Beijing · Xi'an · Shanghai
The China Essentials
Beijing, Xi'an & Shanghai: the Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors, the Bund.
- 3 cities
- Private driver & guide
- Choice of hotels
Per person from
US$4,930
Private China tours from Canada
Private tours of China,designed around you and your companions.
Specialists who design the trip and stay across it, first enquiry to last airport pickup. Visa-free for Canadian passports through 31 December 2026, with the application handled for travel dates beyond. One figure, every leg in, no forced shopping written into your booking.
- Designed around you and your companions
- Named specialist, 24-hour support
- No forced shopping, written in
In a few paragraphs
Two facts shape a Canadian trip to China. Ordinary Canadian passports enter visa-free for up to thirty days, confirmed through 31 December 2026. And the flight crosses ten to fourteen hours of Pacific. Direct services run from Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong. The home time zones span six bands; we plan against yours.
Everonia designs private trips of China for travellers from Canada and their companions. The route you approve is the route we brief. Hotels are chosen with you. The guides and drivers come from a network we have worked with for years. Internal flights and high-speed rail sit under one quote. No forced shopping stops are placed into your itinerary. If a guide or driver suggests one, you have a named specialist to contact.
The scheme has run since 17 February 2026. If your dates fall after the confirmed window, we manage the visa application as part of your trip. We cross-check the Global Affairs Canada advisory against the embassy every month. Canadian-issued Visa and Mastercard cards have linked to Alipay and WeChat Pay since 2024. Travellers from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, and most of the European Union read this page too. The same specialists serve them. The facts that bend by passport are rewritten for the country you fly from.
What you are buying is the planning load taken off you. A first-draft route and an honest all-inclusive figure land inside one business day. No deposit until you have reviewed the route, inclusions, exclusions, and cancellation terms. The trip you read is the trip you take.
Visa
Visa-free for ordinary Canadian passports, confirmed through 31 December 2026.
Ordinary Canadian passports enter mainland China visa-free for up to thirty days, covering tourism, family visits, transit and short business visits. The scheme opened for Canadian passports on 17 February 2026 and is confirmed through 31 December 2026. Re-entries reset the thirty-day counter. If your travel dates fall after the confirmed window, we manage the tourist-visa application end-to-end as part of your booking. Policy current as of August 2026 and verified against the official sources every thirty days. Australian, British and New Zealand passports qualify under the same scheme; United States passports require a tourist visa, and the page version you read is rewritten for the country you fly from.
In every quote
Included
as standard.
What sits inside the figure on your quote, and what stays outside it. Written before booking.
Airport and scenic transfers
Pre-arranged airport meet on arrival. Door to door.
Private vehicle and driver
A car for you and your companions, nobody else. One driver across your land legs where the route allows.
Bilingual guide, English and Chinese
Accompanying you whenever needed.
Daily essentials, on board
First-aid, water, chargers, umbrellas. Restocked each morning.
24-hour support, in English and Chinese
A local specialist, at your service.
Tickets and reservations sorted
Stress-free entry. Sorted before you arrive.
Getting there, on the ground
Flights and gateways
Direct flights run from Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal into Beijing, Shanghai Pudong, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou. Eleven hours from Vancouver, thirteen and a half from Toronto on the direct routes; partner-carrier connections via Seoul, Tokyo, or Hong Kong reroute the long-haul leg. We help you weigh airline, points programme, and entry city against the route the rest of the trip is built around.
Time-zone coordination
Mainland China runs one time zone, UTC+8, across the country. Thirteen to sixteen hours ahead of Canada depending on coast and daylight saving. Planning calls sit on Canadian Eastern or Pacific business hours; replies inside one business day in your zone. While you are travelling, the named specialist on your trip is reachable through the in-country 24-hour line.
Payments on the ground
Canadian-issued Visa and Mastercard credit cards have linked to Alipay and WeChat Pay since the 2024 policy update for overseas travellers; per-transaction and daily limits sit inside the apps and have been raised twice since launch. Cash works at 4-star and above hotels and at international airport currency desks. Small restaurants, taxis, and convenience stores expect digital.
Travel insurance
Comprehensive travel insurance with medical evacuation is recommended, not optional. Provincial health insurance does not extend to treatment in mainland China; private supplementary plans often exclude pre-existing conditions on overseas claims. We do not sell insurance and we take no commission on it. You arrange it through your usual broker before you confirm; we tell you what the policy needs to cover.
Quoting and paying for the trip
A first-draft route and an honest all-inclusive figure land in your inbox inside one business day of your enquiry. The figure on your quote is the figure on your card; optional extras are named and priced before you confirm. No deposit until you have reviewed the route, inclusions, exclusions, cancellation terms, and price. Card payments accepted, with the chargeback rights that come with them.
Journeys
Routes others
have asked us for.
Xi'an · Chengdu · Chongqing
Pandas & the Mountain City
Xi'an, Chengdu & Chongqing: the warriors, pandas at feeding hour, and the mountain city after dark.
- 3 cities
- Private driver & guide
- Choice of hotels
Per person from
US$6,940
All-in pricing, per person. Twin share, your choice of hotels. Final quote tailored to your dates and itinerary.
While you travel
Your whole trip,
in your pocket.
