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Explore Taiwan

Trip Type: Explorer

11 Days
| 1 - 12 People

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NZD $3,840.00 /Person
Discover the highlights of Taiwan on this 11-day adventure. After eating your way through Taipei’s famous street food, travel to Yilan to meet an …
Explore Taiwan

Discover the highlights of Taiwan on this 11-day adventure. After eating your way through Taipei’s famous street food, travel to Yilan to meet an Indigenous community, learn about their way of life and share a home-cooked lunch. Then, explore the pagodas and trails of the serene Sun Moon Lake in the Central Mountain Range before travelling to Chiayi to visit a tea farm and meet nuns at a Buddhist monastery. With a scenic train ride through Alishan’s tropical forests, clam picking at a traditional fishing village and a local leader to show you around, this is an action-packed, immersive introduction to Taiwan.

Itinerary

Day 1: Taipei

Day 2: Taipei

Day 3: Yilan

Day 4: Yilan

Day 5: Sun Moon Lake

Day 6: Sun Moon Lake

Day 7: Chiayi

Day 8: Alishan/Chiayi

Day 9: Taichung

Day 10: Taipei

Day 11: Taipei

Trip Inclusions

Meals

10 breakfasts and 0 dinners are included

Transport

Private Bus, Metro, Public Bus, Bike

Accomodation

Hotel (8 nights), Guesthouse (2 nights)

Included Activities

  • Taipei - Dihua Street walk
  • Taipei - Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall
  • Yilan - Spring onion farm & cooking demostration
  • Taipei - National Palace Museum
  • Yilan - Indigenous Atayal tribe half day visit
  • Yilan - Morning market visit & Peanut roll icecream making
  • Sun Moon Lake - Ci'en Pagoda Trail walk
  • Sun Moon Lake - Bike Ride
  • Puli - Chung Tai Chan Monastery
  • Puli - Hugosum Tea Farm
  • Alishan - Forest railway
  • Alishan - Sacred Forest Trail hike
  • Lukang - Longshan Temple
  • Fangyuan - Clam picking
Trip Highlights
  • Discover Taiwan’s culinary traditions by collecting clams, rolling your own tea leaves at a plantation and cooking farm-fresh spring onion pancakes.
  • Hike through misty mountain foothills to a nine-tiered pagoda overlooking Sun Moon Lake and ride around the emerald-coloured waters on a cycling adventure.
  • Spend the day with the Indigenous Atayal community to learn about their tribal costumes, face tattoos and traditional survival techniques, and share a home-cooked meal that showcases Indigenous flavours.
  • Explore stalls piled with dried fruits, herbs and traditional medicines on Dihua Street – considered one of the oldest streets in Taiwan.
  • Ride the Forest Railway train through Alishan’s tropical and subtropical forests and hike the Sacred Forest Trail among giant Cypress trees.
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Provided by
Intrepid
Reference Code: CJSA
Trip Location
Trip Starts: Taipei, Taiwan, Republic Of China
Trip Ends: Taipei, Taiwan, Republic Of China
Countries Visited: Taiwan, Republic Of China

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Destination Details

Taiwan, Republic Of China
| 11 Days
| 1 - 12 People