We specialize in conducting group tours for schools, conventioneers, friends, LARGE families, seniors, special interest organizations, businesses, wedding parties, and even off-shore cruise activities.

Groups get group rates dependent on size of group, age of guests and length of tour. Contact us with your group needs and we can customize rates and departure times suitable for your schedule.

No group is too large. We have conducted tours for over 250 persons, all at the same time. Our team of tour directors splits large groups into smaller parties so that all guests continue to enjoy the intimate, highly personalized tour.

Luncheon and Dinner Tours. Our dinner tours are very popular for groups who want to cap the day's activities with something special. Evening tours can begin or culminate with a deluxe Chinese banquet, sometimes with entertainment.

Keep in mind the special arrangements we can make for your group:

Tea tasting ceremony and tea lecture
Martial arts demonstration and lion dancing
Painting demonstration
Chinese musical instruments workshop
Chinese music and dance performances
Culinary tours
Shopping tours
Birthday parties
Treasure and Scavenger Hunt
Tours conducted in foreign languages
Mandarin and Cantonese translation services

OTHER TOURS

Chinatown and Angel Island (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Start the day with a one hour stroll of Chinatown, which includes a visit to a temple and the fortune cookie factory. Next we board the Blue and Gold ferry to Angel Island, called the “Ellis Island of the West.” Our visit includes a ranger led tour of the immigration barracks where thousands of Pacific Basin, Asian and Russian immigrants entered the U.S. We will see dozens of poems carved into the barrack walls and hear the stories of despair, courage and hope the immigrants brought with them. Tour includes a box lunch with dim sum selections.

Chinatown and the Gold Rush (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Start the day with a two hour stroll of Chinatown and complete the morning with a hosted dim sum luncheon. We continue on to visit historic Barbary Coast, described by the 19th century actress Sarah Bernhardt as the most “fascinatingly wicked” place on earth. Stroll along a 2-block stretch once lined with wild saloons, dance halls and brothels. Hear fascinating stories of the Gold Rush pioneers at the Wells Fargo History Museum, see a 360* view of San Francisco without ever leaving the ground, nibble on Ghiradelli chocolate at where it was discovered, and hear how the 1906 Earthquake destroyed one of the most colorful and crime-ridden neighborhoods in San Francisco. In true historic form, we end our tour with a drink at the Old Ship’s Saloon,built atop an abandoned ship and where sailors were “shanghaied.”

Chinatown and North Beach (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Start the day with a two hour stroll of Chinatown and complete the morning with a hosted dim sum luncheon. We continue on to visit North Beach: hangout of the Bohemians; Broadway Avenue, home of the first topless nightclub in the country; and Little Italy.We start with a visit to City Lights Bookstore, stomping ground for authors Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg of the Beat generation. Munching on fogaccia bread from the Italian delicatessen, we stroll on Broadway to Little Italy, where we hear about the history of the Italian community with visits to Sts. Peter and Paul Church and the North Beach Museum. We end our tour with a cappuccino drink at an outdoor cafe on colorful Columbus Avenue.