From mighty Xiamen to little Kinmen, then to Taiwan

[Rabidpie]

Hello everyone,

My urge to visit Taiwan has really been peaking lately (I’m pathetic I know, I’m sorry) and so I have arbitrarily decided to try and take a boat from Xiamen to Kinman, and from there go straight to Taiwan.

My questions is if anyone has done this before. I’m prety sure it’s possible for foreigners to go through both territories, but if not, then I suppose my journey would end at Xiamen. I suppose seeing Xiamen wouldn’t be a lose-lose situation, but still I’d like to try to get to Taiwan from Kinman if possible.

Have any of you ever attempted this? If not, I will be your guide as I try to go Taiwan through this manner.

[Abacus]

There’s a recently bumped thread (by me) on this topic and it has been done by someone on the board.

[olm]

Yep, seems doable. Look at the threads with Kinmen or Xiamen in the thread title, using the search function

For example this here:

Travel from Xiamen -> Kinmen -> Taiwan...is it possible?

Hi, I’m a Brit living in Shanghai, and I’m hoping to make my first visit to Taiwan…but preferably without spending a wad of cash on return tickets from the Mainland or Hong Kong. I’ve done a bit of research and I know that foreigners can access Kinmen island from Xiamen and vice-versa, but once you’re on Kinmen, would it be possible for me subsequently to fly (or sail, even) to Taiwan from Kinmen? Unless it turns out that Kinmen is actually an island of isolated inbred cannibals, I presume tha…