4-Hour Private Tour for Layover Travellers via Guangzhou Airport | 4 hours to 9 hours

3 Reviews | Guangzhou
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Half Day Layover City Tour
2 Adults x $400.00
$800.00
Approx Total
$800.00
Duration: 4 hours: Opt for half day city tour to visit city landmarks and attractions in downtown Guangzhou with airport pick up and drop off
Pickup included
Glass Bridge Layover Tour
2 Adults x $600.00
$1,200.00
Approx Total
$1,200.00
Duration: 6 hours: Opt for 6 hours tour to visit the famous Gulong Gorge glass bridge waterfall mountain, with airport pick up and drop off
Pickup included
Glass Bridge+Cave Layover Tour
2 Adults x $800.00
$1,600.00
Approx Total
$1,600.00
Duration: 9 hours: For 9 hours tour to Gulong Gorge glass bridge waterfall mountain and underground river cave,with airport pick up and drop off
Pickup included
Full Day Layover City Tour
2 Adults x $440.00
$880.00
Approx Total
$880.00
Duration: 7 hours: Opt for full day city tour to visit city landmarks and attractions in downtown Guangzhou with airport pick up and drop off
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Local English-speaking tour guide with full escort
  • Private transport by air-con vehicle
  • Professional driver
  • Airport/hotel pick up and drop off
  • Gratuities
  • Entrance fee/Admission tickets(for you and the guide)
  • Lunch or dinner at a local restaurant or snacks(skipable and optional)

Overview

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.^_^.

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We could pick up customer at Guangzhou airport or any layover hotel offered by China Southern Airline ... Read more ▼

Itinerary

  • N/A

    Your knowledgeable local English-speaking tour guide and private car driver will come and pick you up at Guangzhou airport (Gate 53 of Terminal 2, the exit for international flight travellers) or your layover hotel(offered by China Southern Airline), holding a sign with your name written on it. You can choose to store your luggage at the airport(or layover hotel) or put your luggage in our car/van to start the tour. Message your guide if it takes too long for queuing at the Free Visa application counter before you meet.

    30 minutes

  • Yuexiu Park

    Have a stroll in a nice park with beautiful landscape in the old part of the city, to see some important sites including the old landmark of Guangzhou-the Five-Ram Statue and cultural heritages and historical relics like the 600 years old city wall of Ming Dynasty, the five stories ancient building Zhenhai Tower(now serves as Guangzhou museum), Sun Yat-sen Monument (commemorating the father of Democratic China), Yuexiu Hill Football Stadium(the lucky place of home field to one of the two Guangzhou football teams)

    1 hour

  • Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King

    The authentic and original tomb site and mausoleum of the 2nd King of Nanyue Kingdom in Han Dynasty over 2000 years ago. It has been discovered and unearthed in 1983 and being built into a museum open to the public for visiting. You can step into the shabby ancient tomb site through narrow tunnels to see the tomb structure and remains, and afterward to visit the museum above which displays numerous antiques dug up from the site, like ancient armors, musical instruments, jades, mummies and so on. Your guide will brief you about relevant history and culture around that era for this Nanyue Kingdom occupying Guangdong and most of Guangxi territory, the southern part of China.

    30 minutes

  • Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street

    A 1000 meters long local pedestrian shopping street in the old downtown of Guangzhou with "Qilou" Cantonese style architecture, various stores and shops selling shoes, clothes, fruit, toys, local food, jewellery and so on with many Chinese element decorations. Vehicles are forbidden in this street area for an ideal and leisure walking experience for local pedestrians. Reasonable price and local people like to do shopping here, not touristy place.

    30 minutes

  • Shamian Island

    Colonial area in Guangzhou by British and French in the 19th century after the First Opium War in Qing Dynasty, an artificial island next to Pearl River with many western style architectures used to serve for diverse purpose over 100 years ago like consulates, banks, hospital, church, police station and so on. This is the only place in Guangzhou where you can find unique art and architecture with exotic atmosphere, and now there are always many brides and grooms taking marriage photos taking advantage of the beautiful background with professional photographers. It also witnessed many first time records in Guangzhou like the first western restaurant with train compartment dining hall, the first five-star hotel in China(White Swan Hotel).

    30 minutes

  • Canton Tower

    New landmark of Guangzhou, nickname as "Slim Lady", it is the No.1 tallest TV tower in China with panoramic observation deck, bubble tram, revolving restaurant, cinema and so on

    1 hour

  • Huacheng Square

    See the skyscrapers and modern buildings and linger around the Flower City Square in the new downtown to view Canton Tower, Asian Games Park, Guangdong Provincial Museum, IFC and Guangzhou Opera House. Have a walk into the Guangzhou Library to see and learn about its stunning advanced technology like the "Book Shower" machine and book circulation system equipment.

    30 minutes

  • N/A

    Lunch at a local "Tea House" restaurant to try the delicious traditional Cantonese dim sum, the famous local specialty in Guangzhou with local people, not touristy place.

    1 hour

  • Gulong Gorge

    If you choose the glass bridge tour option, we will not visit downtown area of Guangzhou but head straight for Gulong Gorge to experience the famous world record skywalk glass bridge along with multi-level big waterfall in the mountain. It's around 1.5 hour's driving from Guangzhou airport.

    2 hours

  • Jinlong Cave of Qingyuan

    If you choose the glass bridge plus cave tour option, after picking up at Guangzhou airport or layover hotel, we will go visit Gulong Gorge for its marvellous skywalk glass bridge and multi-level waterfalls, have lunch at a local restaurant for Cantonese cuisine, and in the afternoon to visit the natural underground river cave which is 3km long for boat ride and walking to explore.

    1 hour

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Additional Info

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Important note: though most layover(more than 8 hours) travellers could get the 24/144 hours free visa to enter the city from the airport, Guangzhou custom never promise 100% permission for temporary transit visa application, if in any case you are rejected the visa and couldn't leave the airport for the tour, NO REFUND would be issued for this layover tour, as payment had already been prearranged for the private tour guide and car driver service reservation in advance. Hope you understand, thank you.

Non Refundable

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Showing 1-3 of 3 reviews with 5 stars

A great tour with an entertaining and engaging guide

Published on Jan, 2025

We’ve had a full day before our late evening flight from Guangzhou, but had never seen the area before. This tour was the perfect choice. Damon was a fabulous guide, made an interesting route, even saving us time with proactive ideas. Absolute recommendation from my side.

Perfect guided tour for a short transit in Guangzhou

Published on Dec, 2024

The private guided tour was amazing. My tour guide Candice was amazing - she took me to all the important spots in Guangzhou as my time was limited to only 5 hours. Our driver took us everywhere with ease. We saw a mix of the old and modern sights. Traditional cantonese food was amazing! I am very grateful to Candice and Guangzhou tours for this amazing experience. 10/10 and definitely recommended!

Wonderful experience with Guangzhou Local Tours!

Published on Sep, 2019

My guide was very helpful. It started months before I arrived. We very carefully planned the day based on my needs and desires. Once I arrived, the guide was very prompt, the car was clean, and even the driver was very courteous. I got to explore places that I would have never found on my own. My guide was very knowledgeable, friendly and just a pleasure to be with. Oh, and the local food places, WOW. I hope to do it all again soon.

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