Hangzhou Dragon Well Tea and West Lake Tour: Immersive Tea Culture Experience
4.9
97 Ratings
Hang Zhou Shi
Immerse yourself in the tea culture of Hangzhou with a Dragon Well Tea and West Lake Tour. Pick tea leaves, learn tea-making, and taste local tea snacks while enjoying a scenic West Lake cruise.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Meijiawu - You’ll be picked up in the morning from your hotel/ train station, and drive to the place of origin of the best Dragon Well tea ‘ Meijiawu Tea Village. A local tea specialist will welcome you with bamboo baskets, and accompany you to the tea plantation. Your first task will be to choose appropriate tea leaves and pick them in the right way. After tea-picking, the tea specialist will take you home and show you the process of stir-frying tea. This process dehydrates the leaves and helps preserve their beautiful green color. If you like, you can have a go’be careful, though, the huge iron pot is very hot (around 200℃). The tea specialist will show you the art of the tea ceremony, and introduce you to the proper way to taste tea.
What's Included
- All entrance tickets included
- Authentic Chinese lunch
- Experienced English-speaking guide
- Complimentary bottled water
- Private spacious vehicle with chauffeur
- Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off
What's Not Included
- Gratuities (recommended).
- Airport transfer.
- Personal expenses
Additional Information
Recognized as China’s finest green tea, Dragon Well (Longjing) tea also tops the list of the country’s 10 preeminent teas. Originating from Hangzhou, a city steeped in tea culture, this exploratory tour offers a comprehensive understanding of tea enthusiasts. It includes an opportunity to delve into a tea plantation and harvest tea leaves, visit a local tea farmer’s dwelling and get hands-on experience in tea stir-frying, master the technique of tea preparation, and savor regional tea delicacies. Complementing these immersive experiences is a soothing cruise on West Lake.
- Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
- You will receive details about tour guide and exact pickup time in your voucher the day before. And the tour guide will also call you via hotel or leave a message for you about pickup time the night before tour.
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking. We try to meet individual requirement but can NOT 100% satisfy. Thank you for your understanding.
- If you want to be picked up from Hangzhou Train Stations, please enter your train details at the time of booking.
Location
Meijiawu
Ling Xi Nan Lu
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Mollytrip2019
May 10, 2019
memerable trip in Hangzhou ! - We booked a tour in Hangzhou and our tour guide Gerry is very caring and knowledgeable. We had a great time with him. He was so flexible to change a place for us to visit. He also helped us book the show of impression west lake. Highly recommend Gerry as an excellent guide and person.
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Paulaamaral
May 10, 2019
Unique local experience - This tour to Meijiawu Tea Village was a unique local experience. We got to know a local tea farmer, a delightful woman with a beautiful smile, who showed us her tea plantation and introduced us to the art of producing and serving tea. The guide who accompanied us, Yolanda, was very knowledgeable of Hangzhou and very patient with us, answering to all our questions promptly. Thank you, Yolanda, for a great day!
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Carlosrydin
May 10, 2019
Tour China Highlights: Dragon Well tea village (Meijiawu) and the Temple Soul’s Retreat - We booked a half-day tour to visit a Dragon Well tea village and the Temple Soul’s Retreat. Our guide, Yolanda, made everything to make the tour enjoyable and interesting. More than her competent explanations about the tour, we started to talk to her about many other subjects about the region and China, almost as she was a new friend we made in the city.
One important aspect about the visit to the tea village was that we were really visiting a family of tea farmers, that showed us the fields and their house, made us taste different kinds of tea, etc. It was really "one-to-one", totally different from "mass-tourism" tour.
It was really a very enjoyable morning, thanks to China Highlights and to Yolanda.
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Mrayner1991
May 10, 2019
Hangzhou Tour - My friend and I booked a tour of Hangzhou with China Highlights, to see West Lake and the Tea Fields.
Booking the tour was very simple and Kimi from China Highlights was very helpful at answering any questions I had and was flexible for our plans.
We were collected from our hotel and transported to the train station where we were assisted with getting through security etc. Our guide in Hangzhou, Gerry was great. He spoke very good English, had great knowledge of the area and made the day a great joy. We had a boat ride on west lake a lovely local lunch. In the afternoon we got to experience two different tea ceremonies. The farmer at the Meijiawu tea village was very welcoming, we picked tea leaves and she taught us the rules of a tea ceremony.
The tour was very well planned and executed.
I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone travelling to China.
Mary & Lydia
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Eejunt2
May 5, 2019
Great Service and Co-ordination - Our guide, Leaf, was extremely helpful and provided suggestions for our tour promptly. She suggested great restaurants which we enjoyed and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves with all the activities. At the same time, she gave interesting anecdotes and history about the places we visited. We felt that we have learnt a lot about Hangzhou during this trip.
The tea cultural experience was also extremely insightful. We took lots of great photos and learnt a lot about the tea drinking culture in Hangzhou.
Highly recommended and would definitely return in the future!
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Eechant
May 5, 2019
best tour guide ever! - we opt for a 3 days tour and did not regret booking it at all. our tour guide named “Leaf” was very patient with us, sharing stories about Hangzhou. for someone who is not a big fan of tour, i enjoyed myself a lot. thanks Leaf! :-)
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继涛
May 5, 2019
Fantastic tour in Hangzhou - Four of us booked this trip to Hangzhou through China Highlights. Our guide Gerry was terrific! He picked us up at the train station and began hosting us for the tour. We enjoyed the boat cruise at West Lake, and he also showed us key highlights in the area. Besides, he took us to different restaurants for meals, where were always fresh and delicious. Despite some rain, we saw the tea museum, and had the tea ceremony. It was really a fantastic tour in Hangzhou.
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Hlee246
May 4, 2019
Great time in Hangzhou - Incredible time in Hangzhou especially the night performance,”Impressions of Hangzhou” which is a must see.
Although not in the original itinerary,Gerry, our guide managed to get the tickets for us at the last minute. Gerry is very reliable and helpful
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Kathryn_mary
Apr 25, 2019
Day In the Tea Fields - We drove to an area in Hangzhou where we met Nana, whose family has a tea plantation. Nana was extremely friendly and knowledgeable about tea. She plopped a straw hat on us both, we walked up the hill to the tea plants. We picked a few leaves of tea then walked back to her home through a small village. Along the way she showed us how the tea is dried the same day.
Nana showed us the rituals of a tea ceremony, allowing us to try to pour the tea correctly. We had a fun time and learned a lot. Our guide was Fiona. She was very helpful getting us around.
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Yan
Apr 25, 2019
Hangzhou, a Smart City - We had Gerry as our guide and he was terrific and so informative. We had a list of things we wanted to see and Gerry accommodated us on our private tour. One place Gerry showed us around was a special supermarket known as something like Mr. Hippo, which was also a wonderful food court for sea food. Gerry told us payment can only be made by an App on your phone. We bought some snack and he paid for us using his phone, and we reimbursed him later. I was so impressed by Alibaba's advanced technology and ideas. Hangzhou, a truly smart city that deserves our time!
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