Every booking comes with a private app built around your trip. It holds your route, your day-by-day plan, and everything you'll need along the way.
If anything comes up, message us from the app, any hour.
Morning
1Walk Golden Whip Stream beneath the pillars金鞭溪
Afternoon
2Ride the Bailong Elevator up百龙天梯
3See the Avatar Hallelujah Mountain袁家界
Evening
4Stay in Wulingyuan武陵源镇
What we put in writing
You'll see the whole trip in writing before you pay anything. Hotels, drivers, guides, tickets, meals, and any optional extras with their prices. What you approve is what we book.
No surprise shopping stops
We don't include commission shopping stops in your itinerary. If a guide or driver suggests one on the day, call your specialist. Their number is in your trip brief.
Always a real person
Delayed flight, hotel issue, midnight question. Same number, any hour. A real person picks up, speaks English, and already knows your trip.
No deposit until you're ready
We won't ask for a deposit until you've seen the full route, the final price, what's included and what's not, and how cancellation works. If anything's off, we change it.
Questions, answered
What travellers from
your part of the world ask.
What about a visa?
Ordinary Canadian passports enter mainland China visa-free for up to thirty days, confirmed through 31 December 2026. The scheme opened on 17 February 2026 and covers tourism, family visits, transit and short business visits. Re-entries reset the thirty-day counter. If your travel dates fall after the confirmed window, we manage the tourist-visa application end-to-end as part of your booking. United States passports still need a tourist visa. Mixed-passport groups should tell us before we quote.
How do payments work on the ground?
Australian-issued Visa and Mastercard credit cards can be linked to Alipay and WeChat Pay since the 2024 policy update, and the same flow works for most overseas cards. Per-transaction limits apply inside each app and have been raised twice since launch, so we check the live figure before you fly. Cash is the fallback at 4-star and above hotels and at international airport currency desks; smaller restaurants, taxis, and convenience stores expect digital.
What does the price cover?
Private guides and drivers, the hotels you approve, internal flights and high-speed rail between cities, entrance tickets at the agreed sites, daily breakfast, and any meal we have written into the itinerary. International flights sit outside the figure so you can use your preferred airline and points programme. The figure on your quote is the figure you pay. Optional extras are named and priced before you confirm.
What about phones, data, and the internet?
An eSIM bought before you fly is the simplest option. We brief you on which providers route around the local internet restrictions for everyday messaging and email, and we set up the practical apps before you leave: Alipay, WeChat, the Didi taxi app, and a translation app. Hotels have working Wi-Fi. Your guide carries a backup hotspot on travel days, set to the home network of the country you flew from.
Do I need travel insurance?
Comprehensive travel insurance with medical evacuation is recommended, not optional. Australians travelling under the visa-free scheme are not covered by Medicare or any reciprocal agreement in mainland China, and the same gap applies to most overseas visitors. We do not sell insurance and we take no commission on it. You arrange it through your usual insurer or broker before you confirm the trip; we tell you what the policy needs to cover.
Is this a private trip or a group tour?
Every Everonia trip is private. You travel with your own companions, your own guide, and your own driver, on the dates you choose, paced to your group. We do not run coach-led group departures, and we do not combine separate bookings to fill a vehicle. A single booking typically carries two to six companions; larger family or multi-generational groups are handled with a second vehicle and a second guide on the long-walk legs.
When is the best time to travel?
Spring (late March to mid-May) and autumn (mid-September to early November) are the country's two clearest seasons, dry, bright, and warm enough for early-morning sites. Summer is the school-holiday window and runs hot and humid in the south and centre. Winter is cold but quiet, with the imperial cities at their most photogenic. The route is paced around the season you pick, not the other way around.
How far in advance should I be in touch?
Three to nine months before travel is the dependable window for spring and autumn trips, four to twelve months for Chinese New Year or Golden Week dates. We accept shorter lead times when hotel and high-speed-rail inventory allow, and we tell you honestly when they do not. A first-draft route and an honest all-inclusive figure usually land in your inbox inside one business day of your enquiry.
Is China safe right now?
Smartraveller is the Australian government source we re-read every month; its current advice for mainland China is to exercise normal safety precautions, the same level it sets for most of Europe. Comparable guidance is published by the UK Foreign Office, the US State Department, and the Canadian and New Zealand foreign ministries. We cross-check the live wording before every trip we send, and we brief you on anything specific to your route.
Does this work for families and multi-generational travel?
Yes. The pace shifts around the youngest and the oldest companion in the group: meal stops sit closer together, the long-walk days at heritage sites pair with a shorter alternative, and the day starts later when the night before earned it. Hotels we work with hold connecting rooms and family rooms when we ask. Groups of five and above run on a seven-seater vehicle, with a second guide on the long-walk legs.
Design your trip
Hand us the dream,
we carry it through.
Tell us when you want to travel and who's coming with you. A first-draft route and an honest all-inclusive price will land in your inbox by reply.
Design my trip
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Jack Guo
Your travel specialist
Jack has spent ten years working with the guides, drivers and hoteliers across China. He'll be your contact from first enquiry to final airport pickup.
Design your trip
Tell us your preferences and we'll plan a private itinerary that fits how you like to travel.