Homecoming Feast

Besides signature meals like braised goose banquet and Tulou private cuisine listed in the itinerary, all other meals will be recommended and booked by your guide based on your taste and location each day, with payment on the spot. This is because this route is essentially a culinary journey — locking in every meal in advance might make you miss the best local spots of the day. If you prefer all meals included, just let us know. We’ll draft a customized menu based on your preferences before providing a quote.

A Taiwan entry permit must be applied for in advance and cannot be processed on the day of travel. We will review your passport and travel documents before you confirm your itinerary and let you know how long the process takes. If time is too short or the situation does not apply, Day 9 will be changed to explore the old town, coastline, and markets of Xiamen's main island, with a corresponding adjustment to the cost—you won't arrive at the pier only to find you can't proceed.

Yingge Dance showtimes follow the local schedule, with more performances during festivals and weekends; Nanyin and marionette shows are based on the theater's daily lineup. We confirm each event's availability for your dates before you depart, and notify you in advance of any substitutions—so you won't be left without options upon arrival. All these activities are included in your ticket.

Enjoy a full English-speaking guide, from pickup in Guangzhou to drop-off in Xiamen, without interruption. While locals chatting in Chaoshan or Minnan dialect won’t confuse you, it’s the temple fortune slips, operatic lyrics, and regional dish names that truly require line-by-line interpretation—precisely the core value our guide brings on this route.

The pace is built around moving bags as little as possible: two nights in Jieyang, two in Xiamen, and the late night in Teochew still ends back in the same Jieyang room. Three inter-city legs are by high-speed rail and the rest are direct private transfers, with no same-day return trips. The walking each day is in old towns and villages, two to four hours, with no climbs. If it still feels tight, tell us and we will cut a region rather than compress the days.

Beyond the set meals written into the itinerary, such as the braised goose feast and the tulou home-style lunch, your guide recommends and books each meal around your tastes and where you are that day, paid locally. This route is a food route, and fixing every meal in advance would mean missing whatever is best on the day. If you would rather have all meals included, tell us and we will build a menu to your tastes before quoting.

It requires an entry permit from the Taiwan side, applied for in advance, and it cannot be arranged on the day. We check your passports and documents with you before you confirm the itinerary and tell you how long the process takes. If there is not enough time or it does not apply to you, day nine is replaced with the old town, coastline and markets on Xiamen island, with the price adjusted accordingly, so nothing is discovered at the pier.

The Yingge dance follows local performance schedules, with more sessions around festivals and weekends; Nanyin and the marionettes follow the theatre's daily schedule. We confirm the sessions on your dates before you travel and tell you in advance what we are substituting if a session cannot be confirmed, rather than finding out on site. All of these are covered by the included tickets.

There is an English-speaking guide throughout, from the pickup in Guangzhou to the drop-off in Xiamen. The dialects are what local people speak among themselves and are not an obstacle for you; what does need someone to translate line by line are the fortune-stick verses, the opera and the dish names, and that is the guide's main work on this route.

Yes. There are no climbs and no altitude; the most demanding parts are old town paving and raised temple thresholds. The rice cake making, the floral hairpin session and the tea picking all involve children easily. With older parents, day nine can be spent entirely on Xiamen island and the late evening in Teochew on day four can finish earlier; tell us the ages in your group and we will bring the density down.