Top Guangzhou Private Sightseeing Tours

Travel in a private car with a professional English-speaking guide Visit Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, a masterpiece of Lingnan architecture Enjoy a relaxing Pearl River cruise Admire panoramic city views from the Canton Tower Explore Yuexiu Park and see the famous Five Rams Statue Stroll along Shamian Island’s charming colonial streets

Make the most of your time in Guangzhou, and don’t worry about finding your own way around town: this private driving tour will whisk you around the city’s top sights. Meet your driver directly at your hotel in the morning. Over the course of the day, you’ll visit local highlights like Shamian Island, the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, the Canton Tower, and more. You can also customize the itinerary to suit your interests, and even stop for a dim sum meal (own expense).

See Guangzhou from a different perspective on an evening private cruise of the Pearl River—a great way for first-time visitors to see more sights in less time. During your first-class cruise, you’ll glide past the Canton Tower and Ersha Island, and enjoy private hotel pickup and drop-off for added convenience.

Spend a half-day or full-day shopping with your own private local guide. Depending on what you are looking to purchase, your guide will take you to different markets, retail shops and shopping areas, such as Beijing Road and Shaxiajiu Pedestrian Street, with options for clothing, cosmetics, jewelry, electronics, artisan items, wholesale purchases, and more. Local shopping guide can help you select products, communicate with vendors and even negotiate to help you get the best deals.

Enjoy stunning views of Gulong Canyon (Gulong Gorge or Gulongxia) and a thrilling experience walking across a glass bridge with a private guided tour. Located two hours north of Guangzhou, Gulong features a striking landscape of lush mountains, valley and waterfalls. Be amazed at the views as you walk across a cantilevered glass bridge over the canyon and a glass platform overlooking a cascading waterfall. Entrance fees and lunch can be added on for a hassle-free experience.

Discover Guangzhou on a private, customized tour combining culture, food, and the Pearl River. With a flexible itinerary, you choose what matters most — from iconic landmarks to authentic eateries. Unlike standard group tours, you’ll have a dedicated bilingual guide and private vehicle, ensuring smooth travel, real-time translation, and insider tips. Led by an experienced bilingual assistant with a proven record supporting international travelers, blending local expertise and hospitality to help you achieve more during your visit. Explore Canton Tower, Shamian Island, Chen Clan Academy, and historic neighborhoods, then savor authentic Cantonese cuisine at local restaurants. In the evening, enjoy a Pearl River cruise to see the city’s glittering skyline. Your Elite Personal Assistant also acts as photographer, translator, and concierge — handling logistics and capturing your best moments — making your time in Guangzhou unique, seamless, and memorable for leisure or business.

Experience the Guangzhou at night by taking a relaxing cruise on the city’s “Mother River “Pearl river, take in the beautiful night views along the water front and the city’s landmarks such as Canton Tower, IFC, Haixin Sha and Zhujiang New Town when it’s lit up at night. Savor a delightful local Cantonese dinner includes the famed Dim-Sum as well as other delicacies from the region ( Dinner NOT on the boat). Convenient private transfer is included in the tour.

This is a PRIVATE TOUR with hotel pick up and drop off ONLY FOR YOU, based on your own pace and not sharing with others. Guangzhou innovation high-tech tour, let you explore the lastest stunning advanced cutting-edge technology that Guangzhou has to offer. Ride on a driverless vehicle(Robobus or Robotaxi) with AI autodrive technology. Order food/drink and watch them flying to you carried by a DRONE. Visit future intelligent showroom to view all kinds of robots, AI glasses, flying cars, robot play chess, robot football competition, 3D printing, etc. Visit Alibaba hippo supermarket to see auto chain delivery for items bought by online customer. Visit Guangzhou Library to see book sorting system, book shower machine, online reservation machine, etc. Experience driverless tram/high speed metro. And so on... You'll have a full experience of Guangzhou in its high-tech aspect, with the company of a knowledgeable local guide and a private car with driver to show you around the city.

