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15 Full-Day Tours in China Worth Booking

43 tours  ·  from $12 a head

Good full-day tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.

Beijing Full Day Tours: Tiananmen Sq, Forbidden City, Great Wall - Three hours inside the Forbidden City
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Beijing Full Day Tours: Tiananmen Sq, Forbidden City, Great Wall

1.Beijing Full Day Tours: Tiananmen Sq, Forbidden City, Great Wall

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,634 reviews · from $99Our pick

This 10 to 11-hour small-group outing links Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Mutianyu Great Wall. Expect hotel pickup within Beijing’s Third Ring Road, an English-speaking guide such as Helen or Rocky, entrance fees, buffet lunch, water, and a cable car or chairlift and toboggan ride. It is an efficient first-day introduction, but expect a long, active schedule.

“Mary is our tour guide! Thank Mary for sharing her expertise, food and experience! She has been great Great way to go to all the places! May not be the best to come to China or any East Asian countries during summer. Otherwise, well worth it to not go through the hassle of doing all of them yourselves.”

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Private Shanghai Full Day City Tour with Old and New Highlights - The French Concession and its local park
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Private Shanghai Full Day City Tour with Old and New Highlights

2.Private Shanghai Full Day City Tour with Old and New Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 995 reviews · from $115

Spend 7 to 8 hours seeing Shanghai’s strongest contrasts, from Yu Garden and the Old Town bazaar to the Bund and Pudong skyscrapers. Your private guide can reshape the day around your interests, help order lunch, and explain local customs. Choose a guide-only, car, or all-inclusive package, with guides such as Annie, Sammy, and Fei Fei often praised for warm, clear English.

“My day with Sammy was just awesome! We really had a great time and Sammy showed me a lot of beautiful sights in Shanghai. I enjoyed it very much. I learned a lot about the City and its history.”

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Beijing Classic Full-Day Tour including the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven - Starting early from your Beijing hotel
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Beijing Classic Full-Day Tour including the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven

3.Beijing Classic Full-Day Tour including the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 610 reviews · from $99

This 9-hour Beijing tour links Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, and Summer Palace with hotel pickup, transport, entry fees, and a Chinese lunch. Guides such as Jenny, Lee, Mary, Murphy, and Michael have received strong praise for clear explanations and good group care. Expect lots of walking, crowds, and possible shopping stops.

“The day was planned extremely well. Jenny took care of small details meticulously and ensured everyone was enjoying and getting best experience. We covered all important attractions in Beijing in one day. We would highly recommend her tour to all friends and family.”

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Beijing Essential Full-Day Tour including Great Wall at Badaling, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square - Tiananmen Square: a brief look at modern China
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Beijing Essential Full-Day Tour including Great Wall at Badaling, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square

4.Beijing Essential Full-Day Tour including Great Wall at Badaling, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 609 reviews · from $99

Cover Beijing’s essential sights in about nine hours with hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide, lunch, entrance tickets, and air-conditioned transport. You’ll visit Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Badaling Great Wall, with a Longdi Jade Factory stop on the return. Guides such as Lee, Jenny, Murphy, and Michael Shi have earned praise for clear explanations and attentive help.

“A nice city highlights tour with a friendly guide. I’d have skipped the tea house stop, as I’m not a fan of ‘commercial proposals’, but everything else was excellent. The Great Wall is absolutely breathtaking and unforgettable!”

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Great Wall of China at Mutianyu Full-Day Tour Including Lunch from Beijing - The seven-hour day from Beijing
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Great Wall of China at Mutianyu Full-Day Tour Including Lunch from Beijing

5.Great Wall of China at Mutianyu Full-Day Tour Including Lunch from Beijing

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 565 reviews · from $79

Spend about seven hours visiting Mutianyu, one of Beijing’s most scenic Great Wall sections. Your English-speaking guide, with names such as Mary, Jenny, Michael, or Vanessa reported for this service, handles transport, history, tickets, and lunch. Expect steep steps, fine mountain views, and possible tea and jade shopping stops.

