Explore Xiamen & Fujian with Your Way Holiday — Travel Like a Local

Duration：6-8 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Gulangyu Island, Shuzhuang Garden, Piano Museum, South Putuo Temple, Hulishan Fortress, Island Ring Road

Tour Style：A full day on Gulangyu Island and the nearby Xiamen coast with your own English-speaking guide and private car. The route pairs the island lanes and villas with Shuzhuang Garden, the Piano Museum, and South Putuo Temple, then adds Hulishan Fortress and a drive along Island Ring Road. Your guide and driver meet you at your Xiamen hotel, the train station, or the airport, and stay with you until you are back at the point you choose. You cross to Gulangyu by ferry and walk the car-free lanes at your own pace, with your guide handling tickets and timing. Between stops you travel in an air-conditioned private car with bottled water on hand. Lunch is left open on purpose so your guide can take you to a real local eatery instead of a tour-bus canteen; you pay only for what you eat, and vegetarian, halal, and lighter requests are easy to arrange. It is a relaxed day built around Gulangyu gardens, museums, temples, and sea views.

Duration：2 Days, 1 Night

Attractions(Cities)：Gulangyu Island, Shuzhuang Garden, Piano Museum, Island Ring Road, Xiamen University, Zeng Cuo An, Shapowei Art District, Hulishan Fortress

Tour Style：Two unhurried days in Xiamen built around Gulangyu Island and the coast, with your own English-speaking guide and private car. The route centers on car-free Gulangyu, its villas and lanes, Shuzhuang Garden, and the Piano Museum, with a slow drive along Island Ring Road, split over two days so you can set your own pace and linger where you like. Your guide and driver meet you at your Xiamen hotel, the train station, or the airport, and return you to the point you choose each evening. Ferry tickets to the island are arranged for you, and the private car with bottled water covers the coast road. Lunch is left open on purpose so your guide can take you to a real local eatery instead of a tour-bus canteen; you pay only for what you eat, and vegetarian, halal, and lighter requests are easy to arrange. It is an easy introduction to Xiamen's island, gardens, and shoreline without a rushed schedule.

Duration：6-8 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Gulangyu, Nanputuo Temple, Zeng Cuo An, Huandao Road

Tour Style：A relaxed full-day look at Xiamen with your own English-speaking guide and private car. The route covers Gulangyu Island, Nanputuo Temple, the old fishing village of Zeng Cuo An, and seaside Huandao Road, at a pace you set. Your guide and driver meet you at your Xiamen hotel, the train station, or the airport, and stay with you to the end of the day. You travel between sights in an air-conditioned private car, with bags kept secure and bottled water on hand. Lunch is left open on purpose: your guide stops at a real local eatery instead of a tour-bus canteen and helps you order, so you pay only for what you eat. Vegetarian, halal, and lighter meals are easy to arrange ahead. It is an unhurried day built around Xiamen's island, temple, lanes, and coast, with a guide who handles the Gulangyu ferry and timing so you can focus on the walk.

Duration：6-8 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Yunshuiyao Ancient Village, Huaiyuan Building, He Gui Lou

Tour Style：A day trip from Xiamen into the tulou hills of Nanjing County, for travelers who want to understand the Hakka earthen houses rather than photograph them from a bus window. Your English-speaking guide and private car are yours all day, so you set the pace, stop when you like, and skip the coach parks. You walk the streamside lane at Yunshuiyao, step inside the round Huaiyuan Building, and look up through the five stories of He Gui Lou, built on a floating foundation of pine piles. Entrance fees are arranged ahead, so you walk in without queuing. Lunch is left open so your guide can find a village kitchen and you pay for what you eat; vegetarian plates are easy to order. Your guide meets you at your hotel, the train station, or the airport in Xiamen and returns you to the point you choose by late afternoon.

Duration：2 Days, 1 Night

Attractions(Cities)：Gulangyu Island, Nanputuo Temple, Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street, Chengqi Lou, Zhencheng Lou, Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster

Tour Style：Two days that pair Xiamen with the Fujian tulou, with your own English-speaking guide and private car throughout. Day one stays in the city: a ferry to car-free Gulangyu Island for its villas, Shuzhuang Garden, and Sunlight Rock, then Nanputuo Temple and the food stalls of Zhongshan Road. Day two moves inland to the Hakka tulou of Hongkeng and Tianluokeng, where your guide walks you through the round and square buildings. Your guide and driver meet you at your Xiamen hotel, the train station, or the airport, and the private car carries you between stops with bottled water on hand. Ferry and tulou entry tickets are arranged for you, and the overnight stay is the hotel named in your booking. Lunch is left open on both days so your guide can take you to a real local eatery instead of a tour-bus canteen; you pay only for what you eat, and vegetarian, halal, and lighter requests are easy to arrange. It is a relaxed island and earth-building introduction to southern Fujian.