Maximize your short layover time in Guangzhou and avail the opporunity to discover the city's amazing old and new highlights. Learn the local culture, history ,life and sites from your local knowledgable guide . The tour takes you to visit the top Guangzhou city highlights such as Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, Canton Tower, Shamian Island, Local famed temple , parks or shopping street etc. It's a fully customized itinerary based on your time and interests.

Enjoy a fun and exciting outing on this fully exclusive private tour to Gulong Canyon or Gulong Gorge located in Qingyuan county north of Guangzhou city. Get away from the busy and hectic city and embrace the amazing natural beauty among the vast mountains, valleys, water falls etc. Marvel at the world’s longest and widest sky bridge while stepping on its 99% transparent glass path. Immerse yourself in the ultimate fun while take in its fantastic view of the areas. Jinlong Cave is an impressive huge cave with underground river. This day tour will start from Guangzhou and let you walk on the glass walkway, then explore the fantastic Cave Fairyland. Travel with your own knowledgeable guide to get great understanding of the region and culture.

If you love adventure, nature, and taking stunning photos, don’t miss Gulong Gorge near Guangzhou. Located in Qingyuan, just 2 hours from city center and 90 km from Baiyun Airport, this scenic area is known as “China’s most thrilling gorge” and a top extreme outdoor park in South China. The star attraction is the Yuntian Glass Bridge — a 1,314-meter-long glass walkway suspended over roaring waterfalls and deep valleys. Daredevils can also try the Sky Ladder and U-shaped Glass Platform for breathtaking photos. For thrill seekers, the go-kart racing track offers high-speed action with jungle and cliff views. The highlight for many is the “Roller Coaster on Water” — a 6 km rafting course with a 378 m drop, delivering 30–40 minutes of twists, turns, and splashes. With 95% forest coverage, Gulong Gorge is a natural oxygen bar, perfect for hiking and enjoying waterfalls. Suitable for couples, families, and groups (rafting for kids over 1M tall). Best time for rafting: April to October.

Gulong Canyon is a well-known attraction for its glass bridge, and Yingde Peak Corridors is a picturesque valley in between these stunning karst mountains in northern Guangdong Province in China. This private day tour will let you explore Gulong Canyon Glass and Cave Fairland in the Peak Corridor from Guangzhou by car with a local guide. Your centrally located Guangzhou hotel pickup time is at 8am. Note: there are two booking options. No guide, no meals, no entrance fees are included for TRANSFER ONLY option. The driver speaks only Chinese.

Make full use of your short stay in Guangzhou by taking this fully customized half day tour with the local expert guide. Experience the city like a local by visiting the beautiful parks, famed temple, memorial hall, markets as well as some of magnificent historic sites. Get a great overview of the city’s culture, life and sounds that it has to offer, optional Dim-sum meal allow you to savor the best local delicacies. Enjoy the flexible departure time based on your own schedule.

Enjoy a fun and exciting night outing on this exclusive private tour. Discover the city’s best night spots by visiting world’s tallest TV tower-Canton Tower.Get up to its star observation deck at 433 Meters (About 1550 feet tall) to enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of the mega Guangzhou city at night. Bubble Tram or Sky drop activities if need pay at your own costs on site depends on availability . After the visit , savor a delightful local dinner at the well selected Cantonese restaurant. Experience the magic Guangzhou night as a local under the lead of your local expert guide.

See Guangzhou come alive at night on this evening tour. Choose from several packages, including ones that offer dinner, tickets to Canton Tower's 108th floor observation deck, and more. Depending on the package, you can see the city from the sky and from the water with visits to Canton Tower and a cruise along the Pearl River. Your private guide will point out notable landmarks.

This private city tour focuses on foreign layover travellers who have a flight stopover in Guangzhou with China Southern Airline and take advantage of the 24 or 144 hours free transit visa policy to leave the airport and enter the city for a tour. We can pick you up at Guangzhou airport or layover hotel to start the tour, visit the major sites in downtown or the famous skywalk glass bridge and at the end of the tour, drop you off at the airport(or your layover hotel) for your connecting flight depart from Guangzhou. This is a tailor-made private tour only for you (your group), highly flexible and the itinerary could be customized based on your interest or special request. You will have a full experience of Guangzhou from a local's perspective with the company of a knowledgeable local guide and a private air-con vehicle with driver, and have traditional Cantonese dim sum for lunch/dinner. We will follow up with you to firm up the itinerary after you book this tour on Tripadvisor.^_^.

