8D7N FUJIAN/CHAOSHAN/YONGDING Visit Yongding Chuxi Earthen House cluster Travel period: Jan 2018 onwards fr. SGD 788 HIGHLIGHTS Xiamen/Chaoshan/Meizhou/Yongding Hakka Earthen House/Quanzhou/Fuzhou (Tourcode CN8F1: Effect on Jan 2018 onwards) Attractions with new experiences: Chaoshan:Hometown of overseas Chinese Meizhou:Hakka cultural centre Yongding Chuxi Earthen House cluster Laoyuanzi Folk Culture and Customs Garden <The Legend of Hokkien> (Optional Tour) Pearl on the Sea Tower Zengcuoan Village: Most artistic village in China Quanzhou: the start of former Maritime Silk Road, Quanzhou Maritime Museum* Fuzhou: Ming and Qing Dynasty Architecture, Sanfang Qixiang (Three Lanes and Seven Alleys)* Xiamen Gulangyu: Continental style ferry ride, taste local snacks at your own expense Kinmen: Military tunnels, Chinese-Western fusion villas, experience the original Kinmen (Optional Tour) Special meals arranged: Chaoshan 18-style flavours, Meizhou Hakka cuisine, Yongding Hakka flavour, Xiamen Haoqingxiang local snack, Quanzhou Hokkien cuisine*, Fuzhou Buddha jump over the wall Flavor*. Ludao Seabass Feast* Free snacks: Chaoshan sweet preserves, Xiamen Huanzehe snack, Zhangzhou Green Tea Taro Cake, Hakka Ciba (Rice ball) & rice wine, Quanzhou noodle*, Fuzhou fishball soup&guangbing(guang cookie)*. Hotel : Stay at 4* hotels throughout and 1 night at 5* Hakka Earthen House Prince Hotel in Yongding. Relaxing and Delight
Family Friendly Enjoyable Recommended First visitor DAY 1 SINGAPORE - XIAMEN (APPROX 4 HOURS COACH) CHAOZHOU (Dinner) Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport for your flight to Xiamen. Upon arrival, coach to ancient city of Chaozhou. On the way, taste Zhangzhou Taiwan Specialty Green Tea Taro Cake.View the ancient Xiangzi Bridge, Guangji Gate from afar. Taste authentic Chaozhou cuisine for dinner. DAY 2 CHAOZHOU (APPROX 1 HOUR COACH) SHANTOU (APPROX 2.5 HOUR COACH) MEIZHOU (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner) Tour Chaozhou city via eco-friendly coach, visit Kaiyuan Temple. Sample sweet preserves preserved Foshou citrus fruit, plum, kumquats, etc from Yangguangchaoyi sweet preserves shop. You may want to purchase such as Laoyaoju (old medical orange) and yujiao (fish gelatin) from the gift shop. Travel to Shantou, view the Binhai Changlang (Marine Corridor), People s Square by coach. For lunch, savour the famous Chaoshan 18-style flavors, consisting of 18 different dishes. Next, head to Zhongshan Park, Piaoxiang snack store (at your own expense). Thereafter, visit Laoma Temple, a landmark for overseas Chinese to find their roots. Then, proceed to Meizhou to view Weilongwu, a unique local architecture. Dinner will be Meizhou Hakka cuisine. Take the eco-friendly coach ride along the Meijang River (at your own expense) to appreciate the beautiful scenery and feel the interesting evening life of local people. DAY 3 MEIZHOU - YONGDING
(Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner) After breakfast, visit the Hakka History Museum and Hakka Park. Next, visit Qianfo Ta ( Thousand Buddha Pagoda), a cultural icon of Meizhou. Then, visit Chuxi Earthen House complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site, for its Architectural Wonder and considered to be the Most Beautiful Earthen House in Fujian Province. Made up of five circular and ten square towers (Yuqing Lou, Jiqing Lou, Gengqing Lou, Shengqing Lou,etc),the complex is embroidered perfectly against a serene landscape and exemplifies artistic and architectural values. Among the buildings, Jiqing Lou, constructed in 1419, is one of the oldest circular Hakka Earthen Houses in China. It was the set of popular Television Series Xia Nanyang. Enjoy Hakka Earthen House cuisine including Hakka rice wine chicken, Yong Tau Foo, etc. Night tour of Hexing Lou (at your own expense),where you can enjoy the night view of Tulou and the music bar. If you feel interesting, you can pay extra fee to sing Kara OK, drink beers or buy fireworks. DAY 4 YONGDING - XIAMEN (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner-At your own expense) After breakfast, return to Xiamen, lunch at Haoqingxiang restaurant for crispy spring roll, meat dumplings, and various Hokkien food. Experience Chinese tea culture at a tea parlour. Tour the Nanputuo Temple, a complex constructed in the Tang dynasty. Visit the Silk store.at night, at your own expense; take the coach through the Xiamen Night Scene, tour the Night Market-the Zhongshan Road Shopping District and taste the local snacks. Get to sample Xiamen Spring roll for free. Dinner, at your own expense, will be at Zhongshan-lu commercial district. DAY 5 XIAMEN
(Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner) After breakfast, visit the iconic Haishangmingzhu (Pearl on the Sea) Tower at the city centre, featuring a panoramic bird s eye view of the city. Head to Kin Eliya Green Health Centre. Taste Fujian oyster cake and Xiamen cuisine for lunch. Coach tour along the Huandao Road(Island Ring Road), and enjoy the view of Kinmen from afar. Head down to Zengcuoan Village known as the Most artistic village of China. Visit the latex product shop. Next, visit Xiamen Laoyuanzi Folk Culture and Customs Garden. Watch <The Legend of Hokkien> Around China Show at your own expense. Laoyuanzi shows the lifestyle of ordinary fishermen and their families in southern Fujian. It depicts the lives of Hokkien Chinese who migrated to Southeast Asia near the end of the Qing Dynasty. DAY 6 XIAMEN (Breakfast) After breakfast, enjoy free and easy today or you may choose one of the optional tours as follows: 1. Garden on the Sea Gulangyu (4pax and above to departure): RMB280/pax (exclude lunch, RMB25/pax tip) Take ferry to Garden on the Sea Gulangyu, where you will see Multinational Architecture. It s a must to try the local specialty snack the Yap s glutinous rice ball at the century old shop and do some shopping at the Longtou commercial street. 2. Kinmen Day Tour (Grouping subjected to local tour agency): RMB600/pax (includes lunch, exclude RMB25 tip/pax) Visit Shuitougucou cluster, Military tunnels, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park, Chiang Ching Kuo Memorial Hall, visit Wuji Yi Tiao Gen Shop. Visit the spectacular Juguang Tower, purchase Kinmen gongtang, and corals from the gift shop. Take ferry back to Xiamen. *Taiwan dollar is used in Kinmen. Chinese yuan and US dollars are not accepted. Passengers can exchange for Taiwan dollars at Xiamen or Jinmen ferry port before taking boat ride to Kinmen; Singapore passport holders do not require Kinmen VISA; Indonesian passport holders require both China and Taiwan VISA; Malaysian passport holders require China double/multiple-entry VISA.
DAY 7 XIAMEN - QUANZHOU - FUZHOU (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner) Visit Kinmen cookware exhibition centre; proceed to Quanzhou, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road. Admire the Zheng Chang Gong Bronze Statue, visit the Quanzhou Maritime Museum and learn the history of maritime commerce (If it was closed on Monday,it will be changed to Kaiyuan Temple and view the Eastern&Western pagodas). Transfer back to Xiamen in the afternoon; enjoy Ludao Seabass Feast for dinner. If return flight is Fuzhou-Singapore, then the itinerary for Day7-Day8 is as below: DAY 7 XIAMEN (Approx 1 hour coach) QUANZHOU (Approx 3 hour coach) FUZHOU (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner) Visit Kinmen cookware exhibition centre; proceed to Quanzhou, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road. Admire the Zheng Cheng Gong Bronze Statue, visit the Quanzhou Maritime Museum and learn the history of maritime commerce (If it was closed on Monday, it will be changed to visit Kaiyuan Temple and view the Eastern&Western pagodas). Transfer to Fuzhou in the afternoon, view Wuyi Square via coach. Enjoy Buddha jump over the wall and Fishball meat yan soup for dinner. DAY 8 FUZHOU-SINGAPORE (Breakfast) After breakfast, take your leisure while wait for your flight back to Singapore. If return flight is Fuzhou-Singapore, then the itinerary for Day7-Day8 is as below: DAY 8 FUZHOU Q SINGAPORE(Breakfast) After breakfast, visit Lin Zexu Memorial Hall, dedicated to Chinese National Heroes. Take a leisure walk along Sanfang Qixiang (Three( Lanes and Seven Alleys). Taste Guangbing (Guang cookie) as a gift. Thereafter, transfer to airport for your flight back to Singapore.
Additional Tour:RMB600/Person (free charge of child below 2years old),include: 1. 1. <The Legend of Hokkien> Around China Show 2. Xiamen night tour (coach tour + a set of local snack + Zhongshan Road Shopping District) 3. Night tour in Meizhou: Take the eco-friendly coach ride along the Meijang River, appreciate the beautiful scenery and feel the interesting evening life of local people. 4. Night tour of Hexing Lou (at your own expense),enjoy the night view of Tulou and the music bar. Store visits: Silk Store, Kin Eliya Green Health Centre, Tea Shop, Latex product shop, Kinmen cookware exhibition centre Coach arrangement: 7 persons and below:11 seats coach;8-12 persons:17-22 seats coach;13-24 persons:33seats coach;25 persons and above: 39seats coach(33 and above seats coach, with luggage compartment); Remarks: 1. During Chinese New Year departure (14-20 Feb 2018), the hotel of Meizhou will be changed to Zhangzhou, the final sequence of itinerary will be confirmed before tour departure. 2. * indicates itinerary for 8-day tour. For CN8F1, if return flight is Fuzhou-Singapore, Ludao seabass feast in Xiamen will be replaced by Buddha jump over the wall in Fuzhou. 3. Tour sequence of itinerary is subjected to change. Tour is conducted in Mandarin unless otherwise specified; 4. Tour groups on different flight schedule may be merged. Any extension/deviation after the tour is subjected to the stipulated date stated on the air ticket prior to departure; All hotel ratings are based on local terms. If hotel is pending certification from the relevant body, we will use comparable x star standard for your reference; 5. In the event of discrepancy between the Chinese and English tour itineraries, please refer to the former for accuracy.