China Homestay Tours, Homestay in China, Stay with the Locals in China

“There’s no place like home.” This is what we hear often when talking about traveling. We agree. But at the same time, we believe that your home is not the only place where you could feel welcomed like a family member. When planning your trip to China, why not traveling with our China Homestay Tours which take you to dive deeply into Chinese life? Our China Homestay Tours is one of the most creative types of tours we’ve got to offer. We believe that perhaps it is not for everyone who wants to visit China, but for the culturally-curious travelers.

When traveling in China, as you move from city to city, taking in the iconic and famous landmarks, you can only get an impression about part or only one aspect of China. How can you get an in-depth taste of Chinese life? What is a Chinese home like? What is a local Chinese family’s everyday life like? What’s it like to do shopping in local markets and to cook at home? Okay, here it is! Go with the hostess to a local market, share home-made meals and swap cultural anecdotes while sipping some quality Chinese tea, etc. These are what you may experience during our China Homestay Tours. Our China tours with homestay arrangements offer you opportunities to immerse yourself into an authentic experience of an amazing place, where you’ll feel welcomed and enjoy your stay like a local! So, want to have a try to dive deeply into Chinese life when traveling with us in China? Come on, and you will enjoy it!

Private Tours

Travel with family, friends or those who you wanna be with on your holiday, on your own departure date, in your own pace, to destinations you wanna go…

Private Tours

You can easily book a private tour with us by two ways. Everything can be customized. Travel China your way!

a.Choose a likely one from our off-the-peg tours categorized by theme, and tell us to customize it until it thoroughly meets all your requirements.

b.Fill in our “Tailor-made Tour” form, and a unique tour proposal will be created for you.

China Tour Packages

Join-in Tours

Simply adapt your time to our fixed departure dates. Meet and make new friends while touring China’s best destinations, culture and landscape in a small group.

Join-in Tours

We’ve prepared two types of join-in tours for you:

a.Long China tours you join in and follow from day 1 to the last day

b.Local one- or two-day tours in a certain city or area

Join-in China Tours

China Tours by Theme

We understand different people’s travel interests are various.

China Tours by Theme

Simply choose a tour according to your interests, needs and other relevant facts.

China Tour Packages

What customers say about us?

We’re sure that our customers’ words talk louder than our own’s. We believe that hearing directly from those who've experienced our private China tours is the best way to understand what we’re doing. It's not just about seeing the sights and the tour itself; it's about the whole process, from planning to execution. We highly value all the feedbacks and make them to encourage us to constantly improve our services.

Megan Kunkle
USA

I traveled to China for the first time this past January. The trip was well-planned and fun from start to finish. Not only did Alex Guan do a fantastic job working with our travel dates and funds to fit a lot into our itinerary, he's also a great individual to talk to and travel with. If I had any questions or concerns, I felt extremely comfortable bringing them to Alex. The same was true of the the guides he had for us in each city. They were all very knowledgable and informative. I definitely learned a lot from this trip with China Expedition Tours. However, I also feel like Alex provided us several opportunities (scheduled and unscheduled) to break the "tourist" barrier and experience the Chinese culture. One of my favorite parts of the trip was taking a bike ride in Yangshuo with our guide, David. He arranged for us to stop by a local woman's house. She gave us a tour and shared fresh fruit and peanuts with us from her garden. With China Expedition Tours, you're guaranteed an unforgettable and highly enjoyable trip! I will be contacting Alex Guan the next time I visit China!

Date of experience: 06/01/2017-21/01/2017
Jenny and Bevan
Australia

We had an amazing trip, thank you so much for all your hard work in putting together our itinerary. All the guides were wonderful and their knowledge was incredible. They could not do enough for us and were always punctual, polite and fun.The hotels were very well chosen, great locations, rooms were beautiful and food was abundant.

We even had an upgrade on arrival in Bejing which was a lovely way to start our holiday. By the time Peter had finished with us in Bejing, I think I knew all there was to know about the Emperors and Dynasties. What would have helped would have been a “Time Line” brochure, so we could refer to which period was being talked about and where each Emperor fit in as there was so much to remember. Although we had a very full itinerary, I would have liked to see the Silk Road Markets in Bejing, I hear they are very interesting.The terracotta Soldiers in Xien were far more impressive than I had thought they would be. Grace was such a lovely Guide and obviously very proud of her job and what she has to show her guests.While we were in Guilin Amber suggested we take the chair lift to the top of a mountain and view Guilin from there. I am so glad we did, it was amazing.

