Activity Level: Light-Moderate
Service Level: Premium
Note: This tour is for 4-8 people, to ensure a more personalized tour experience. If your group is smaller than four or larger than eight, contact us and we will look into options for your dates. Availability depends on the departure date and our ground partner’s schedule, so we cannot promise every request can be filled.
This tour is a full circuit of Taiwan, beginning and ending at Taoyuan International Airport. The route runs down the west coast through Sun Moon Lake, the Alishan forest and Tainan’s old forts, reaches the southern tip at Kenting, then returns north along the Pacific coastline and the northeast coast to Taipei. You travel in a private vehicle with a licensed English-speaking guide, so the pace follows your group rather than a coach schedule.
HIGHLIGHTS
– Nine nights of hotels, most meals and all listed admissions included
– Private airport transfers both ways from Taoyuan International
– Sun Moon Lake, with a lake cruise, a lakeside cycling session and the Thao village of Ita Thao
– Alishan National Forest Recreation Area, with the Giant Trees boardwalk through ancient red cypress and a section ride on the Alishan Forest Railway
– Hinoki Village, a preserved district of Japanese cypress dormitories from the 1914 forestry settlement
– Anping Fort, the Dutch stronghold of 1624, and Anping Old Street in Tainan, plus a Guohua Street food walk
– Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum and its seated bronze Buddha
– The Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Pond, Pier-2 Art Center and the Love River waterfront in Kaohsiung
– Eluanbi Lighthouse at Taiwan’s southernmost point, in Kenting National Park
– Shitiping’s wave-cut coastal terraces and Duoliang Station on the Pacific side
– Qixingtan beach and the Qingshui Cliffs on the Hualien coast
– A guided tasting at the Kavalan Whisky Distillery and a hot-spring night in Jiaoxi
– Yehliu Geopark, the hillside teahouse town of Jiufen, and a sky lantern release at Shifen
– The National Palace Museum, Longshan Temple and the changing of the guard at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
– Free evenings at Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taipei night markets
– Private vehicle, licensed English-speaking guide, group of 4 to 8
