Licensed guide
A guide who works this city daily and orders the stops by traffic and opening hours.
China · Xiamen
Private Guide & Car Hire in Xiamen
Made to order Guide · Escort · Car · Translation · Transfers Chinese · English · Korean
Theme
- Gulangyu
- Island Road
- Nanputuo
- Tulou
- Seafood Stalls
- Coffee by the Sea
Licensed local guideItinerary before paymentNo shopping stops
Ground services in Xiamen
Guide, escort, car, translation, transfers, family and photo — book one or combine them.
- Best months
- March–May, October–December
- Days needed
- 2 days, 3 with tulou
- Arriving
- Gaoqi airport 30 min, station 25 min
- Typical day
- CNY 750–950 (≈US$104–132) car + guide
Quotes are in CNY; US$ figures are indicative at about CNY 7.2 = US$1 and move with the daily rate. Final price is confirmed by our team before you pay.
Local escort
No rushing, no pushing sales. Point ordering, photos and looking after the kids, half or full day.
Private car & driver
5 to 19 seats, priced per day with fuel and tolls included. The driver knows the coach parks.
Translation
English, Japanese and Korean available; good for business visits and independent travellers.
Airport & rail transfers
Name-board pickup, 60 minutes free waiting when a flight is delayed.
Family & school trips
Museums and ruins explained by age, with breaks and meal time kept in the plan.
Photo session
Half a day of shooting, 20–30 retouched photos, shot along the same route as the sightseeing.
Not sure what to book?
Send dates and party size, get an itinerary back first.
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01What to see
Xiamen: the four places that matter
Ordered the way you should actually visit them, not by fame.
Gulangyu
Ferry from Xiagu Wharf (book online), colonial villas, piano museum and the Sunlight Rock view.
Nanputuo Temple
A working temple against the hills, with a vegetarian restaurant and a hiking path behind.
Zengcuoan
A fishing village turned café strip on the coast road; good for a slow afternoon.
Fujian tulou
Round earthen clan buildings two hours inland, some housing 300 people.
02Two-day plan
How we would plan your two days
Built around opening times and traffic, not around a list of attractions.
Day 1 · Island
First ferry to Gulangyu, walk the quieter south lanes, Sunlight Rock, back by 16:00, seafood at Shapowei.
Day 2 · Temple and coast
Nanputuo at 8:00, walk the coast road to Zengcuoan, afternoon at the beach or the Xiamen Museum.
Local notes
- Gulangyu ferry tickets are timed and sell out days ahead; there is a separate, cheaper local ferry.
- Do not buy "no-queue" island tours at the pier — they are shopping trips.
- Typhoon season is July–September; check the forecast before booking the coast.
03Where to stay
Pick the area first, the hotel second
The wrong district costs you an hour a day in traffic.
Zhongshan Road
Walk to the ferry and the old town; convenient and busy.
Zengcuoan / Huandao Road
Coast, quieter, requires taxis to the ferry.
04What to eat
Two things you should not leave without trying
Oyster omeletteEgg, sweet potato starch and small oysters, ¥20–30.
Peanut soupSweet, served with fried dough sticks, ¥8–12.
05What goes wrong
Three things that catch first-time visitors
- Gulangyu ferry tickets are timed and sell out days ahead; there is a separate, cheaper local ferry.
- Do not buy "no-queue" island tours at the pier — they are shopping trips.
- Typhoon season is July–September; check the forecast before booking the coast.
06Questions
Xiamen: questions travellers actually ask
How do I get to Gulangyu?
Book a timed ferry from Xiagu Wharf online with your passport; the island is car-free.
Is Xiamen worth two days?
Yes, plus one more for the tulou.
What is the local food?
Oyster omelette, peanut soup, and seafood along Shapowei.
The full guide runs to four pages — in Chinese
Tickets, opening hours, hour-by-hour itineraries and eighteen local questions. Machine translation handles these pages well; send us a screenshot if anything is unclear.
How booking Xiamen works — three steps, itinerary before price
No deposit to get a plan, and nothing is locked in before you agree to it.
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Send the brief
Dates, party size, how you arrive and what you want to see. Tell us the working language you need and whether anyone has trouble with stairs.
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Get a route and a price
We order the stops by location and traffic, then quote per car per day with fuel, tolls and the driver included. Ask for changes as often as you need — it costs nothing.
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Confirm and travel
Only after you accept the route and the price do we assign the car and guide. You get their contact details before pickup, so you are never handed off to a stranger.
Combine it with
Cities usually combined with Xiamen on the same trip.