“Jenny was a great tour guide, giving a lot of information about Beijing, the local area and the Great Wall.”

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Private Full-Day Tour: Incredible Shanghai Highlights - Starting high in Pudong
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Private Full-Day Tour: Incredible Shanghai Highlights

6.Private Full-Day Tour: Incredible Shanghai Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 352 reviews · from $109

Spend about eight hours with a private guide exploring Shanghai’s old streets and modern towers. Choose Shanghai Tower, Oriental Pearl, or World Financial Center, then visit the Bund, Yuyuan Garden, Confucius Temple, Yuyuan bazaar, and Former French Concession. Guides such as Peggy, Apple, Troy, and Nora are available by request, subject to availability.

“It was an amazing experience. Service was excellent. Peggy is an amazing guide. Well spoken, friendly and very approachable. Made us feel like family. Looked after our dietary and prayer times. Well mannered and highly recommended. Thank you for an amazing experience. Jaz from Syd Australia.”

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Beijing: Full-Day Small-Group Great Wall Hiking at Jinshanling - The 8:00 am departure and ride from Beijing
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Beijing: Full-Day Small-Group Great Wall Hiking at Jinshanling

7.Full-Day Small-Group Great Wall Hiking at Jinshanling

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 347 reviews · from $138

Start at 8:00 am for a full-day hike from Simatai West to Jinshanling, mixing original and restored wall sections. Your English-speaking guide, often Dewit, Cheney, Luis, or Jason, leads the route, explains watchtowers and wall design, and helps with photos. Expect steep steps, bottled water, trekking poles, and a farmer-run lunch.

“Our guide, Luis, was amazing! The entire tour was great. He was flexible adapting the tour to the groups needs and told us a lot of information about the Great Wall. This section is definetly the most beautiful one and there was almost no one there. Just Perfect!”

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Private Full Day Tour: Forbidden City, Tiananmen & Summer Palace - Tiananmen Square and the reality of security checks
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Private Full Day Tour: Forbidden City, Tiananmen & Summer Palace

8.Private Full Day Tour: Forbidden City, Tiananmen & Summer Palace

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 272 reviews · from $130

Spend about eight hours with a private guide visiting Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Summer Palace. Choose private transport or the subway, enjoy lunch at a local Chinese restaurant, and receive hotel pickup and drop-off. Guides such as May, Peter, Jenny, and James are praised for clear history, flexible pacing, and help with crowded entrances.

“Great communication before the tour started. Driver and guide showed up on time and were professional, friendly, and helpful. If you want to make your trip stress free, book this tour.”

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Highlights from Guilin to Yangshuo Full Day Private Tour - Route 1 begins beneath the lights of Reed Flute Cave
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Highlights from Guilin to Yangshuo Full Day Private Tour

9.Highlights from Guilin to Yangshuo Full Day Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 261 reviews · 8 hours · from $108

Spend eight hours with an English-speaking driver-guide on a private Guilin to Yangshuo tour. Choose Reed Flute Cave or Zhuangyuan Bridge and mirror-like rice fields, then see Xianggong Hill, Fuli Ancient Town, and take a one-hour bamboo raft ride on a quieter stretch of the Li River. Entrance fees, meals, and the evening show cost extra.

“Fantastic tour. Great value for money with a tour guide who spoke fantastic English and with great knowledge of the forbidden city & the Great Wall. So well worth it!!”

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Full-Day Private Guided Tour of Shanghai - People’s Park and the city’s unusual marriage market
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Full-Day Private Guided Tour of Shanghai

10.Full-Day Private Guided Tour of Shanghai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 211 reviews · from $99

Spend eight hours with a private Shanghai guide such as Peggy, Apple, Troy, or Jessie, shaping the day around your interests. Visit People’s Park, Jade Buddha Temple, local markets, Nanjing Road, the Bund, and Old Town. Choose metro and taxis or a private car, with hotel pickup and drop-off included.

“We had 17 hrs transit in Shanghai so took this tour and we had a great day. Personal driver, knowledgable local guide Nora, lots of history. Nice lunch too.”

