Anxi Tea Garden tour from Xiamen: Pick and taste Tieguanyin

Tea gardens, a roasting workshop, and Hong'en Rock in one day

A private day tour from Xiamen to Anxi Tea Garden in Fujian Province, where you pick and process Tieguanyin oolong tea, learn how the leaves move from garden to cup, and see Hong'en Rock's landscape. The tour includes hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide, lunch at a local farm, and entrance fees. It runs eight hours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Anxi Tea Garden and Hongen Rock

• Pick up from Xiamen hotel at 8:30 am
• Drive to Anxi Hong'en Rock
• Enjoy scenery at Hong'en Rock
• Have organic lunch at local farm
• Visit Anxi Tea Garden
• Learn about Tieguanyin tea culture
• Watch tea production process
• Participate in tea picking and production
• Taste local teas
• Drive back to hotel

The experience

The tour starts with pickup from your Xiamen hotel at 8:30 am and heads into Fujian's tea country. Anxi is a small mountainous county where tea farming traces back to the Tang Dynasty, and today the region produces 15,000 tons of oolong annually across 16,700 acres of gardens. On the drive, you'll stop briefly at Hong'en Rock to see the scenery before arriving at the tea garden itself.

At Anxi Tea Garden, you move through the actual work of tea production. You'll pick leaves from the plants, then watch and participate in the roasting process that transforms fresh leaves into Tieguanyin oolong. A guide walks you through each stage and explains the tea culture that defines the region. Afterward, you taste examples of the finished teas to understand how the process shapes the flavor. Lunch comes at a local farm before the drive back to your hotel, where the tour ends.

What’s included

• Private transportation and hotel pickup and drop-off from Xiamen.
• English-speaking guide throughout the day.
• entrance ticket to Anxi Tea Garden.
• lunch at a local farm.
• tea tastings of the region's oolong varieties.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 08:30

AgesUp to age 90

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 6 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effort

Operated by China Theme Tour

Is this one for you?The guide speaks English, so you'll follow the commentary and explanations without translation. This works for anyone comfortable with English-language instruction and doesn't require prior knowledge of tea or Mandarin.

Top questions

What is Tieguanyin tea and why is Anxi known for it?

Tieguanyin is an oolong tea, and Anxi is called the birthplace of this variety. The county's mountainous terrain and tea farming tradition dating to the Tang Dynasty created the conditions for growing this particular tea, which now accounts for 15,000 tons of the region's annual production.

Will I actually pick tea leaves, or just watch?

You participate in both picking and the production process itself. The guide shows you how to harvest leaves from the plants and then walks you through the roasting stages that turn fresh leaves into finished oolong tea.

What's included in the eight-hour tour?

The tour includes private transportation, pickup and drop-off at your Xiamen hotel, an English-speaking guide, entrance fees to the tea garden, and lunch at a local farm.

Is this tour suitable for children?

Yes, children can join the tour when accompanied by an adult. The pace and activities suit all fitness levels.