Customer Reviews

Thank you for connecting us with Maggie—we signed up for two of the group tours: the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. And on the second one, we had an excellent guide who spoke Spanish.

We recently took two private tours through China Tour Guide, one to Zhangjiajie and the other to Huangshan. Maggie was the agent we communicated with who created the itinerary once we told her what we wanted to see and how many days we wanted to stay. She was very responsive and easy to work with. My brother has worked with her for many years.

We flew into Zhangjiajie first and were met by our guide, Ella, and driver, Mr. Fu. We stayed 3 nights at the Pullman Hotel and the 4th night closer to downtown at the Home2Suites by Hilton closer to Tianmen Mountain. Three full days in Zhangjiajie is the right amount of time. Day 1 we visited Tianzi Mountain then the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, which we totally enjoyed, paying a little extra for the zipline ride and slide down the mountain. Day 2 we went to Yellow Dragon Cave then the Bailong Elevator to see the Avatar mountains. It rained very hard this day, so bring waterproof shoes! Ella recommended a Chinese show of folk dances and songs called Charming Xiangxi, at the theater next to our hotel. It was very enjoyable and entertaining. On Day 3, we opted to pay a little extra for a boat ride around Baofeng Lake, which was very serene with beautiful tranquil scenery. The afternoon we spent at Tianmen Mountain. Unfortunately, it was foggy and drizzling up there so visibility was poor but still very enjoyable, even hiking up the 999 steps in the fog!

Our second tour was to Huangshan where we stayed a total of five nights, the first and last down in the city and the middle three on the mountain, one night in Baiyun Hotel and the other two at Xihai hotel (5 stars). Huangshan was an unforgettable experience mainly due to our excellent guide, Suki, who is from Huangshan and kept us informed of all the local vegetables and dishes (smelly Mandarin fish and hairy tofu). She knows the mountain like the back of her hand and gave very detailed interesting explanations when showing us the different granite rock or pine tree formations. She gave a lot of historical data, not only of the mountain but of China in general. Three nights stay on the mountain was perfect, we experienced two sunsets and two sunrises, all so gorgeous. Even then, there's so much more to see when we hopefully return one day. The day we descended the mountain we visited two ancient preserved villages, Hongcun and Xidi. At Xidi Village, we discovered where sesame seeds originate from!

We are really satisfied and happy of the cooperation with Billy. We couldn't have had a better translator!! Besides doing a lot of translations she also helped us with a lot of other things. During our next trip our preferred translator for sure will be Billy. So, we keep in touch!

That's excellent—we really liked it, Cristina.
Everything after that was so so lovely.
China is a very beautiful country.

Thank you for arranging an excellent second tour of Nanjing for Greg and me. It was great to have Jimmy Tang as our tour guide a second time. We remembered him and he remembered us from the 2019 tour. He is an excellent guide. His English is perfect and he adds nice moments of humor to the tour. I recommend him to guide other English speaking visitors. Thank you again.

Maggie, I apologize for not providing my feedback on our 8 Day Hangzhou and Nanjing Tour earlier.

The tour was excellent. Mr. Lu ,our guide in Hangzhou, was very good, and the selected hotel was excellent ( clean, big room, and very good breakfast) We enjoyed our visit to West Lake, and I learned a lot about tea at the China National Tea Museum. Two nights, and one full day in Hangzhou was just the right amount of time to spend there. We enjoyed catching the High Speed Train from Hangzhou to Nanjing especially in first class. Very smooth and quiet ride. Please inform your Western guests who catch the trains in China that they will need to have their passports scanned as they enter the gate to go to the trains.

Nanjing was the best part of the tour. Our Nanjing guide, Mr. Jimmy Tang, was the best English speaking tour guide I have experienced in my China travels. His English was flawless, and because he lived in the USA for a time, he has a feel for the needs and interests of Western guests visiting China in general, and in particular Nanjing, his home town. We really enjoyed visiting the Nanjing Museum, the Presidential Residence, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum, the Niushou Mountain & Usnisa Palace ( Spectacular place). The Lijixhiang Comfort Statutes, and house was very educational on the atrocities of the Japanese used these women in WWII. It was well worth seeing ,but it was depressing to learn of the magnitude the Japanese used Comfort Women across Asia in WWII. It was unfortunate that the Nanjing Massacre Museum was closed because of memorial activities in December.. Greg and I agreed that we will return to visit Nanjing again to see the Massacre Museum, and enjoy Nanjing City again. It is a really nice city with a subway system that Western visitors can easily use because the directions are in English. I very highly recommend that you continue to have your guests stay at the Novotel Nanjing Central Hotel ( No. 68 Huahai Road, Qinhuai District) It is a modern hotel located in a perfect location across the street from the Xin Jie Kou subway , station, across the street from a Walmart, and in the middle of dozens of restaurant and department stores. It is a perfect hotel to stay at. Greg and I will stay there the next time we visit Nanjing.

Thank you for arranging this tour for us.

With a 28 hour layover on the way from UK to NZ, I booked a city tour guide. The young lady who met me at the airport was very friendly and knowledgeable, she told me lots about Chinese history and of the places we visited in Guangzhou. We ate delicious food at a local Yum Cha restaurant which as a chef I enjoyed very much.

I was dropped off at my hotel with plenty of time to catch some sleep before returning to the airport for the remainder of my flight.

As a distraction from a boring long haul flight I thoroughly recommend this to anyone travelling through China, and also a chance to relax and stretch the legs!

Maggie
Our Tianjin Tour was wonderful. Mr. Jin and his driver, Mr. Huang, showed us exactly what we wanted to see. Mr. Jin found a very nice place to have a foot massage. I give my highest rating to Mr. Jin as a tour guide. He was very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful.
Thank you for arranging this tour.