Duration：3 Days, 2 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Xiamen, Yongding

Tour Style：These tulou tours from Xiamen spend three days between the earthen villages of Yongding and the coast, with a private car, a professional driver, and an English-speaking guide the whole way. You visit the Fujian Tulou and the Chuxi cluster, sleep one night among the buildings, and close with South Putuo Temple and a car-free walk through Gulangyu. Your guide explains how the Hakka built and lived in these fortified houses and keeps the pace flexible, with room to stop for photos. Lunches on the road are left open so you can eat at a real local kitchen and pay for what you choose, and vegetarian or lighter plates are easy to arrange. Pickup is at your hotel, the train station, or the airport in Xiamen, and the tour ends with a drop-off at the same choice.

Duration：6-8 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Kaiyuan Temple, Qingjing Mosque, East Street

Tour Style：A day in Quanzhou with your own English-speaking guide and private car, tracing the old Maritime Silk Road city. The route covers Kaiyuan Temple with its twin pagodas, the Song dynasty Qingjing Mosque, and the red-brick lanes of East Street. Your guide and driver meet you at your Quanzhou hotel, the train station, or the airport, and stay with you until you are back where you choose. Temple and mosque tickets are arranged for you, and the walk between sites is short, with the car and bottled water on hand. Your guide explains how Buddhist, Islamic, and local folk traditions all took root in one trading port, and leaves time in East Street to taste snacks and watch craftspeople at work. Lunch is left open on purpose so you eat where you like and pay only for what you try, and vegetarian, halal, and lighter requests are easy to arrange. It is an unhurried heritage day through temples, a mosque, and a working old street.

Duration：6-8 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Nine-Bend Stream, Tianyou Peak, Wuyi Palace

Tour Style：A day in Wuyishan with your own English-speaking guide and private car, built around a bamboo raft on the Nine-Bend Stream, the climb to Tianyou Peak, and Wuyi Palace. Your guide and driver meet you at your hotel, the train station, or the airport in the Wuyishan area, and stay with you until you are back where you choose. Raft tickets and peak entry are arranged for you, and the car with bottled water waits between stops. Tianyou Peak is a stone-step walk at whatever pace you set; if you would rather not climb, you can wait at a lower point. Your guide explains the rock formations, the old carvings, and how this region became home to Wuyishan rock tea such as Da Hong Pao. Lunch is left open on purpose so you eat at a local place and pay only for what you eat, and vegetarian, halal, and lighter requests are easy to arrange. It is an unhurried mountain and river day, with the guide handling timing so you can focus on the water, the peaks, and the tea.

Duration：5 Days, 4 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Xiamen, Yongding

Tour Style：This five-day Xiamen local tour keeps you in one city hotel each night, so you never move luggage between towns. An English-speaking guide and a private air-conditioned car travel with you throughout. You take the ferry to Gulangyu Island, visit Nanputuo Temple, wander the old fishing quarter of Zengcuoan, and ride the coast road along Huandao. On the island you see Xiamen University, Tan Kah Kee Jimei School Village, and the Xiang'an creative park. Two days reach out to the Hakka tulou of Yongding, including Chengqi Lou and the Hongkeng cluster. You finish with Hulishan Fortress and the Shapowei arts quarter. In between you taste Xiamen seafood and Fujian home cooking at open lunches, and pick-up or drop-off at your Xiamen hotel, the railway station, or the airport are included.

Duration：5 Days, 4 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Xiamen, Wuyishan

Tour Style：This five-day Fujian tour links the coast at Xiamen with the tea mountains of Wuyi, moving by private car with an English-speaking guide the whole way. You cross to car-free Gulangyu, see the round and square tulou of Nanjing at Tianluokeng, Yuchang, and Hekeng, and return for Nanputuo Temple, Zhongshan Road, and the seafront at Huandao. In Wuyi you climb to the view from Tianyou Peak, take a bamboo raft down Nine-Bend Stream, and visit the Da Hong Pao tea gardens and the old tea-road village of Xiamei. The pace is yours, with room to stop for photos, and lunches on the road are left open so you eat at a local kitchen and pay for what you choose. Your guide and driver meet you at your hotel, the train station, or the airport in Xiamen and see you off at the point you arrange at the end.

Duration：3 Days, 2 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Quanzhou

Tour Style：Quanzhou was one of the great ports of the old Maritime Silk Road, and this three-day private tour reads that history where it still stands. With an English-speaking guide and a private, air-conditioned car, you walk the arcade lanes of West Street, the halls and twin pagodas of Kaiyuan Temple, and the carved columns that recall the foreign merchants once based here. You see the Song ship at the Maritime Museum, the flower-headdress village of Xunpu, the overseas-Chinese houses of Wulin, the walled town of Yongning, and a long curve of coast. The pace is yours: your guide flexes each stop to how you feel. Lunches are left open so you can eat at a real local kitchen and pay for what you choose, and vegetarian plates are easy to arrange. Your guide and driver meet you at your hotel, the train station, or the airport in Quanzhou, and the tour ends with a drop-off at the same choice.

