5 Days Taiwan Southern Tour

Departing from Taipei this morning, it takes less than 2 hours comfortable high-speed train to arrive at Kaohsiung, the most populous city in southern Taiwan and a romantic seaport city. Your driver will pick you up at the station.

1 hour 30 minutes • Tickets included

Fo Guang Shan

Fo Guang Shan is a big Buddhist monastery founded by Master Hsing Yun in 1967. There is a Buddha Amitabha in a gold color that can be seen from miles away, also the tallest bronze sitting Buddha statue in the world. Here you will have a good understanding of the doctrines and development of Buddhism, the most widely practiced religion in Taiwan. Additionally, the restaurants in the monastery provide tasty and hearty vegetarian meals that you a try at your own expense.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

The Pier2 Art Center

After the monastery tour, you will move down the hill to the center of the city and stroll around the Pier2 Art Center, which was used an abandoned pier warehouse. After revamping by some persistent artists, now this area is reborn as a vibrant neighborhood hub for arts and culture.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Cijin Island

Take a ferry to a small island next to Kaohsiung City - Cijin Island. This is one of the famous fishing ports in Kaohsiung. It provides a lot of delicious seafood every day. We can take a tricycle to stroll and enjoy all kinds of food on the street.

Liuhe Tourist Night Market

After a nostalgic tour of Cijing Island, it’s time to fulfill your appetite with some local delicacies at Liuhe Night Market, the oldest and most typical night market in Kaohsiung. Here you have a chance to taste the city’s signature street foods like seafood congee, steamed salted shrimp, papaya milk drink, rice cake and Stinky Tofu…

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Meals： None

Accommodation： Kaohsiung

Kenting National Park

After breakfast, you will head south of the border, which is Taiwan’s first national park. Kenting National Park is known for its coastal geologic features and landscapes and the marine biodiversity due to crustal deformation and tropical climate. Besides, Kenting is also a paradise for surfers and divers. Today you will stop at Maopitou Park, Chuanfan Rock, Eluanpi Lighthouse and Longpan Park.

1 hour • Admission is free

Maobitou Park

Maopitou (cat’s nose) is a unique natural rock formation that looks like a giant crouching cat.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Eluanbi Lighthouse

Eluanbi Lighthouse was built during the Qing Dynasty.

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Longpan Park

Longpan Park is a coral limestone tableland eroded by rainwater. It keeps the original features of the landscape with wide grassland and faces the Pacific Ocean.

Hengchun Old Town

After Longpan Park, you will stop by Hengchun Old Town on the way back to Kaohsiung. This old town is known for its well-preserved city walls that surround the city for over a hundred years. It was also preserved as a national historic monument.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Meals： Breakfast   

Accommodation： Kaohsiung

Fort Provincia

After breakfast, you will head for the former Capital City – Tainan. Tainan is the oldest city in Taiwan. Today we will go on a historic tour. The first stop is Fort Provincia, which was listed as a national historic monument in 1983. The fortress was originally constructed by the Dutch in 1653 and then rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty and the period under Japanese rule.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Anping Old Fort

Anping Old Fort was built by the Dutch East India Company during their 38-year rule of the western part of Taiwan. The British army almost destroyed the original fortress during the 19th century and then was reconstructed by Japanese.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Anping Tree House

There is the famous Anping Tree House near Anping Old Fort, which used to be the warehouse of the former Tait & Co. Merchant House. After being abandoned for many years, the building was taken over by banyan trees; the aerial roots reach the structures deeply and become a part of the building.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

The Yanping County King's Temple

It was built in the Ming Dynasty in 1662 to commemorate the achievements of Zheng Chenggong. It is also the only Hokkien-style temple in Taiwan. In 1661, Zheng Chenggong led his troops to land at Luermen, drove away the Dutch, actively built Taiwan, encouraged officers and soldiers to set up families there and recruited mainland coastal residents to reclaim Taiwan. After Zheng Chenggong's death, later generations built a temple here to honor his great achievements.

After a full day of sightseeing in Tainan, you will take high-speed train back to Taipei. Your driver will pick you up at the station and take you to hotel.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Meals： None

Accommodation： Taipei

After Breakfast your guide will escort you to the airport for your flight to next destination or home.

Meals： None

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