15 Days Tour – AF01

15 Days Tour – AF01 1 TWN-CTST-AF001 Day Itinerary Meals 1 Greetings for arrival and transfer to Taipei Lunch Dinner Tour: Taipei 101/chiang kai-shek Memorial Hall / Longshan Temple

★Hotel: 4 or 5-star hotels in Taipei 2 Breakfast at Hotel Breakfas t 0830 meet at hotel lobby and transfer for 1 day tour Lunch Dinner Tour: National Palace Museum/ PingXi Lantern Trip(Jingtong Police Station/Old Street/Shihfen waterfall)

★Hotel: 4 or 5-star hotels in Taipei 3 Breakfast at Hotel Breakfas t 0830 check out and transfer for 1 day tour Lunch Dinner Tour: Yehliu Geopark / Nanya Trail/Touchen/Yilan Lanyan Musuem

★Hotel: 4 or 5-star hotels in Yilan 3 4 Breakfast at Hotel

0800 meet at hotel lobby and transfer to Tapingshan Forest

Tour: Renza Hot Spring / Jianchin Trail/Taipingshan visitors center/JiaoXi Hot Spring

★Hotel: 4 or 5-star hotels in Yilan 5 Breakfast at hotel Breakfas t 0830 check out and transfer to Hualien / tour Lunch Dinner Tour: Qingshui Cliff/ National Taroko Park(Eternal Spring Shrien/Swallow’s Grotto)

★Hotel: Silks Place Taroko 6 Breakfast at hotel Breakfas : t 0830 meet at hotel lobby for 1 day tour in Taroko Lunch Dinner Tour: Baiyan Trail/Nine Turns/Shakangdang Trail

★Hotel: Silks Place Taroko 7 Breakfast at hotel

1000 check out and transfer to Taitung /tour

5 Tour: Dulan in Taitung/Tiehwa Music Village

★Hotel: Sheraton Taitung or same category hotels 8 Breakfast at Hotel Breakfas t Tour: Lunch Sanxitai/Xiaoyehliu/Eluanbi Lighting Dinner House/Kenting

★Hotel: Caesar Park Kenting or same category Hotels 9 Breakfast at Hotel Breakfas t Tour: Lunch National Kenting Park/Kaohsiung Pier 2/National Dinner Kaohsiung Center for Arts(Weiwuying)/Pier 2/Formosa Boulevard Station/Liuhe night Market

★Hotel: Chateau de Chine Kaohsiung or same category Hotels 10 Breakfast at hotel Breakfas t Tour: Lunch Lotus Lake/Forgangshan Monastery/ Ciao Green Dinner Tunnel/Anping Fort/Anping Old Street

★Hotel: Tainan Tayih Landis Hotel or same category Hotels 11 Breakfast at Hotel Breakfas t Tour: Lunch Chikan Tower/Cheng Chen Kung Shrine/Anping Dinner fort/Anping Old Street/Confucius Temple/Lukang

Longshan Temple/Lunkang Mazu Temple Lukang 7 Old Street

★Hotel: Union House in Lukang or same category Hotels 12 Breakfast at Hotel Breakfas t 0830 check out and transfer for 1 day tour in Sun Lunch Moon Lake Dinner

Tour: Sun Moon Lake Tea Farm/Tea Master DIY Program/Wenwu Temple

★Hotel: Lalu Sun Moon Lake or same category resorts/Hotels 13 Breakfast at hotel Breakfas t 0830 check out and pick up from your hotel Lunch Tour: Dinner Sun Moon Lake / Taichung National Theater/Rainbow Village/Bubble Tea DIY Program /Fengchia Night Market

★Hotel: Maison de Chine Taihcung or same category Hotels 14 Breakfast at hotel Breakfas : t 0830 Check out after breakfast Lunch Dinner Tour: Chan Monastery / Taoyuan Tashi Old Street /Sanyi Wood Sculpture Musuem/Taipei

★Hotel: 4-star or 5-star hotels in Taipei 10 15 Breakfast at hotel Breakfas : t 1000 check out and transfer for tour and departure Lunch Dinner Tour: Lin An-Tai Historic House / Maokung Gondala/Tea Museum / Shengkeng Old Street/Shihding Old Street

Evening: Transfer to Taoyuan International airport for departure Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall - The most prominent historical landmark in Taiwan, the CKS Memorial Hall was erected in honor and memory of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the former President of the Republic of China, and was opened in 1980 as part of a national park and gathering area.

