Private One Day Xiamen And Gulangyu Highlight Tour Including Lunch
Description
A 8-hour private tour will take you to explore all the highlights of Xiamen. You will first take a ferry to Gulangyu Island, from there you will climb onto the highest peak-Sunlight Rock, visit the unique seaside park-the Shuzhuang Garden and the only Piano Museum in China. In the afternoon you will visit South Putuo Temple and Hulishan Fortress. And finally have a leisure walk at the Island Ring Road. Highlights: • No shopping • Lowest price guarantee • Lunch in a local popular restaurant included • Deluxe round-way ferry tickets included • Entrance fees to all the attractions included • Flexible and tailor-made itinerary
Tour Options
Itinerary
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
You can be picked up from any place in downtown Xiamen
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Reviews(18)
It was an excellent experience for my family. Our guide Karen has done an excellent job, I highly recommend her as your private guide!
Called the day before to confirm pickup time and location. Though our hotel wasn't listed, there was no problem picking us up. Our driver and guide were excellent throughout the day. Though there were only 2 of us, we were taking around in a newer GL8. Our guide knew her history well and shared some interesting facts about the local area. At each location, our tickets were ready, we never had to wait longer than needed and given options on what to eat, how we wanted to experience each site and some interesting side notes. Even though we got to the last stop a bit behind schedule because we were enjoying ourselves so much, our guide was still able to get us admitted into the last stop. We were mostly able to avoid the crowds and get some nice photos on our own. I would suggesting doing this with a small group, without children, as it was a lot of walking and it was more taylored for adults. Altogther, our trip was a bit over 8 hours and we really enjoyed ourselves. If you only have one full day in Xiamen and you want to get the most of your time while there, this is the one you want.
Our guide Lily with a sign with my name met us as we disembarked the cruise ship in Xiamen. The tour included 3-4 major attractions, lunch at local restaurant and air conditioned car with bottled water. Lily was very informative and conscious of the time in order to get us back to ship on time. She was a problem solver—adjusting ferry scheduled rides when we arrived in Xiamen earlier than expected. She found out that my family liked mango, so she bought us a container of juicy ripe mango to eat—totally unexpected but must appreciative. I highly recommend this private tour of Xiamen.
The service of Ms. Shaw and Mr. Wong's driver is very professional, so we feel very comfortable and very satisfied, we will visit Xiamen again next time and hope to get two more services
Gu Liang Yu was the highlight, and I’m so glad we visited it by tour instead of trying on our own. The included lunch was also wonderful and in a very nice restaurant.
The tour is very good, and tour leader, 亮亮，had shared interesting historical information about the places. A good walking shoes are a must to enjoy this walking day trip 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Our guide Ivan was great. He was very informative. His knowledge of history and Buddhism was excellent. His English was also good. He was also very helpful going above and beyond helping arrange train transfers from Xiamen.
My wife and I recently had the pleasure of visiting Xiamen by cruise ship and had arragend a group tour of 10 people with Sophie at Tuloutravel. We had a wonderful day seeing Gulangyu Island and other attractions, and can thoroughly recommend this travel company, and a visit it Xiamen. The sail out at night was spctacular with all the illumination on the tall buildings. Very enjoyable visit. Thanks Sophie.
Dear Customer, Thank you so much for your kind review. We are so glad that you've enjoyed your tour, we are also so proud that we've made your trip memorable. We will be looking forward to serve you in the future. Thank you again for choosing us!
Excellent tour of the Island with an experienced guide. Ferry crossing was very busy but our guide Miss Lyn did well to get us on an early ferry to avoid the worst. Xiamen is an interesting city and well worth a visit.
Dear Customer, Thank you so much for your kind review. We are so glad that you've enjoyed your tour, we are also so proud that we've made your trip memorable. We will be looking forward to serve you in the future. Thank you again for choosing us!
While this booking was a bit expensive, it was 100% worth it. Sinfonia did a wonderful job showing me around the city and explaining the significance of each place we visited. She also provided great insights to Chinese as well as the local culture in Xiamen. I did this tour on a long layover and I'm so happy about my experience with this tour.
Dear Customer, Thank you so much for your kind review. We are so glad that you've enjoyed your tour, we are also so proud that we've made your trip memorable. We will be looking forward to serve you in the future. Thank you again for choosing us!
