5-Day Xiamen, Tulou and Wuyishan Tour | Island Gardens & River Cliffs

Your Xiamen, Tulou and Wuyishan tour starts with the following arrangements. Meet the local guide and driver at the Xiamen arrival point confirmed in your booking, then transfer to the selected hotel. Keep the rest of the day unhurried. Nearby walks and restaurant suggestions are available for early arrivals, while independent time has no continuing sightseeing guide or vehicle.

Visit Nanputuo’s open temple areas and Hulishan Fort, where coastal defences and the surviving artillery provide the historical focus. Transfer to the terminal named on your tourist ferry ticket, with identification and boarding buffers; do not assume a ten-minute crossing from any city pier. On Gulangyu, retain Sunlight Rock and Shuzhuang Garden, allowing hill paths and steps. The scheduled seafood lunch and any authorised electric-cart segment are specified in the proposal, not unlimited door-to-door island transport.

Nanputuo Temple · Hulishan Cannon Fort · Gulangyu Island · Sunlight Rock · Shuzhuang Garden

Travel inland to Nanjing County, allowing roughly 2.5–3.5 hours from Xiamen before local village links. Compare Tianluokeng’s grouped earthen buildings with Hekeng’s lived-in settlement. A booked resident-hosted tea visit introduces communal-house life; access to occupied homes and upper floors depends on permission and building rules. Sleep in a selected local inn within or near the historic village. Facilities are simpler than city hotels, with bathrooms, hot water and luggage access confirmed individually.

Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster · Hekeng Tulou Cluster

Transfer from the village to the actual booked passenger station in the Zhangzhou–Nanjing area, then travel in second class to the confirmed Wuyishan-area station. Use the actual stations on the issued tickets, with connecting car times confirmed before travel. After local reception, retain Tianyou Peak’s stepped ascent only with enough daylight and admission time, allowing 2–3 hours. No alternate back-mountain route is promised as stair-free; the train and village departure must be timed to preserve the climb.

Tianyou Peak

Take the reserved Nine-Bend Stream raft from the confirmed embarkation point, allowing about 1.5–2 hours on the water plus boarding and transfers. Danxia cliffs, inscriptions and distant cliff-burial locations provide context without approaching protected remains. Continue around Wuyi Palace and Song Street before the agreed airport or station transfer. Raft departures depend on river operations; choose onward transport only after the actual time slot is secured.

Nine Bend Stream · Wuyi Palace