Tea Ceremony is a very traditional Chinese culture, this half day tour will let you learn it at a local tea house. Moreover, you will explore the biggest tea market in China, South Tea Market in Fangcun in Guangzhou. Pickup time is 9am or 1pm from your centrally located Guangzhou hotel.

Enjoy a nice and fun day trip to Shunde in Foshan on this exclusive private day tour. Visit one of the top 10 famous garden in China appreciate the charming classic Chinese garden built from ancient Ming Dynasty. Explore Fengjian water village, famed as the “No.1 water town” in the region, explore the old houses and local alleys, get a great insight into local culture, history, custom etc. from your knowledgeable guide. In addition, treat yourself with a delightful local lunch. Private door to door transfer insures a more comfortable tour.

The name "Pearl River" comes from Guangzhou. It is the mother river of Guangzhou. It not only nurtures the people of Guangzhou, but also nurtures Guangzhou's history, culture and humanistic feelings. If you don’t visit the cultural and historical sites along the Pearl River, it can be said that you have never truly visited Guangzhou. This is a private tour only for you(your group) with personal attentive care and full escort by a knowledgeable local English-speaking tour guide. Last but not the least, see the illuminated lights from the VIP area on the night river cruise.

This private tour is designed and suitable for travellers who'd like to experience the well advanced bullet train transport in China, to pay a visit to Shenzhen as a day trip with your hotel stay in Guangzhou. Hotel pick up and drop off, round trip bullet train tickets from Guangzhou to Shenzhen and a knowledgeable private English speaking local tour guide with full escort is included for this exclusive private day trip intercity tour. To view Shenzhen from a local's perspective, your guide will help you plan a customized itinerary to visit iconic landmarks and try out some innovative programs in Shenzhen based on your own interest and request. Sample delicious food for a Cantonese lunch and going up Diwang Plaza to view Hong Kong is available and optional. Set out from your hotel in Guangzhou in the morning for bullet train departure with your guide, tour around Shenzhen and back to Guangzhou in late afternoon.

Discover the classical beauty of Qinghui Garden, one of Guangdong’s four most celebrated classical gardens, before stepping into the timeless waterways of Fengjian Water Town. This private day tour immerses you in the serene landscapes of Lingnan architecture and rural Cantonese life, all while accompanied by an expert local guide from Guangzhou. To complete the experience, you will savor the region’s legendary Shunde cuisine—renowned as the gastronomic heart of Guangdong—for an authentic taste of local heritage.

This PRIVATE TOUR aims at layover travellers who have a flight stopover in Guangzhou with China Southern Airline and utilise free transit visa to leave the airport to the city for a tour. Especially suitable for those who have around 7 to 18 hours layover in the city but still want to maximise the time to view the city. We will pick you up at Guangzhou airport to start the tour, visit city landmarks/historical relics and at the end of the tour, drop you back to airport for your connecting flight depart from Guangzhou. This is a tailor-made private tour only for you(your group), highly flexible and the itinerary could be customized based on your interest or special request. You will have a full experience of Guangzhou from a local's perspective with the company of a knowledgeable local guide and a private air-con vehicle with driver, and have traditional Cantonese dim sum for lunch/dinner. We will follow up with you to firm up the itinerary after you book this tour on Tripadvisor.^_^.

Explore the best of Guangzhou during this half-day small-group cycling tour. Start in the old parts of the city, meander through alleyways and outdoor markets, stopping at places such as People’s Park and Ersha Island. Approaching present-day Guangzhou, pass by the Guangzhou Opera House and Canton Tower. Learn about the city’s rich history from your local guide and bike at a leisurely pace, stopping to snack and take pictures.