Four days

Main Attractions: Zhanjiang, Tianning Chan Temple, Leizhou West Lake, Pineapple Sea, Nanji Village, Dengloujiao Lighthouse, coral reef and salt pans, Chikan Old Street, Zhanjiang Military Culture Park, Hailing Island, Ten-Mile Silver Beach, Maritime Silk Road Museum

Route Highlights

A short, sunlit journey along the western Guangdong coast. In four days you reach the southernmost point of mainland China, where two seas meet off a quiet fishing village, cross the red-earth pineapple fields of Leizhou, walk the colonial arcades of old Chikan, and finish on the powder-white Ten-Mile Silver Beach of Hailing Island. The first night is upgraded to a Wyndham, and the group travels by comfortable coach with a licensed local guide. Days are paced for an easy winter escape rather than a whistle-stop tour.

• The southernmost tip of mainland China, with two seas meeting at Dengloujiao
• The Pineapple Sea: 350,000 mu of red-earth fields under white wind turbines
• A national 5A island, a Guinness-record beach and a Song-dynasty shipwreck
• First night upgraded to a Wyndham, with a seafood feast and white-cut chicken

Itinerary Overview (4 Days)

Day	Attractions	Overnight
Day 1	Private airport or high-speed rail transfer, Zhanjiang city centre, hotel check-in	Zhanjiang
Day 2	Tianning Chan Temple, Leizhou West Lake, Pineapple Sea, Nanji Village, Dengloujiao Lighthouse, confluence of two seas, coral reef and ancient salt pans	Nanji Village or Xuwen County
Day 3	Zhanjiang Military Culture Park, naval harbour cruise, Chikan Old Street, Kwangchowan-era arcades	Maoming, Yangjiang or Yangxi
Day 4	Hailing Island, Ten-Mile Silver Beach, Maritime Silk Road Museum, Nanhai No.1 shipwreck, Mawei Island sunset	–

Detailed Daily Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Zhanjiang

Travellers arrive by air or high-speed rail in Zhanjiang, a bay city where old maritime China meets a relaxed seafood culture. A coach meets all flights and trains throughout the day and takes you to the hotel; there is no fixed programme, so the first afternoon is free for a walk and a first taste of the local food scene. On this itinerary the first night is upgraded to a Wyndham property, with wide rooms and a quiet view. Try white-cut chicken with sand-ginger garlic, charcoal-grilled oysters, steamed sand worms, clear fish broth, sweet potato vermicelli dessert, snow-pear jelly, turtle jelly or red-date egg cake.

Meals: on your own. Overnight: Zhanjiang.

Day 2: Tianning Temple, Leizhou West Lake and the Pineapple Sea

After breakfast, meet the group and drive to Tianning Chan Temple, a Tang-dynasty monastery known as the oldest temple in Leizhou and a place where Su Dongpo and other exiled scholars once left their inscriptions. Continue to Leizhou West Lake, a calm lake ringed by pavilions and the memory of the Ten Worthies. After lunch, head for the Pineapple Sea, mainland China’s southernmost pineapple country: some 350,000 mu of rolling red-earth fields with white wind turbines above them, often called China’s Provence. Then continue to Nanji Village on the very tip of the mainland, where the Qiongzhou Strait and the Beibu Gulf meet in two different colours of water. At Dengloujiao, the century-old lighthouse, the cross-shaped waves at low tide, the 20 degree 13 minute 14 second love marker, coral reefs, thousand-year salt pans and the memorial to the Hainan landing all sit within a short walk. Dinner is on your own after check-in.

Meals: breakfast, lunch. Overnight: Nanji Village or Xuwen County.

Day 3: Naval Zhanjiang and Chikan Old Street

Begin at the Zhanjiang Military Culture Park, a national 3A site where retired aircraft, tanks and a Type 051G destroyer can be inspected up close. The harbour cruise then gives the best view of the city: leaving from the watersports pier, it passes the Bay Bridge and the Jinshawan seafront before entering the anchorage known as the Ten-Mile Military Port, with active destroyers and landing ships lined up beyond the viewing deck. In the afternoon, walk Chikan Old Street, the oldest quarter of Zhanjiang. Its stone lanes, French clock tower, Lingnan arcade houses and former Kwangchowan chamber of commerce recall the port’s colonial trading years. Dinner is a sit-down meal of authentic Guangdong white-cut chicken before the drive on to Maoming, Yangjiang or Yangxi for the night.

Meals: breakfast, dinner. Overnight: Maoming, Yangjiang or Yangxi.

Day 4: Hailing Island and the journey home

After breakfast at the hotel and a seafood lunch, continue to Hailing Island, one of China’s ten most beautiful islands and a national 5A scenic area, nicknamed the Hawaii of the East. Walk the Guinness-listed Ten-Mile Silver Beach, where fine white sand runs beside calm surf, and visit the Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum to see the Nanhai No.1, a Southern Song merchant ship raised with more than 180,000 artefacts. If time allows, the western tip at Mawei Island is the place for a soft sunset. The four-day journey ends with the return transfer; please book an evening departure.

Meals: breakfast, lunch. Overnight: -.

What’s Included

• A licensed air-conditioned touring coach with one seat per traveller
• Three nights: a first-night Wyndham upgrade, a selected business hotel and a Nanji Village guesthouse
• Three breakfasts and three main meals, including a seafood feast and Guangdong white-cut chicken
• First-entry admission tickets to every sight listed in the itinerary
• A licensed local guide and a name-sign meet at every scheduled arrival
• Hotel and meal arrangements for children as specified at booking

Good to Know

• This is a seat-in-coach group departure, not a private tour; daily pick-up times are set by the guide.
• Single travellers may need to share a twin room or pay a single-room supplement; triple rooms are not available.
• Bring valid photo ID for every traveller; discounted tickets and child rates must be declared at booking.
• Sightseeing order may change with weather, tides and ticket availability, without reducing the sights included.