Flavours of Chaoshan: Chaozhou, Nan’ao & Xiamen

PRIVATE CHINA JOURNEY

Flavours of Chaoshan: Chaozhou, Nan’ao & Xiamen

Product type
Private Fujian journey
Route
Xiamen · Zhangzhou · Chaozhou · Nan’ao Island · Xiamen
Duration
5 days / 4 nights

Journey highlights

  • Chaozhou Ancient City
  • Yingge dance and gongfu tea culture
  • Nan’ao Island circuit
  • Fishing-raft experience
  • Gulangyu
  • Xiamen sailing
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A flavour-led journey linking Chaozhou’s old city and intangible heritage with Nan’ao Island, Gulangyu and Xiamen’s seaside experiences.

DAILY DETAILED ITINERARY

Day by day.

Daily order may be adjusted for weather, reservations and local operating conditions without reducing the confirmed experience.

Day 1

Arrival and Jimei School Village

Meet your guide, explore Jimei’s Jiageng architecture and continue toward Zhangzhou or Chaoshan for the night. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Arrival and Jimei School Village
Day 2

Chaozhou old city and living heritage

Walk Paifang Street, visit Kaiyuan Temple, view Guangji Bridge and discover gongfu tea, Chaozhou opera and Yingge dance traditions. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Chaozhou old city and living heritage
Day 3

Nan’ao Island coast and fishing life

Cross Nan’ao Bridge, circle the island through lighthouses and Qing’ao Bay, then join a fishing-raft experience before travelling to Xiamen. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Nan’ao Island coast and fishing life
Day 4

Nanputuo, the coastal road and Gulangyu

Visit Nanputuo Temple, follow Xiamen’s coastal scenery and cross by ferry to Gulangyu’s historic streets. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Nanputuo, the coastal road and Gulangyu
Day 5

Sailing and the Mountain–Sea Trail

Take a weather-permitting sailing trip, walk the Mountain–Sea Trail and transfer to the airport or railway station. Your guide will introduce the landscape, local history and cultural context behind the day’s key stops. The pace leaves room for photographs, questions and unhurried discovery; final timing and visiting order are confirmed around local conditions and reservations.

Sailing and the Mountain–Sea Trail

COST INFORMATION

What is arranged.

Usually included

  • Accommodation specified in the final written confirmation
  • Private or small-group ground transport shown in the itinerary
  • Local guide or host services as confirmed
  • First-entry attraction tickets explicitly listed in the quotation

Usually not included

  • International and domestic flights unless expressly stated
  • Meals, optional activities and personal expenses not listed
  • Single-room supplement and excess luggage charges
  • Travel insurance, visas and any item not shown in the final confirmation

Hotels, meals, vehicle type, guide language and exact inclusions are confirmed in the final quotation and booking confirmation for your dates and group size.

04 · TRAVEL NOTES

Before you go.

Documents & fitness

Carry a valid passport and visa. Names used for hotels, rail, flights and reserved attractions must match your travel documents. Please tell us about mobility, dietary or health requirements before booking.

Weather & adjustments

Weather, traffic, ferry or rail schedules and attraction reservations may affect the visiting order. We will keep the confirmed journey standard and communicate material changes.

05 · BOOKING & CANCELLATION

Clear terms before payment.

Reservation

A booking is confirmed after the agreed deposit is received and a written confirmation is issued. The standard suggested deposit is 20%; peak dates, scarce accommodation, large groups or non-refundable resources may require more.

Balance

The balance is normally due 45–30 days before departure. Bookings made within 30 days of departure usually require full payment.

Changes

Changes are free before confirmation. After confirmation, price differences, supplier charges and necessary non-recoverable costs may apply and will be explained in writing first.

Cancellation

Cancellation charges depend on notice given and actual non-refundable supplier costs. The exact schedule and any product-specific conditions will be shown in your quotation and travel contract before payment.

Unused services

After departure, recoverable unused services are refunded after deducting services already used or costs that cannot be cancelled.

Force majeure

For events beyond reasonable control, we will discuss rescheduling, substitution or refund of the recoverable balance in line with the contract and applicable law.

Your product page is an itinerary guide. The dated quotation, booking confirmation and signed travel contract contain the final commercial terms.