TAIWAN
Alishan / Sun Moon Lake / Qingjing
Taiwan Scenic Tour
Price available upon request
5 Days

Taiwan is a tropical and largely mountainous island, offering terrific activities for outdoors enthusiasts. It boasts some of the most exquisite artworks in existence because of its rich cultural heritage, with a blend of Taiwanese, traditional Chinese and Japanese. Travel to Taiwan to experience the country's majestic mountains, fantastic hiking trails, awe-inspiring, dramatically beautiful national parks, alluring offshore islands and numerous hot-spring resorts.

Day 1
Hongkong / Kaohsiung - Chiayi

Morning flight to Kao Hsiung.

(Also can flight to Taipei, Taichung or Tainan.)  

Upon arrive, transfer to Chiayi by Train/ Express train.

Check in the hotel. Evening can stroll in the Culture Road Night Market to experience  local food and snack by your own.  Free and overnight at hotel.   

Day 2
Chiayi – Alishan

Breakfast at hotel.

Pick up at the hotel lobby and transfer to Fenqihu Old Street (1.5hr drive). Fenqihu is located 1400 meters above sea level and was once a refuel middle stop for the old Alishan forest trains. It is now a stop for travelers to take a rest on the way to Alishan Forest Recreation Area. Stroll around the old street and visit to Stream Railway station. Knowing the history of Alishan forest trains and you also can try the famous “ Railway Lunch Box”.

Then continue drive one hour to Alishan Forest Recreation Area. Upon arrive at Alishan. Deposit the baggage in Visitor Center / Accommodation if it’s near by the Visitor Center. Free to stroll around the commercial street near by the visitor center and the Alishan train station. Enjoy lunch at local restaurant, experience Alishan local style food. Then check in to hotel. Afternoon take guided walking tour to explore the Alishan Scenic Area, Tour start from Visitor center along the forest trail passing through the Cherry Blossom Trail. (Cherry Blossom seasons cover from end of February to earlier of April). Visit o the Zhaoping Park and Zhaoping Train Station. Then walk into the forest, visit to the Sisters Ponds to knowing the legend of Alishan. Then visit to Mognola garden and take a break in Xianlin service area. Continue visit the Alishan icons such as Elephant Trunk Tree, Three generations Tree and King Cherry and The Giant Tree. Then go back to visitor center along the forest trail. (2 - 4hours walking for the whole forest trail.).

Dinner at local restaurant. Back to hotel. Free and overnight.

Day 3
Alishan – Sunmoonlake

04:00 AM wake up, and go the Alishan/Zhaoping train station, take the Alishan forest train transfer to Zhushan to view the Sunrise. The train stop at Zhushan station, the opposite is one of best view point for sunrise, or walking to a upper point at Mt. Ogawara at sea level 2,488 meters.

Note: If give up take the train back to hotel. Can walk around one hour down the mountain. 

Onward take a train (20mins) back to hotel at around 8:00am. Take the breakfast at hotel. Relax until check out.

12:00 Pick up at hotel and transfer to visit the Yuyupas, The resort is run by a group of Zhou Ethnic Minority, who are the original resident of Alishan. Have lunch and enjoy a cultural performances which showcase special dances and songs from their tribe.(Please do note that this performance is largely presented in Mandarin.). Explore the Alishan local tea Plantation and stroll around. 

Then drive 2,5hours transfer to check in the hotel in Sunmoonlake.  

Free and overnight at hotel.  

Day 4
Sunmoonlake – Qingjing

Breakfast at hotel.

Morning take the tour for circle the Sunmoonlake. Sun Moon Lake got its name because the northern part of it has the shape of the sun and the southern part of it has the shape of crescent moon (those two parts are separated by Lalu Island). First visit to The Wenwu Temple, it was built in 1938.  Continue visit to Ita Thao Indigenous Village, it is called Barawbaw in thao language. The Han people call it North Cave. It was named Te Hua village after the restoration of Taiwan, and is under the administration of Yuchi. Then visit to Ci-en Pagoda, It was built by Chiang Kai-Shek in memory of his mother in 1971. The Ci-en Pagoda is 46 meters in height and has become the famous landmark of Sun Moon Lake, it overlooks Lalu Island and Sun Moon Lake.

Then visit the Xuanzhuang Temple, built in 1965, faces Lalu Lake, while the rear faces Qinglong Mountain. A fengshui master has claimed that the temple occupies a precious land where a "green dragon plays with a pearl". The temple is divided into two levels, one where the remains of the monk Xuanzang are worshipped, and the other, where the golden Sakyamuni Buddha is worshipped.

Then heading to Qingjing, a mountain village situated at an altitude of 1,748 meters above sea level in central Taiwan, also widely known as the Alps of Taiwan.  Enroute have the lunch in local restaurant. Check in to the hotel.

Then visit to Qingjing farm, it is situated at altitude of 1,750 meters above the sea. It is the most popular attraction in the farm, a green field pasture that grazes sheep and cattle, where people may interact up-close with the sheep.

Walking down can visit to the Swiss Garden, take a break in the café before back to hotel.

Dinner at hotel. Free and overnight.

Day 5
Qingjing – Taichung / Hongkong

04:00 AM wake up, pick up at hotel and transfer to Hehuanshan for sunrise. Wuling, the highest point of Taiwan’s Highway System located at an altitude of 3,275 meters above sea level, where you can have a splendid view of the mountain landscapes. Or depends the weather, the diver may take you 4km further to Taroko National Park, where also a good place to view the Hehuanshan sunrise.      

Back to hotel at around 08:00. Have breakfast at hotel and relax.

11:00 pick up at the hotel lobby and transfer to Taichung Airport (around 2.5hours ride).

Direct flight to Hongkong. 

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