Mazu Pilgrimage: Meizhou Island & Xiamen

PRIVATE CHINA JOURNEY

Mazu Pilgrimage: Meizhou Island & Xiamen

Product type
Private Fujian journey
Route
Putian · Meizhou Island · Xiamen
Duration
5 days / 4 nights

Journey highlights

  • Meizhou Island
  • Mazu Ancestral Temple
  • Birthplace of Mazu
  • Impression Mazu performance
  • Xiamen sailing experience
  • Nanputuo Temple and Gulangyu
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Follow the origins of Mazu belief on Meizhou Island before continuing to Xiamen for sailing, temple culture, Gulangyu and seaside city life.

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

Arrive and cross to Meizhou Island

Meet your guide in Putian and travel by ferry to Meizhou Island, where the journey begins in the birthplace of Mazu culture. 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.

Arrive and cross to Meizhou Island
Day 2

Mazu heritage and island pilgrimage

Visit the Mazu Ancestral Temple and the Birthplace of Mazu, then experience the island’s living traditions and an evening cultural performance before continuing 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.

Mazu heritage and island pilgrimage
Day 3

Jimei and Xiamen by sea

Explore Jimei School Village, join a weather-permitting sailing experience and enjoy the scenery along Xiamen’s coastal road. 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.

Jimei and Xiamen by sea
Day 4

Nanputuo and Gulangyu

Visit Nanputuo Temple, view Xiamen University from outside and take the ferry to Gulangyu for historic villas and quiet lanes. 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 and Gulangyu
Day 5

Mountain–Sea Trail and departure

Enjoy a final city panorama from the Mountain–Sea Trail before your private airport or railway transfer. 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.

Mountain–Sea Trail and departure

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.