Xiamen Trip Overview
Tulou, or Earth Buildings, is one of the UNESCO sites near Xiamen, and well-known for its unique Hakka culture. This private day trip will let you explore both Nanjing and Yongding Tulou Castles from Xiamen. Centrally located Xiamen hotel pickup and drop-off are included. Pickup time is 7:30am. Please note this is a very long day tour.
Additional Info
Duration: 10 to 12 hours
Starts: Xiamen, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Tulou, or Earth Buildings, is one of the UNESCO sites near Xiamen, and well-known for its unique Hakka culture. This private day trip will let you explore both Nanjing and Yongding Tulou Castles from Xiamen. Centrally located Xiamen hotel pickup and drop-off are included. Pickup time is 7:30am. Please note this is a very long day tour.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Tulou, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
Pick up from your centrally locate Xiamen hotel at 7:30am, and take a 3-hour scenic car ride to Tianluokeng hakka cluster, which is located in Nanjing County. You will take a bird-view on the top of the mountain for the old Tulou Castle, which is composed primarily of four round houses plus one rectangular earthen house, that is why it is named 4 dishes and 1 soup as one of the most magnificent and well- preserved hakka houses here.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Yongding Earth Building, South of Longyan Region, Yongding County 364100 China
After a hakka lunch, you will move to Gaotou village to visit Chengqilou, the largest circular building composed of 4 circular buildings.
Then you will move to Yongding Hakka Cultural Village to view the Yongding Hakka cultural village, including Zhenchenglou that a magnificent building combining the Chinese style with the western style), Kuijulou(a palace style building), Fuyulou (a five-phoenix style building), Rushenglou(a mini-sized circular building).
Afterwards you will be transferred back to Xiamen where the tour concludes.
Duration: 3 hours
