Ni Hao! welcome to TAIWAN.You will be met by our local tour guide at the arrival hall of Taipei Airport and escorted to your downtown hotel by a private comfortable vehicle. The rest of the day is your own to relax. If you want to explore nearby areas, feel free to get some practical suggestions from your tour guide.
Meals: None
Accommodation:
Kenting Baishawan
Today you will head for southernmost city, Kaohsiung. It takes less than 2 hours high-speed train. You’ll leave cultural exploration for tomorrow; today, you will hit the beach in Kenting, a picturesque beach town located at the island’s southern tip. After checking in the hotel, you’ll have the rest of the day to swim, hike, bicycle or just soak up the rays. When the sun goes down, you will experience the beach town's night markets, drinks and massages.
4 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Meals: None
Accommodation: Kenting
Kaohsiung City
You will stop in the old town of Hengchun to visit one of the last remaining Qing Dynasty city walls left in Taiwan. Back in Kaohsiung, you’ll visit the 200-year-old wall paintings at the Fongyi Academy before heading to Lotus Pond, a man-made lake surrounded by temples, pavilions, temples and the famous Dragon and Tiger Pagodas. After checking in hotel, you can enjoy the culinary delights at Kaohsiung's iconic night markets.
4 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Meals: None
Accommodation: Kaohsiung
Fo Guang Shan
We’ll head to the stunning Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Center, a vast religious complex including eight pagodas and grand meditation halls, all overlooked with loving grace by a 108-meter-high statue of the Buddha.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Tainan
We’ll then head to the ancient capital of Tainan, where will visit many old buildings and temples, including Taiwan’s oldest Confucian temple. We’ll explore and enjoy delicious food before ending the day at our hotel.
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Meals: None
Accommodation: Tainan
Anping Fort
The tour continues on day tour with an exploration of Tainan’s historic Anping district. We’ll visit a castle and fortress dating back to Dutch colonial days and go inside an ancient Banyan tree.
2 hours
Guanziling Hot Spring
You will relax, rejuvenate and exfoliate in the unique mud spring. Guanziling Hot Spring has enjoyed a great reputation since the Japanese colonial period. It ranks among the four famous hot springs in Taiwan with Yangmingshan, Beitou and Sichongxi. It is a weakly alkaline carbonated spring with a temperature of about 75 Degrees Celsius. It is gray-black and the spring contains salt and sulfur. It is mostly mud, so it can be bathed but not drunk. After soaking, the whole body is comfortable and the skin is smooth and clean. According to historical records, Guanziling Hot Spring is a natural mud hot spring with the functions of beauty and physical fitness.
3 hours
Taichung
We will head for Taichung and feast on local delicacies at a lively night market in the first evening in Taichung.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Meals: None
Accommodation: Taichung
Taichung Chun Shui Tang - the birthplace of Taiwan's famous bubble tea
If I say the most famous drink in Taiwan is bubble tea, no one will object, right? When you travel in Taiwan, you can see bubble tea shops everywhere, which makes you enjoy drinking, but have you ever wondered where it originated? Did you know it's in Taichung? The founding shop of this globally popular tea drink is located in Chun Shui Tang Tea House in Taichung City.
Now that you have come to Taichung, of course, you will not miss a visit to the founding store.
At present, Chun Shui Tang has 45 branches in Taiwan. In addition to selling bubble tea, there are also many snacks. There is also a signature carrot cake, which is very crispy outside and soft inside. It is very worth trying. Of course, we also have the opportunity to make our bubble tea. Afterward, if you still have time, you can also visit the art museum or container market in Taichung before back to Taipei.
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
Accommodation:
1. Entrance fees of the scenic spots listed in the itinerary.
2. Meals as specified in the itinerary (B for Breakfast, L for Lunch and D for Dinner).
If you cancel a meal, the cost is non-refundable.
3. Hotels: Hotel based on twin sharing; All hotels in the itinerary serve daily breakfast;
*Check-in & Check-out time: generally speaking, check-in is after 2 pm and check-out before 12 pm (noon).
Early check-in and late check-out are subject to room availability and may cause additional fee or even full day room rate.
4. Transportation. Vehicle or train as listed in the itinerary.
5. Guide: English-speaking guide;
6. Transfers between airports/railway stations, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in each city or area by air-conditioned vehicle with licensed driver.
1. Flight/ Accommodation/ Sightseeing/ Meal not listed in the itinerary.
2. Visa Fees. Please make sure that you have got your valid passport (at least 6 months) and visa before your entry to China. We can send you a free official invitation letter to help you apply for your China visa after you pay the deposit of tour.
3. Personal expenses such as room service, internet charge, laundry, drink, fax, telephone call, optional activities, etc.
4. Gratuities, tips to guides, drivers, bellboys, etc.
* We recommend 8-10USD per traveler per day as tips to the guide and 5-8 USD per traveler per day as tips to the driver. You might pay more or less depending on their services.
5. Excess Baggage Charges.
6. Travel insurance. Please kindly note that the full coverage travel insurance from your home country must be purchased in advance on your own.
7. Optional activities and others not mentioned.