Taipei 101 - Taipei 101 is an engineering marvel and the first building of its kind in the world. Spanning 101 stories above the ground at 508 metres, the building was designed as a symbol of technology's evolution fused with Asian tradition. The building features many pan-Chinese and Asian elements mixed with a postmodern style, and is designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes common in Taiwan.

LongShan Temple - The most well-known temple in Taiwan, the Mengjia Longshan Temple was built in 1738 by settlers from Fujian as a gathering place for Chinese settlers. Located in the old village part of Taipei, Wanhua District, this temple has stood the test of time and lasted through several natural disasters and wars. Since the construction of the temple, Taipei residents have continuously renovated and improved the temple and the surrounding grounds, with the temple coming to represent the pride of Taiwanese temples and worship houses, worshipping a mixture of Buddhist, Taoist, and deities like Mazu. Longshan Temple is one of largest and oldest temples in

Taiwan. Entrance is free, but donations to maintain the upkeep of the 12 temple are accepted.

Taipingshan is situated in the northern county of Yilan and is one of Taiwan's three major national forest recreation areas. With a moist climate and abundant rainfall, it has nurtured an environment rich in ecological resources. The forests that cover the area consist of such valuable trees as Taiwan cypress, Taiwan hemlock, and Japanese cypress. The area is also blessed with geothermal energy at the Renze Hot Springs, the largest alpine lake on the island (Cuifeng Lake), and a variety of other enchanting scenery. One of the prime tourist spots here is the Taipingshan primeval forest park, which you reach via flights of stone steps lined with purple-leafed maple trees that become especially rich in color between the months of March and November. This used to be a major logging area, and traces of the old logging equipment can still be seen here-the old forestry railroad, ruins of a cable car up the mountain, motorized carts, trestles. Visitors here can also savor the constantly changing sight of the "sea of clouds," the brilliant sunrise, forest waterfalls, and other alluring scenes. No wonder that this is a favorite vacation spot for the people of Taiwan! Entry to the Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area requires a B-class mountain permit, and an A-class permit is needed to proceed on to Cuifeng Lake. You can get your permit to the national forest recreation area by presenting your ID card or passport at the

Taipingshan inspection post. 13

Scenic spots here include Renze Hot Spring, Forest Park, Forest Tour Track, Wildlife Conservation area and Cuifeng Lake. The plants that change colors, such as maples, have brought Taipingshan beautiful views. Cherry blossoms, plum blossoms and apricot blossoms make the park exquisite scenery.

Sun Moon Lake - The Sun Moon Lake, located in the middle of Taiwan, with an elevation of 748 meters above sea level, is the only natural big lake in Taiwan. The southern part of Lalu Island is shaped like a new moon, and the northern part is shaped like a sun; hence the name Sun Moon Lake. The most famous sights around Sun Moon Lake are the Itashao, Lalu Island, the Xuanzang Temple, the Ci-en Pagoda, and the Wenwu Temple and so on. The natural forests bordering these roads are good places for bird watching. There are a lot of birds that live on the mid-elevation, such as the Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Grap-throated Minivet, Formosan Yuhina, Gray Tree Pie, Bamboo Partridge, Chinese Bulbul, Muller's Barbet, and the Black Bulbul.

Chih Kan Tower –Tainan Chikanlou（Chihkanlou）is built by the Dutch in 1652. It was originally called Provintia. In Dutch it means eternity. The Chinese called the building "Chikanlou（Chihkanlou）", "Fanzailou" or "Honmaolou". Although Chikanlou（Chihkanlou） has gone through Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and the Japanese Colonization Period, it basically still maintains its original look. Cheng Cheng Kun Shrine - Cheng Cheng-Kung. After Ching dynasty control, the places are then called “Cheng’s family household”, or “Cheng’s Family original households”, and since it is situated on the north side of the Chun government, it is also called Bei-Yuan, and then called Bei-Yuan residence. Ching Kang-Xi times, Taiwan Xiamen official Chou Chang Fu made some additions to the place and the County official of Chu-Loh, Ji-chi-Kuang called it “Zhi-Tse” Yuan. Eternal Golden Castle –It used to be calles Erkunshen Artillery Fort. It has a plague inscribed with "Eternal Golden Castle

