Michael was a wonderful tour guide. Was offered a full day tour with no extra cost but was unable to fit in. Highly recommend this tour as its quite different from the city of Shanghai

The local tour operator upgraded us to a full day tour that included some other sights. The water village is very unique and reminded us of being in Venice, except that it is in China. Great boat tour and walking tour of the local village.

Beautiful area, water village so interesting and boat trip a real pleasure.

This is a gorgeous canal village on the edge of Shanghai. It was interesting walking around seeing life in a small town, the food shops, temples etc. We were there in February and there were only a few tourists. It was also interesting to see how enormous Shanghai is. Highly recommended.

Really enjoyed this tour. The guide was great and the village was fascinating. Boat ride was lovely as the place was very quiet in Jan. Have to say I would not like to visit it at a busier time of the year - suspect it would be very crowded with lots of tour buses etc. Guide very friendly and made the time go quick on the drive out. All in all a good half day trip.

Got to see a little bit of the countryside. We had a great day with a great guide.

Our guide was fabulous, and it was great to get out of Shanghai since it's such a big new city that doesn't really feel like "China" to me. I did this tour because I wanted to see some authenticity, but it still seemed a bit touristy seeing how you have to pay to get into the water village. It was still pretty though and we enjoyed it despite the terrible heat. Worth a visit if you are there, but you will be in the car for a little while to get there and back in the traffic...which seems to never end in Shanghai.

Heaven on Earth Huangzhou Review! I found the tour company very easy to contact and they upgraded me to the Heaven on Earth Tour because I was travelling out of season perhaps I only had a short time in Shanghai and wanted to see outside the city too. This trip was well organised and showed me all I needed to tell me I want to explore China more. The pagoda was interesting but not mind-blowing the green tea valley and demonstration was insightful, and the boat cruise scenic and peaceful. Overall, this was a worthy day trip out of the city so long as you don't mind travelling in a minivan for several hours to get there!

Very interesting if want to see a historical site as most of them are gone in this rapidly expanding and modernising city. Guide was very good - the driver also deserves praise for his handling of the chaotic traffic.

Our guide and driver were excellent. They arrived on time. Our young guide was very informative and considerate. The places we visited were interesting and everything mentioned in the brochure was covered.