Day 1: Be met at Xiamen Airport and transferred to your hotel in Xiamen City. Leisure for the rest of the day.
Program:
Your guide will meet you at Xiamen Airport and transfer you to your hotel in downtown Xiamen City. And then, leisure for the rest of the day in Xiamen by yourself.
Meals: N/A
Accommodation: 3 - 5 star hotel in Xiamen
Day 2: Be drived from Xiamen to Yongding County of Longyan City, visit Chengqi Tulou, Jiqing Tulou and Chuxi Tulou Groups.
Program:
After breakfast, be transferred from your Xiamen hotel to "the hometown of Tulou(Earthen Buildings)" - Yongding County of Longyan City (160 km, about 2 hours 30 minutes driving). Go to
Chengqi Tulou which is also be called the King of Tulous in Gaobei Village. After that, be drived to Chuxi Village to visit
Jiqing Tulou and other Tulous together as
Chuxi Tulous Group. Climb to the top of nearby mountain and have a bird’s view of Chuxi Tulous Group, and have a free walk in the village. Overnight in a Tulou guest house.
-Chengqi Tulou: "The King of Tulou", it is with 4 floors of beyongd building and 4 rounds of buildings inside - to - outside. 3 generations of Jiang family keeped on working and finally we could see this castle like earthen building.
-Jiqing Tulou: it was built by Xu Family in 1419 AD. The Feature of Jiqing Tulou is 72 small families live in this Tulou built 72 stars from the 1st to 4th floor; really different from other tulous in Fujian. Xu Family play privacy to an important position while built their earthen building.
-Chuxi Tulous Group: it consist by 5 rounded tulous and 10 quadrate tulous, and also named Chuxi Earth Buildings Group.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Yuqing Tulou Guest House (stay in Tulou) or other guest house in Chuxi Village
Day 3: Go and visit Nanxi Tulous Valley and terraced fields around after breakfast. and then drive to Liancheng County for Peitian Ancient Village.
Program:
Be transferred from Chuxi Village to
Nanxi Tulous Valley in Hukeng Town (25 km, about 30 minutes driving) for beautiful Tulous groups lines along the vally look like a great wall; trek along the field path to see the beautiful idyllic views. After that, be drived to a really different architectures gourps from tulous in Liancheng County of Longyan City -
Peitian Ancient Village (150km, about 2 hours driving). Overnight in Liancheng.
-Nanxi Tulous Valley: it is also called Nanxi Tulous Great Wall. On the valley, over 10 km, there are 5 villages built hundreds of tulous along Nanxi Stream. These tulous lines along the valley, look like a great wall. Nanxi Tulous Group and the terraced field on the mountain side make us a amazing scenery.
-Peitian Ancient Village: it is also called "the folk of Forbidden City", it is another style of Hakka architectures with 800 years history. There are 30 mansions, 21 ancestral temples, 6 academies in this 1,000 residents' village.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: 3 - 5 star hotel in Liancheng County
Day 4: Be transferred from Liancheng County to Xiamen Airport for your flight to the next destination. End of service.
Program:
Be transferred from your hotel in Liancheng to Xiamen Airport (258 km, about 3.5 hours driving) for your flight to the next destination.
Meals: Breakfast
Service includes:
*Hotel accommodations with breakfast as specified (but hotels are
subject to change to the same category before finally confirmed).
*All meals as specified in the itinerary.
*Transportations between cities specified above in the itinerary.
*Transfers among airports & hotels as specified in the itinerary by
private car or coach with driver & English-speaking guide.
*Entrance fees for sightseeing as outlined in the itinerary with English speaking guide.
*Travel insurance in mainland China during the above travel period.
*Arrangements for the planning, handling, operational and communication charges.
** We need to take some walks up and down to the mountain for bird's view of tulou group and villages, so please take comfortable and easy wear.