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Terra-Cotta Warriors & Horses Essential Full Day Tour from Xi'an - What happens after the 8:00 am pickup
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Terra-Cotta Warriors & Horses Essential Full Day Tour from Xi’an

11.Terra-Cotta Warriors & Horses Essential Full Day Tour from Xi’an

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 160 reviews · from $79

Spend about nine hours visiting Xi’an’s Terracotta Warriors with an English-speaking guide, hotel pickup, entrance tickets, transport, and lunch included. The core visit covers the three excavation pits and museum displays. Some departures also include Banpo Neolithic Museum and a terracotta factory or souvenir stop, so confirm the day’s schedule before booking.

“No doubt I'd recommend this. Small van. Cozy group of 5 and a fantastic tour guide, whose name I can't recall in Chinese, but went by Lucy. She speaks perfect English we discussed politics and history, she is thoughtful and funny. Made our day wonderful. The trip was organized and pleasant. Being American, I can moan this was good.”

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BusDa-Mutianyu Great Wall Sightseeing Full-day Bus Tours - Arriving at Mutianyu and getting oriented
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BusDa-Mutianyu Great Wall Sightseeing Full-day Bus Tours

12.BusDa-Mutianyu Great Wall Sightseeing Full-day Bus Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 153 reviews · from $18Best value

Take an approximately eight-hour BusDa group bus tour from Beijing to Mutianyu, one of the Great Wall’s calmer and more scenic sections. You get about five hours at the Wall, free time to hike, and help with tickets and shuttle buses. Guide options include Christina, Evelyn, Linda, or another English-speaking guide. Cable car and toboggan rides cost extra.

“Nice and easy way to get to the Great Wall. Guide arranged all the tickets needed for us and you are free to use your time on the Wall as you wish.”

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Full Day Trip Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Sq. - Three hours inside the Forbidden City
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Full Day Trip Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Sq.

13.Full Day Trip Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Sq.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 110 reviews · from $99

Spend 9 to 10 hours with a private English-speaking guide and chauffeur, visiting Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Mutianyu Great Wall. Hotel pickup, entrance fees, lunch, and the cable car or chairlift and toboggan option are included. Guide Jerry has earned special praise for his history storytelling.

“Jerry our guide was very enthusiastic despite the bad weather. He taught us a lot about the whole history of Beijing. The Chinese architecture is fascinating. A good guide is a must have if you really want to enjoy the tour. At the end of the day, a great tour to have an overall look of what Beijing has to offer!”

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Full-Day Private Customized Walking Tour of Hong Kong - Starting at Victoria Harbour and Victoria Peak
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Full-Day Private Customized Walking Tour of Hong Kong

14.Full-Day Private Customized Walking Tour of Hong Kong

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 106 reviews · from $306

Meet your guide at your city hotel and build the day around food, markets, photography, temples, neighborhoods, or classic sights. You might ride the Star Ferry, visit Victoria Peak, explore Sheung Wan, Mong Kok, Kowloon City, or Stanley. Guides such as Richard, Nicole, and Jess have tailored routes to fit ambitious schedules.

“Our guide Richard customized our tour perfectly for us and even avoided parts of city where there was a protest. He was very knowledgeable and helpful with dining suggestions. We really enjoyed our day spent with him!”

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Private Hong Kong Car Tour - Half Day or Full Day - Kowloon markets make the tour more local and less polished
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Private Hong Kong Car Tour – Half Day or Full Day

15.Private Hong Kong Car Tour – Half Day or Full Day

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 86 reviews · from $374

You set the pace on this private 4 to 8 hour Hong Kong tour, with hotel pickup, an air-conditioned vehicle, and a licensed guide. Build your day around Victoria Peak, Sheung Wan, Central, Kowloon, markets, temples, or Stanley. Guides such as Andy, Mel, Sinclair, and Kiyo are praised for local insight and flexible planning.

“We were able to prepare a custom itinerary for our private tour. We had a separate driver and a tour guide who accompanied us at every location, providing pertinent background information. The car was very nice and comfortable. Our tour guide Andy Chan was easy to understand, knowledgeable and accommodating.”

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