Private Shenzhen Day Trip from Guangzhou by Train or Private Car

Your tour guide will come and pick you up in hotel in downtown Guangzhou in the morning(actual tour start time/hotel pick up time is based on the train departure time schedule, your tour guide will notify you once the train tickets are bought, need to prepare adequate marginal time to reach the train station in advance) and then head for Guangzhou East Train Station, take the bullet train for one hour to reach Shenzhen.

Shenzhen is a modern metropolis having been developed from a fishmen village in recent 4 decades, after China conducted economic reformation and opened to the world. It manifests the innovative and pioneering spirit of Chinese migrant workers that has vastly contributed to the prosperity and abundance of this vibrant city.

Upon arrival at Shenzhen railway station, follow your guide and walk for 5 mins to reach Luohu coach bus terminal, to get on and experience the AI self auto drive bus for 15 mins travelling through busy downtown area of Shenzhen. It has cameras installed on the roof top detecting road condition in every direction, domestic Chinese electric automobile companies are training AI to gradually conduct auto drive for road testing supported by the government.

Visit city landmark-Diwang Plaza, the 3rd tallest building in Shenzhen, you can go up by elevator to reach the top indoor observation deck to have a panoramic overlook view of Shenzhen and also Hong Kong across the river border in near sight. Admission ticket is 89CNY per person.

Experience the fascinating metro system in Shenzhen, take metro ride to Cityhub-a huge underground pedestrian shopping area and view “Shenzhen Eye”-the biggest metro station in Asia(equals to 31 standard football field size) where 5 different metro/subway lines inter cross here, the busiest metro station in Shenzhen for public transport. Your tour guide will help you buy the tickets and experience and take the metro travel for two stations. Try traditional Chinese tea and delicious Cantonese dim sum for lunch at a local tea house restaurant(not touristy place), your guide will help you make food order and explain to you the culture difference, local table manner and tea etiquette.

Shenzhen Lotus Mountain Park has picturesque landscape with dense foliage, unique trees, flowers and grass lawn where local people like to linger around for fun and relax. Your guide will take you to visit the famous "Love Matching Corner" (where men and women try to get to know each other by listing their conditions and requirements, matching and hoping for getting married with the right candidate in the future) and explain the local Chinese dating and marriage culture.

Visit Meituan flying drone food delivery station, your guide will help you order food or drink in the app on phone and you could watch them flying to you carried by a drone, and operate at a touch screen operational interface to acquire your items at the drone food delivery station.

Have a stroll around city landmark-Shenzhen Civic Center(the current central axis of Shenzhen) to view unique modern architectures like Shenzhen Concert Hall, Shenzhen Library, Shenzhen Children’s Palace, Shenzhen Museum and so on.

Pay a visit into Shenzhen Library to experience the self-study and book reading atmosphere by hard working Shenzhen locals, your guide will introduce to you the well advanced cutting edge technology applied to the library, like the book circulation system, book shower machine and online book reservation and acquisition machine, smart and innovative technology. The library opens everyday except Monday.

Visit Alibaba New Concept supermarket(hippo supermarket) to see how online purchasing customers are catered by efficient auto chain delivery system. The purchased items in the supermarket would be sorted out and collected by efficient working staff and being put in an independent bag that would be hanged on an auto chain system and raised up to the ceiling of the supermarket and transferred to warehouse, from where they have independent “Blue Fighter” to deliver to customer’s door by electric scooter in half an hour.

At the end of the tour, your tour guide will escort you to reach Shenzhen Futian or Shenzhen North train station, catch the bullet train returning to Guangzhou to end the wonderful day.