3-Hour Shanghai Bund Swift Tour with River Cruise or Skyscraper

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Shanghai, China

8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Even if your Shanghai schedule doesn’t leave much time for touring, get an overview of the city’s famous Bund on a private adventure that’s perfect for the time-poor traveler. After transfer from your hotel, your personal guide will introduce you to the Bund’s signature sights. Then either enjoy a relaxing river cruise or scale a skyscraper observation deck for views across the megalopolis before you return to base.

Tour the Bund, Shanghai’s historic riverside promenade, with a private guide
Appreciate the city’s sights from a river cruise or skyscraper observation deck
Choose a time of day or night that works with your busy schedule
Relax with door-to-door round-trip private transfers direct from your hotel

What's Included

Private tour
Professional guide
Private diver and transfer service
Hotel pickup and drop-off
River Cruise ticket or selected Skyscraper entrance fee based on your booking option

Food and drinks
Additional attraction entrance fees
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Your Shanghai hotel or residence

Itinerary

The Bund (Wai Tan)

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Huangpu River

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Shanghai Tower

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Stroller accessible
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Please advise your preferred tour start time if other than 10:30am or 7:30pm upon booking as special request
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Christopher_W

I can not begin to describe the excellent experience that I had with Kalvin. The tour was officially a "skyscraper tour" and we started out over in Pudong with all the skyscrapers, but then he asked about where else I had been and the rest of the tour (with personal driver) consisted of almost all of the highlights of Shanghai: People's Square, People's Park, British Concession area, French concession area and then a DELICIOUS dumpling/noodle/wonton soup stop. It was a wonderful, personal, thoughtful, experience that will stay in my memories for a long time. Thank you!

Reviews

5.0

based on 28 reviews

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Wonderful, Personal, Thoughtful

Christopher_W, Mar 2026

Lovely Tour in Shanghai

RosaLuo, Feb 2025

The tour is well organized. As soon as I booked it, Alana reached out to verify hotel location for pick up and provided information of the tour guide. I’m traveling with my dad, who is 81 years old. Tour guide Ms. Mary and the driver Mr. Jin were both kind, knowledgeable, and attentive. We really enjoyed the stroll on the Bund, the cruise, and the tour of French Quarter. My dad especially appreciated visiting the historical site and museum of Chinese revolution. Mary is fluent in both Chinese and English, it’s really fun to hear some of the insights and tidbits of Shanghai history with her personal experiences grew up locally. Highly recommend and would love to tour with Mary again when I’m back to Shanghai with friends.

Highly recommended

Aruna_O, Aug 2024

Cruise was spectacular. One of the best light shows in the world. You see buildings up close. Go with VIP section which is in the front. Our guide Berlin was very knowledgeable and fun to talk to.

GOOOOOOOD!

Mike_C, Jul 2024

My experience has been AMAZING, Berlin has always been attentive and very knowledgeable. Worth every penny! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

A day to remember 🙏✈️

CHRYSSA_P, Jul 2024

An amazing night came to the end under the almost full moon. We have an amazing cruise and tour on French concession with our guide Mrs. Queena. We really enjoy the lights, the skywalkers, the gentle and enjoyable personality of Queena. She is very interesting and full of knowledge person, with a smile. I suggest to everyone to come in Shanghai and book this tour. Till the next time! Bye bye Shanghai.

Amazing tour in Shanghai

Chryssa_P, Jul 2024

We had an amazing time exploring Shanghai, all thanks to Queena. She was friendly and increasingly knowledge about the area. The tour was well-organised and went above and beyond to ensure that we had a great experience! She answered all our questions with enthusiasm and provided insightful stories that made the tour come alive! Even if the booked tour is only 3-hours, she remain with us more than that and made the visit unforgettable… We couldn’t asked for better tour guide than her. If you are planning a visit to Shanghai, I highly recommend booking this tour. PS. She is a perfect photographer!

Amazing night

Inginur_P, Jun 2024

We had a relaxing tour night with our guide Xin who was really nice and took us to buy some food from the french concession in order to have a beautiful diner with a view on the cruise tour. The cruise tour was amazing I strongly recomand it!

City Lights

Patricia_G, Jun 2024

We enjoyed the city lights cruise very much. Our guide was very knowledgeable and attentive. The view from the water was breathtaking!

Shanghai at night

Carmen_C, Mar 2024

We booked both the river cruise and Shanghai Tower at night. Shanghai was gorgeous and could not compare with any cities with all lighted skyscrapers, towers and hotels surrounding the Huangpo river. Thanks to Mary who was so helpful and extended her knowledge to us about Old and New Shanghai.

Perfect evening tour

Nate_R, Nov 2023

Jane was a fantastic and knowledgeable tourguide w very good English. I only had a short 6 hr layover and this tour was a perfect way to see the city!

Amazing experience of Shanghai at night

Michael_P, Jun 2023

I had an amazing experience. You absolutely cannot experience the view at night of Shanghai as well as if you take a ferry ride. Doing it through the tour company versus on your own is the best way so there is no stress and you get to learn about what all is the buildings are and about their history. My guide Snow was amazing. She spoke English perfectly and knew so much. She was very accommodating and asked what I wanted to see after the ferry since there was still one hour left in tour. I have used Viator numerous times as I’ve traveled to other countries. They are always reliable; the guide shows up on time and is very knowledgeable. Highly recommend!

Excellent tour overall

Opetaia_P, May 2023

This Tour was amazing. Got picked up promptly at the hotel by tour guide, Queena and headed straight to the Bund for the cruise To see the Shanghai skyline at night is truly amazing, What an experience!!!! Got a VIP deck accommodation so was able to take amazing photos/videos in private Tour guide , Queena, was amazing as well.

What a memorable happy "Swift Tour...

William T, Apr 2018

What a memorable happy "Swift Tour" with Alana. She arrived on the dot at 10:30AM and was well organized and got us to the Shanghai Tower early to avoid the crowds. Having a guide that took pictures of us was unique. We were all having fun. The offered add-on to visit a park was discussed by Alana and the driver. They decided on Lu Xun Park, it was an excellent choice; the trees were lovely in full bloom. As octogenarians the tour pacing was good for us. We could not have asked for more. Alana was an excellent guide.

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