Best of Taiwan 05 Nights / 06 Days
Itinerary :
Day 1 : Upon arrival at Chiang Kai-Shek international airport, you will be met and transferred to your accommodation hotel. The remainder of the day will be free. Overnight in Taipei.
Day 2 : Taipei City / Keelung / Yehliu / Taipei City :
After breakfast, we proceed to Keelung to visit Chung Ching Park where you can view the huge statue of the Goddess of Mercy and also a panoramic view of Keelung Harbor. Then we continue to Yehliu famed for its numerous rock formations resembling a Queen’s head, Fairy Shoe and Lover’s Rock. Return to Taipei around 12 noon for lunch. Afternoon tour of Taipei City, which includes the impressive C.K.S. Memorial Hall, National Palace Museum where 5,000 years of Chinese Imperial arts and jade collections are exhibited, Martyrs’ Shrine of traditional architecture and Taipei Handicraft Center. Overnight in Taipei.(B, L)
Day 3 : Taipei / Kenting / Kaohsiung :
Wake up in the early morning, transfer to Song Shan Domestic Airport, enplane for Kaohsiung, upon arrival at Kaohsiung Domestic Airport, you will being transferred to Kenting by bus. Kenting National Park located at Taiwan’s southern tip and the 37 miles of coral-rimmed shoreline along three sides of the park provide its main attractions. Stop will be made at Oluanpi light house, Maopitou coast scenic area and Kenting forest recreation area. Return to Kaohsiung City for overnight. (B, L)
Day 4 : Kaohsiung City Tour / Bullet Train / Taipei :
After breakfast, we will visit the second largest city in Taiwan, “Kaohsiung City”. First, we will take you to Cheng Ching Lake, the Chen Ching Lake has a lot of tourist attractions and is the largest lake in Kaohsiung County. A major attraction at the lake is the stately Restoration Pagoda. The lake also has islands and bridges, towers and pavilions, boating and aquariums, tree-lined paths, a nine-corner bridge. Then we will proceed to visit another famous place “Spring & Autumn Pavilions”, from here you can find the seven-tiered Dragon and Tiger pagodas stand in the water of Lotus Lake at Tzuoying near the graceful Spring and Autumn pavilions. A nine-cornered bridge links the pagodas to the shore. After the city tour, you will being transferred to Zouying High Speed Rail Station, take 2 hours High Speed Rail to Taipei. (B)
Day 5 : Taipei / Taroko Gorge / Taipei :
Today, we will take airplane from Taipei to Hualien, whole day visit to Taroko National Park. Taroko Gorge is an exceptionally beautiful, narrow raving created by a river which has cut deep into the mountains of solid marble. A road carved into sheer walls of rock snakes its way past forested peaks and cliffs towering thousands of feet above it, while hundreds of feet below a river roars past gigantic marble boulders. Stops will be made at Evergreen Shrine, Swallow Grotto, Nine Turns of Tunnel, Marble Bridge, Tienshiang and Marble factory. On return trip to Hualien City, you will see Chi Hsing beach and Hualien Stone Sculptural Park. Then, proceed to Hualien Railway Station to have a train ride back to Taipei. Arrival time to Taipei will be around 7PM. (B,L)
Day 6 :
At leisure until the time for hotel check out and transferred to the airport for departure flight. (B)