Bevan came back down on the chairlift and I decided to take the louge with Amber, it was so much fun, even for someone my age (54).As we were a little early for the acrobatic show in Shanghai, Colin very kindly took us to a wonderful shopping precinct close by to the theatre, this was very much appreciated and I believe should be added to the itinerary. Colin also suggested we take the night cruise which we loved, Shangahi is so beautiful at night and what a great way to see it. The “Mag Lev” train to the airport was fantastic, my husband had always wanted to do this and was not disappointed, I think this should be offered as an extra when selling Shanghai.

All our drivers were fantastic. We felt safe at all times even though the traffic in China was very different to what we are used to. The only thing that would
have been nice was to return to a cool vehicle, although this was not always possible I am sure.

The only thing that I was sometimes disappointed with was the choice of lunch venues. We chose your company because it was for small groups or in our case, only two people, and in some places we were in large dining rooms with large groups of tourists. I am sure these places are chosen for their locations and the food which was served which was wonderful.

We had a most wonderful holiday and I will most certainly recommend China Expedition Tours to everyone. I do hope we can visit China again very soon.

Kindest regards
Jenny and Bevan

Date of experience: 19/08/2017-03/09/2017
Todd A Hall
the U.S

Hi,Monica,

The trip was awesome!Every guide was an excellent ambassador for their city every place except for Guangzhou . Our guide, Louis, didn't take us to the tower there. I thought it was included with our tour...but I didn't question him. Also the hotel was not in a fun location and a bit unsettling.

So overall, we had a great time with Randy, Rock, Ruby, Tiger and Ann. While in Guilin, Tiger thought we were not having fun because of the rain; actually that made it more fun and gives us a fun story to share with friends, but I think that is why we didn't meet you.

Can you do us a favor and give Tiger this email address, we would love to thank him more!

Thanks and keep smiling!

Todd and Tom

Date of experience: 16/05/2017-03/06/2017
Emilio Cabrera
the U.S.A

Monica:

We have fantastic vacations and I want to thank you and you staff for a wonderful service.Please give from us special thank to Karen for her out standing

service, she and the driver when over the service and provide us withextra stops that

were not included in our itinerary.

Best Regards

Emilio Cabrera

Date of experience: 30/09/2014-02/10/2014
Joe Thong Nguyen
United States

Our group of 4, last 21 days was a life time experience of exploring the culture, history, differences cuisines of many ethnic of North, Southeast, South, breathing scenery is a given, architecture as old as 900+ years & still live in and passing generations to generations…and, last through all the battles during the 3 kingdoms, and many many surprises that take time to digest .

That being said, regardless how long the planning (1 year 1/2) in addition to hundreds of YouTube - without Chanel Tang patients during the planning process & her team to make sure everything is OK from woke up with me at 5:00 am climbing the mountain as raining & thick foggy to take us to hotel at midnight, make sure we are safe. - we will not experience it. A huge thanks to China Expedition Tour & big kudo to her team. I am highly suggest to take the private tour. It is not cheap, or too expensive - very much a self expeditions with a local expert who knows where, when for photo, change to do list on-the-fly depending on weather, etc.…last but not least was treated like VIP.

Date of experience: 01/03/2025-22/03/2025
Alastair
US

We just wanted to drop you a note to say what a fantastic time we had. Sunny was an amazing guide - Knowledgeable, friendly, and a true pleasure to be in the company of！ Thank you!

Date of experience: 08/08/2018-08/08/2018

China Homestay Tours & China Homestay Programs

Create your custom China tour and explore the real China on your own terms!

China Homestay Tours & China Homestay Programs

Home Stay in Beijing of Best of China Tour, from US$1397

Home Stay in Xi'an of Best of China, from US$1297

Home Stay in Guilin of Best of China, from US$1197

Home Stay in Guilin of Best of China for Family, from US$1520

What type of tours should you take?

Private Tours

Private Tours

Join-in Tours

Join-in Tours

China Tours by Theme

China Tours by Theme

What customers say about us?