8D/7N Family tour

Arrival in Taipei and private transfer from the airport to your hotel and check in.
Free day (depending on the arrival time, activities can be planned).

Meeting at your hotel with your English licensed speaking guide/driver at the lobby of your hotel at 09.00.

Around 10.15 arrival at the first stop, Yehliu Geopark (Entrance ticket to Yehliu GeoPark included). Visit the park and its incredible rocks formations such as the Queen's Head the Candle Shaped Rock, the Ginger Rock, the Mushroom Rock and many others! 

At 11.15 transfer to Jiufen. The entire coastline here is a veritable sculpture garden that illustrates, in stone, the incomparable artistry of weathering and wave action. 

Arrival in Jiufen around 12.30 and a visit the Old Street where you can have lunch with some typical food in one of the stands. Jiufen is a decommissioned gold mining mountain town, now a tourist destination thanks to its maze of alleyways with delicious food stands and beautiful scenery. 

At 13.45 transfer to Shifen (around 30 minutes drive) and visit the famous waterfall. The train station located down the river from the waterfall area, originally built for transporting coal, today stands as a reminder of Taiwan's history and culture. Shifen Waterfall is a curtain style waterfall. Due to its similarity with the Niagara Falls, it is reputed as the “Taiwan's Niagara Falls”. The voluminous water and mighty force forms mists on top of the waterfall. If the sun happens to shine upon it, there is the chance to see rainbows hanging over the waterfall, perfect for pictures!

At 15.00 you will take the road to Taipei and stop in Pinxi for a (quick) sky lantern experience!  
Tour will end at your hotel around 17.00.

After breakfast, meeting with your driver and transfer to Leofoo Village. Full day at Leofoo park. Activities to be scheduled.

After breakfast, meeting with your driver and transfer to Miaoli area.

Visit Flying Cow Ranch (or similar farm) and (depending on the season) activities can be scheduled at the ranch.
After Lunch (lunch not included) transfer to Shengxing Station and enjoy the Old Mountain Rail Bike.  From Sheng-Hsing Train Station - the highest railway station on the western railway - through the Long-Teng Broken Bridge Historic Site you will arrive at the sparkling green water of the Liyutan Reservoir.
At the end of the“ride', transfer to Taichung.

Video courtesy of Taiwaneverything and Taiwan Travel Magazine

 

After your breakfast, meeting with your driver and guide/driver at the lobby of the hotel.
 

Today you will go to Hehuanshan. Crossing the Central Mountain Range on the Central Cross-Island highway and enjoy the wondrous high mountain scenery. Pass by the Bilu Sacred Tree and drive to the highest point of Taiwan's highway: Wuling, 3.275 meters above the sea level.
Back to Cingjing and visit the Swiss Farm in the afternoon.

After breakfast meeting with your driver and guide/driver at the lobby of the hotel.

Today you will go to Hehuanshan. Crossing the Central Mountain Range on the Central Cross-Island highway and enjoy the wondrous high mountain scenery. Pass by the Bilu Sacred Tree and drive to the highest point of Taiwan's highway: Wuling, 3.275 meters above the sea level.

Back to Cingjing and visit the Swiss Farm in the afternoon.

After breakfast, meeting with your guide/driver.

On the way to Sun Moon Lake a short stop in Puli, famous for its local wine and traditional paper industry and big temples.

Arrival in Sun Moon Lake and check in at the hotel.
Time to discover Sun Moon Lake and enjoy the majestic scenery.
There are several activities you can chose (OPTIONALS) :
 

- Cycle round one of the best bike paths in the world: It is about 30 km with hills and will take 3-4 hours with stops at few of the attractions along the way. A local guide will follow you and show the paths.

- Cable car overlooking the lake: On a good day you can enjoy a stunning views of the lake with the trip taking about 7 minutes each way, however in peak times the wait can be hours.

- Formosan Aboriginal Cultural Village;

- Boat tour (Shueishe, Ita Thao and Xuanguang Temple piers)

- Visit Ita Thao: is the origin of Thao people; it is believed that their ancestors, originally from Alishan, chased a white deer to a faraway lake where they found an abundance of fish. They returned to their homeland, brought the whole tribe, and decided to settle down at Sun Moon Lake, as we call it today. Although tribal life is almost extinct now, a visit to Ita Thao allows you to experience the aboriginal culture and you get to taste delicious aboriginal food too.

- Antique Assam Tea Farm: Shuili Snake Kiln is the town where remains the eldest tradition of kiln-making. There is a biggest kiln work which is in the Guinness Book of Records by the size of 6.68 meters.
 

Meeting with your guide/driver. In the morning continue to visit the area of Sun Moon Lake.

After lunch, transfer to Taichung. Visit the 921 Earthquake Museum and in the afternoon/evening visit the National Theater.

Meeting with your guide/driver in the morning.

Today tour will start with the Painted Animation Lane; a very short alley all painted by local artists following the theme of comics and cartoon.

Next stop will be the Taichung Literature Museum; the Taichung Literature Museum used to be police quarters, which was built in 1932 during the Japanese colonial period. It consists of six buildings, which are used for permanent exhibitions, themed exhibitions, children's literature, workshops and lectures, themed dining area, and administration.

The Taichung second market, built in 1917, is divided in 6 sections each of the section was dedicated to a category. It's hexagonal design makes it very special (easy to get lost!).

Time for lunch in this area, don't miss the specialities that the market has to offer, noodles, dumplings and buns!

Walk will continue to Miyahara,  a red-brick architecture built by Miyahara Takeo, a Japanese ophthalmology doctor in 1927. It was the largest ophthalmology clinic in Taichung during the Japanese colonial period.Today is an elegant place with several pastry business,  wonderful restorated the building is a place full of history and wonder.

Visit the Rainbow Village a 'one man show”painted by a very talented, and rather visionary, old veteran soldier, MR. Huang.
Transfer to the Taichung High speed train and train to Taipei.END OF SERVICES