Foguanshan Monastery –Located in Ta Shu of Kaohsiung City, Fo Guan Shan Monastery is the biggest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan, with the name literally means “Buddha’s Light Mountain”. Fo Guang Shan Monastery is founded in 1967 by Venerable Master in promoting Humanistic Buddhism, covering an area more than 30 hectares comprised of university buildings, shrines, and a cemetery in the first place. Later in 1975 and 1981, a 36-meter tall state of Amitabha Buddha and the Great Hero Hall were established.

Kenting - The centerpiece of the Hengchun Peninsula is Kenting

(Kending) National Park, Taiwan's only tropical national park. 16 Established in 1982, Kenting (Kending) National Park covers a total area of 33,268 hectares of land and maritime environments.

This is Taiwan's most densely populated national park, and it includes large stretches of agricultural land's providing visitors with a view of typical Taiwanese rural life. In addition, the national park includes mountains, forests, pasture, lakes, sand dunes, beaches, and coral reefs imply everything you could desire when you want to get up front and personal with Mother Nature.,

Sanxitai - Formerly,Sanxiantai was a narrow and elongated cape into the ocean. When the neck of the cape was eroded by the tide,the rest of the cape was disconnected with the land and became an island. It is said that three gods,named Li Tieguai,Lu Dongbin and He Xiengu visited here and left three pairs of footprints. The isolated island remained unaffected by human civilization and preserves abundant seashore plant species,and was thus claimed a natural reserve later on. There is also a famous eightarch cross-ocean bridge,a great spot to watch sun rising over the Pacific Ocean.

Qingshui Cliffs - The Cingshui Cliff is located on a segment of Su-hua highway over a stretch of 22.7 kilometers beside the seashore. The attraction is also a great place to see the sunrise and sunset. There are three observatories at the Cingshui Cliff where you can stop during a drive along the Su-hua highway to appreciate the nature's masterpiece in Eastern Taiwan. There, you can see not only cliffs but also caves, rocks, and other wonders shaped by the water.

National Taroko Park - Named after the local Truku aboriginal tribe, Taroko National Park is one of Taiwan’s most beautiful sights. Created by the continual rising of the mountains combined with the erosive power of the Liwu

River, Taroko Gorge with its tall, almost flat walls are a true marvel to view. 18 Besides the gorge, other attractions include aboriginal settlements, temples, museums, and numerous hiking trails for visitors to experience the true beauty of mountainous Hualien County and eastern Taiwan. The Taroko Gorge is a spectacular 19-kilometer long canyon in Taiwan's east coast a short drive from Hualien. The climate is usually cool and humid, but again perfect for any of the trekking options at any of the long or short trails available, biking or whitewater rafting.

National Palace Museum - The National Palace Museum houses the world's largest collection of priceless Chinese art treasures, one which spans China's nearly 5,000-year history. Most of the museum's over 600,000 art objects were part of the Chinese imperial collection, which began over 1,000 years ago in the early Song dynasty.

Jingtong, Pingxi and Shifen are just two of several towns alongside highway 106, a narrow back road that runs between southern Taipei and southern Keelung. Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival is one of the three most popular and well - known celebration event during the Lantern Festival. Since 1999, the Taipei County Government has devoted substantial resources to promote this festival, in a bid to promote it to become an international and multi - ethnic culture exchange activity. Through this festival, presenting the Sky Lantern tradition and the natural beauty of Pingxi to the public and prayers to the heavenly God and wishing for prosperity and peace for the nation and its citizens.

Incl  English Speaking Guide .  Private Coach  Parking/Toll/Driver Fee  Accommodation for Driver/Guide  Hotel accommdoation as itinerary’s hotels at Twin or Double room (2 pax in a room)/incl. daily breakfast for 2/per room/per night  All Entry fee as itinerary  Travel Insurance (NTD2M Travel Industry Compliance Insurance plus NTD0.2M Medical Insurance)

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