2 Days Yongding Fujian Tulou Tour to Chuxi Tulou Cluster

Full Itinerary Day by day (Can Be Customized)

Day 1 Xiamen - Yongding

On this day, your guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel or the airport/train station in the morning. And you’ll leave Xiamen for Fujian Tulou in Yongding County (2.5-3 hours’ scenic drive). On the way to Tulou, stop in a Tea Field in Nanjing County, Zhangzhou, and take a walk in the picturesque tea plantation.

After arriving at Gaobei Village in Yongding County, you’ll go to visit Chengqilou, the King of Tulou as well as the largest Tulou in Gaobei Tulou Cluster. Chengqilou is a massive round tulou with four concentric rings surrounding an ancestral hall at the center, the outer ring is 62.6 meters in diameter and four storeys tall, 288 rooms, with 72 rooms on each level, circular corridor on 2nd to 4th floor, with four sets of staircases at cardinal points connecting ground to top floors. Marvel at this massive building and know the real life of the Hakka people living here.

Overnight in Yongding.

Day 2 Yongding - Xiamen (B, L)

After breakfast, your guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel. On this day, you’ll pay a visit to Chuxi Tulou Cluster. There are five circular Tulou buildings and over a dozen of rectangular in shape in Chuxi village. You will visit Jiqinglou, Shengqinglou and Yuqinglou, which are typical of the Hakka earth buildings in Chuxi Tulou Cluster. You’ll get the chance to visit a local family and chat with host and hostess to know about their daily life and local customs.

Then, trek along the field path in the back mountain of Chuxi to see the beautiful idyllic views. You will also have a rare chance to pick up local fruits and even try the primitive farm work. The terraced fields are built along the sloe-winding riverside up to the mountain top. They look like great chains or ribbons hung on the hillsides as they wind round the contours in tiered bands. After that, climb to the top of the nearby mountain and have a bird’s view of Chuxi Village.

After the tour, transfer back to Xiamen. And your guide and driver will escort you the airport/railway station to catch the flight or train to your next destination. Service ends!

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