7 Day Beyond Taipei Tour

You will be collected by the guide from your hotel and be driven to Sun Moon Lake, about 260 kilometres from Taipei. Upon arrival at Sun Moon Lake, you will start the tour by taking a one-hour relaxing cruise before paying a visit to Cien Pagoda and Wenwu Temple. Your guide will check you in at the hotel for an evening of relaxation and reflection.

Meals included: None

In the morning, you will enjoy bike riding along beautiful cycling tracks featured internationally on CNN Travel. Alternatively, travelers can take a hiking tour to Mount Maolan to absorb the scenery of Sun Moon Lake. Commence the drive to Tainan, formerly the Old Capital of Taiwan with its centuries-old fortresses and temples. You will visit the historical Chikhan Tower, previously referred to as Provintia, a fortress built by the Dutch in the mid-1600s. Stops will be made at Koxinga’s Shrine and Confucius Shrine. You will be taken for check-in at your Tainan hotel for a relaxing evening.

Meals included: Breakfast

Start the day by visiting to the Fort of Anping (Zeelandia), Anping Old Street and Anping Tree House (Former Tait & Co. Merchant House). You’ll have an opportunity to visit them all with your guide providing commentary on the region’s history, variously punctuated by international trade, occupation by the Dutch and Japanese, dereliction, and now restoration as efforts are maintained to preserve it.

Leave Tainan to Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Monastery to enjoy a relaxed walking tour around this remarkable shrine to Chinese Buddhism in all its forms. Appreciate the serenity of the surroundings and the temple’s residents who have dedicated their lives to the practice of Buddhism.

Proceed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second largest city, where you will take a ferry trip to Chi-jin Peninsula to visit the Seafood Street and Matsu Temple before checking in to your Kaohsiung hotel. Relax and enjoy the local delicacies at the Liuhe Night Market if time permits.

Meals included: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will be driven to Kenting National Park, located at the very south of Taiwan. Kenting National Park gained its enviable reputation for beautiful beaches, idyllic vegetation and diverse corals, which thrive there. With the tour taking the scenic route, there will be stops at Maopitou, Oluanpi Light House, Long Pan Park, and other notable local sights. Following time at the Kenting National Park, your tour continues to Taitung via south-link highway passing by villages of the local aboriginal people and scenery southeast coast. Stopover at Duoliang Station, a former railway station, now is a good spot for the view of Pacific coastline. Check in to the hotel and enjoy the remainder of the day on your own.

Meals included: Breakfast

In the morning, visit the Beinan Cultural Park where you will explore the prehistory of Taiwan at the National Museum of Prehistory and the Beinan Archaeological Site. Depart Taitung and proceed to Hualien. Stops will be made on the way when you reach Tropic of Cancer Marker, Baqi Scenic Lookout and one of the Xiaoyeliu Scenic Area, Sanxiantai Bridge and Shitiping. On arrival in Hualien, you will be checked into the hotel and free to enjoy your evening. Alternatively, visit the famous Dongdamen Night Market to relax and enjoy the local delicacies

Meals included: Breakfast

Start the tour of the world famous Taroko National Park. A reflection of Taiwan’s commitment to environmental protection, Taroko National Park covers over 92,000 hectares in the northern section of the Central Mountain Range. Well-known for its mountains and gorges, today’s visit provides the opportunity to pass by the Tunnel of Nine Turns, stop at Swallow Grotto, reflect at the Eternal Spring Shrine, walk the Shakadang Trails, and observe the vista from Taroko Gorge Gateway, the most impressive of all the gorges.

After the tour in Taroko National Park, drive to to Yilan by making stops at scenic Qingshui Cliff and Fenniaolin Fishing Port, both perfect spots to capture beautiful travel memories that showcase the very best of Taiwan’s ocean and mountain landscapes. Travel on to Suao, to explore the fishing port and its bustling traditional seafood market. Visit the Lanyang Museum in Yilan to learn about the local history, the culture, and the landscape in this area. Make your way to Sanxing where you’ll visit a scallion farm and enjoy a full farm-to table experience, including hand-picking the scallions and making scallion pancakes in the local traditional method. After being on the move all day, balance out the activity with a relaxing natural hot spring bath at the hotel in Jiaoxi.

Meals included: Breakfast

Leave Yilan in the morning, as you drive along the Northeast Coast towards Jiufen Village, a scenic route along Taiwan’s Northeast Coast. Enjoy the guided walking tour through the village’s historical street. Following lunch, ordered with the assistance of your guide, your sightseeing continues with the drive to Yehliu Geopark. Marvel at the remarkable natural rock formations created by erosion and other natural forces. Let your imagination carry you away with what you ‘see’: mushrooms, animals heads and more. The tour ends when you are returned to your hotel in Taipei.

Meals included: Breakfast