1 Day Private Tour in Xiamen and Gulangyu with Lunch

8 hours Free cancellation Private tour

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About this activity

Make the most of your Fujian visit on this comprehensive private Xiamen day tour that covers its main highlights. First, explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Gulangyu Island, including Sunlight Rock and Shuzhuang Garden. After a seafood lunch, discover Xiamen city highlights, including South Putuo Temple, Hulishan Fortress, and the Ring Road.

See Xiamen’s signature sights—including Gulangyu Island—in just a day

Get personalized insights from your private guide, with separate driver

Savor a Chinese seafood lunch at a popular local restaurant

Relax with pickup and drop-off at the Xiamen destinations that suit you

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At a glance

Duration: 8 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Audio guide: English
Guide: English
Written guide: English
Operated by: Interstellar Cloud Tour

Ages: Infants (0–2 years) · Adults (3–70 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Insurance: China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance during the tour
Included: Transport between attractions, including pickup and return to the hotel within the Xiamen mainisland
Included: Bottled water
Included: Government taxes & fees
Included: Professional, passionate English speaking tour guide service
Included: Chinese lunch at popular local restaurant

Not included

Not included: Personal expenses
Not included: Meals which are not indicated in the itinerary
Not included: Gratuities to the tour guide & driver (usually CNY100 per person per day for each of them, please tip them separately.). It is not compulsory but would be a great encouragement for them

Itinerary

Gulangyu Island

3 hours Admission not included

After breakfasts, your private guide will pick you up at your hotel lobby and transfer you to the ferry terminal. Then you will have a 20-minute deluxe ferry to your first highlight of Xiamen, the tranquil Gulangyu Island. Don't forget to take some stunning photos of Xiamen city and the Lujiang Channel on the ferry.
Riguang Mountain

one hour Admission not included

Step out of the ferry, welcome to Gulangyu Island-the "garden on the sea". You'll start your journey by strolling in the elegant alleys and admiring the distinctive architectures. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017, Gulangyu is filled with the charming colonial buildings such as churches, consulates, etc, it is no doubt a museum of "Architecture of the World".

Then you will climb onto the highest peak on Gulangyu the Sunlight Rock, admire the bird eye view of this tranquil island.
Xiamen Shuzhuang Garden

one hour Admission not included

Get down from Sunlight Rock, you will visit the unique seaside park to Shuzhuang Garden with a world-class Piano Museum in it, which is the only piano museum in China. After the visit on Gulangyu, you will take the ferry back to the Xiamen island and have an authentic seafood lunch in a popular local restaurant where the locals eat.
Nanputuo Temple

one hour

After lunch, you will have a 30-minute good rest in a well maintained, air conditioned non smoking private vehicle while it takes you to your next highlight of Xiamen-the South Putuo Temple. The temple was first built in Tang Dynasty with over 1000 years of history, you can admire the famous Buddhist cultural relics collection here.
Huli Mountain Fort

one hour Admission not included

Then you will go to your third highlight of Xiamen-the Hulishan Fortress. Built in the year of 1891, the Hulishan Fortress integrated the styles of Ming and Qing Dynasties. You can touch and even stand on those well-preserved ancient military facilities (such as the gates, walls, emplacements, the barracks, the castle, the trenches and fortifications).
Kulangsu Huandao Road

1 min

Come out of the Hulishan Fortress park, you will have a leisure walk at the famous Island Ring Road at the beach, which is your last highlight of Xiamen. Enjoy the stunning sea view and the tender breeze, this is where your wonderful day ends.

After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel, airport, train station or any other places in downtown Xiamen like a restaurant or a bar if you like.

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

Yue Jing Hotel Canghong
Xiamen Alley 185 Manor Hostel
SOFT Hotel
Wanrenmi Resort
Longzhou Business Hotel
Wenxin Bieshu Apartment
Wojia'er Boutique Hotel
Dushi Boutique Hotel Xiamen Lianhua South
Mingmen Shengshi Culture Hotel
Xianglu Grand Hotel
Hanting Express Xiamen Mingfa Square
Haixia Zhijia Apartments Hotel (Xiamen Mo'er Lianhua)

and 919 more pickup points

We will pick you up at the arrival hall.

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.
The operator may cancel if too few people book; you then get another date or your money back.