Duration：7 Days, 6 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Xiamen, Nanjing Tulou, Xiapu Village

Tour Style：This seven-day trip takes you from Xiamen seaside lanes to the mudflats of Xiapu with your own guide and car the whole way. You start in Xiamen, wandering Gulangyu backstreets and the coast before heading inland to the Fujian tulou country around Nanjing and Gaobei, where earthen round houses sit among tea terraces and rice fields. The last days are built around Xiapu tidal flats: your guide, who photographs the coast himself, sets each shoot around the tide table and the light, taking you to Beiqi and other banks at sunrise and sunset. It suits photographers and casual shooters alike - a phone works fine, and your guide helps with framing along the way. English-speaking guiding, a private air-conditioned car between sites, and meals left open so you eat where the fishermen do and pay for what you order.

Duration：5 Days, 4 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Xiamen, Wuiyi Mountain

Tour Style：This five-day tour pairs the harbor city of Xiamen with the tea hills of Wuyi Mountain to the north, with your English-speaking guide and private car throughout. In and around Xiamen you cross to car-free Gulangyu Island, visit Nanputuo Temple at the foot of Wulao Mountain, walk the arcades of Zhongshan Road, and ride the coast avenue of Huandao Road. Two days reach the Hakka tulou of Nanjing County, including the Tianluokeng, Yuchang, and Hekeng clusters, and the last days carry you into Wuyi Mountain for Tianyou Peak, the Nine-Bend Stream, and a Dahongpao rock-tea tasting. Each night is booked for you, the transfers between Xiamen, the tulou country, and Wuyi are arranged as part of the trip, and pick-up or drop-off at your Xiamen hotel, the railway station, or Xiamen Gaoqi Airport is included.

Duration：5 Days, 4 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Xiamen, Nanjing County, Yun Shui Yao Ancient Town

Tour Style：This five-day tour is based in Xiamen and pairs its islands and coast with the Hakka tulou of nearby Nanjing County. You ride a short ferry to Gulangyu, a UNESCO-listed car-free island known for colonial villas, old lanes, and a piano heritage, and spend a full day there with a guide. Two days are given to the great earthen tulou clusters, including Tianluokeng, Yuchang, Hegui Lou, and Huaiyuan Lou, reached by private car across the terraced hill country. In between, you taste Xiamen seafood and Fujian home cooking, browse the old lanes, and visit Nanputuo temple. An English-speaking guide and a private air-conditioned car are with you throughout, the pace stays flexible, and pick-up and drop-off at your Xiamen hotel, the railway station, or the airport are included.

Duration：6-8 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Sanfang Qixiang, Lin Zexu Memorial Hall, Drum Tower, Min River

Tour Style：A full day in Fuzhou with your own English-speaking guide and private car, centered on the old city and the river. The route runs from Sanfang Qixiang, the three lanes and seven alleys with their restored houses and ancestral halls, to the Lin Zexu Memorial Hall, the Gulou drum-tower quarter, and a walk along the Min River. Your guide and driver meet you at your Fuzhou hotel, the train station, or the airport, and stay with you until you are back where you choose. Most of the day is an easy walk through the lanes, with the car and shaded halls between stops, and tickets for the memorial and selected old houses are arranged for you. Lunch is left open on purpose so your guide can take you to a local Fuzhou eatery instead of a tour-bus canteen; you pay only for what you eat, and vegetarian, halal, and lighter requests are easy to arrange. It is a relaxed history and riverside day, with the guide handling timing in the summer heat so you can focus on the lanes, the halls, and the water.

Duration：7 Days, 6 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Xiamen, Quanzhou, Nanjing, Yongding, Fuzhou

Tour Style：This seven-day trip runs from Xiamen to Fuzhou with your own guide and car, taking in coast, old ports, and the earthen tulou of inland Fujian. You start on Xiamen island with Gulangyu, Shuzhuang Garden, and the seafront, then explore Nanputuo Temple and Hulishan Fort before driving into the Hakka tulou country around Yongding, where you sleep in a village homestay. The route continues to Quanzhou for its Buddhist temple, mountain carvings, and maritime museum, and ends around Fuzhou with the old lanes, two wooded hills, and the coast at Pingtan. English-speaking local guides lead every day, transfers are by private air-conditioned car or train between cities, and lunches and most dinners are left open so you eat where the locals do and pay for what you order.