The 4 Best Tea Plantation Tours in China

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 exploring Yunxi Zhujing’s bamboo forest, then visit Meijiawu or Longjing Tea Village. You’ll walk among tea plants, learn how Chinese tea is made, sample local tea and eat a Chinese lunch or dinner. Pickup is available from your Hangzhou hotel or railway station.

“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

Spend six hours with an English-speaking guide, such as Anna or Daniel, visiting Seven Fairies Peak Tea Plantation and Xianggong Hill. Pick tea leaves, wear a reed hat, taste tea, and learn how it is made before walking uphill to a grand view over the Li River valley. Morning and afternoon departures are available.

“My guide, Anna, made this entire experience unforgettable. From the moment the day began, she was warm, personable, and easy to connect with. She shared insights about the history, culture, and traditions of the Xiong Gang MRead more”

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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 Mengdingshan, where a local tea farmer shows you how leaves are picked and processed. Your English-speaking guide translates the lesson, then you taste tea, eat a Chinese lunch, and take home tea made during the visit. Guides have included Jenny and Coral.

“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

From your central Yangshuo hotel, drive 30 minutes to Qixianfeng Tea Plantation, a seven-hill tea-growing area. An English-speaking tea master leads you through leaf picking, Chinese tea preparation, tastings of black, white, and green tea, and hands-on processing. You take home 100 grams of the tea you make.

“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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