. Our guide spoke surprisingly good English and not Chinglish. She was informative and friendly. We learnt a lot about tea production. Recommended.”

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6.Hangzhou West Lake and Tea Plantation Half Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews

Spend four hours with a private guide at West Lake and Meijiawu Tea Culture Village. You’ll cruise past pagodas and bridges, then learn how Longjing tea is picked, processed, and tasted. Guide Forrest, also listed as Forest, is noted for adding sights beyond the usual route. Transport and admission fees are included.

“Forrest is a wonderful guide! He brings us around West Lake and we throughly enjoyed this tour. Thanks”

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7.Chengdu Dujiangyan Leshan Buddha Tea Plantation and Sichuan Cooking 3 Days

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $433

Travel with an English-speaking guide such as Lucy from Chengdu to the panda base, Dujiangyan, Leshan Buddha, Suji old town, and Jiajiang tea country. Pick tea, visit a family workshop and courtyard home, shop a spice market, then cook Sichuan noodles, steamed beef, lotus roots, and chili oil.

“Myself, wife and adult daughter arranged a full day tour via China Highlghts to visit the Giant Buddha at Leshan, the rural village of Suji, picking tea leaves and teas at a teahouse. The trip took a total of 13 hours which we all enjoyed totally.”

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8.Half-Day Hangzhou Jiuxi Stream and Tea Plantation Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $118

Spend 4 to 5 hours walking Jiuxi’s shallow creeks and Longjing’s tea terraces with a private local guide. Expect hotel or train-station pickup, transport by Uber or Didi for groups of up to four, and an MPV for five or more. Tea tasting and a farmer’s meal are available when booked.

“Hangzhou is a spectacular city, and visiting the outer more rural areas and tea terraces far exceeded expectations. We were enthralled by the natural beauty of the hills, streams, and picturesque tea villages. Learning more about the tea makRead more”

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