Page 1 of 4 Customer Initial:………………. Taiwan by Train 13 Days Tour Departure Date: Daily only fan-shape steam engine depot in Taiwan. Fan- shaped Roundhouse is the only one left in Tour Code: T13DB Taiwan. Among the locomotives stationed there Departure Adult Single Supplement lives the CK-101 steam engine. ** Lunch own Australia $5980 p.p. twin share from +$2065 arrangement in historic Lukang Town. Highlights: Taiwan High Speed Rail & Taipei Metro Subway (MRT) Experience, Railway Museum, Alishan Forest Hotel: Fleur de Chine, Sun Moon Lake (5★) Railway, Round Taiwan Tour, National Palace Museum, CKS Memorial Hall, Taipei 101, Sun Moon Lake, Kaohsiung Love River, Kenting, Maopitou, Oluanpi, East Coast National Scenic, Taroko Gorge, Jiufen, Wulai, Night Markets … Inclusions: 12 nights hotel accommodation (4-5 star hotels ) Day 5 Sun Moon Lake – Checheng – Train – Meals as specified (B=12, L=7, D=10) Jiji-Sun Moon Lake (B/L/D) Transportation (Train, HSR, Coach) The Sun Moon Lake, located in the middle of Professional English speaking tour guide throughout tour Taiwan, with an elevation of 748 meters above Admission and Entrance fees sea level, is the only natural big lake in Taiwan. Taiwan tour insurance The southern part of Lalu Island is shaped like a Exclusions: International Airfare, Tips, Personal Comprehensive Travel Insurance. new moon, and the northern part is shaped like a Conditions: Deposit $300 p.p. Remaining balance to be paid 1 month prior departure. Cancellation 15 days prior sun; hence the name Sun Moon Lake. As the Jiji departure has fee of $800 p.p. Cancellation within 14 days departure is non refundable. For full Terms & Conditions see page 3 & 4 of this document. Line’s terminus, Checheng Station is also known Day 1 Arrival – Taipei – MRT – CKS Memorial Day 3 Taipei – Train – Hsinchu – Train – as “the last stop”. The original station, which was Hall – Taipei (D) Neiwan – Miaoli - Taichung (B/L) constructed of concrete and steel, was badly After arrival into Taiwan we will meet at The Board our private carriage for Hsinchu Arts Rail damaged by an earthquake and was later Landis Hotel Taipei in the morning. We will Village - old railway warehouses converted to art replaced by a woodenstructure. The new station then take Taipei Metro Subway (MRT) to Chiang space and Neiwan Old Street riding a train on the has a classic rural architectural style Kai Shek Memorial Hall. The architecture of the Neiwan Line offering the pastoral scenery of that pleasantly complements a backdrop of green Memorial Hall is inspired by Beijing’s Tian Tan green farms, unspoiled valleys, and an iconic mountains. Travelling along the Jiji railway you (Temple of Heaven) and the four sides of the suspension bridge. By coach we will stop will see beautiful scenery and ancient buildings. structure are similar to those of the pyramids in at Miaoli Railway Museum – a great spot The railway itself is 29.7 kilometres in length, Egypt. Afterwards transfer to Taipei 101 for train enthusiasts. Travelling the Neiwan Line is starting from Ershui and passing Shopping Mall. Located in busiest business almost as if the train is taking its passengers through Yuanchuan, Zhuoshui, Longchuan, Jiji, area in Taipei, this 101-floor building is a straight into Shangri-La. Neiwan was once a and Sheuili and ending in Checheng. Finish the landmark skyscraper which has served as an timber and coal transportation hub and it became day with a ride on the Sun Moon Lake Ropeway – icon of modern Taiwan. In the evening, after the economic heart of the area after the opening a spectacular cable car journey that travels dinner, visit the Raohe Street Night Market. of the Neiwan Line. Neiwan is also earned the between the Formosan Aboriginal Cultural Village Welcome dinner at a local Chinese restaurant. name of the “Village of Cherry Blossoms.” When and Sun Moon Lake. Hotel: Fleur de Chine, Sun Moon Lake (5★) Hotel: The Landis Hotel Taipei (5★) the Japanese first came to Neiwan at the beginning of the Japanese Occupation, they Day 2 Taipei – MRT – Ximenting – Taipei City found that Neiwan’s climate resembled Kyushu, a Tour (B/D) province back home, so they planted many cherry Today we will visit several spots on the Taipei blossoms here that give Neiwan its nickname. City Tour starting with the 228 Memorial Although Neiwan may have lost the glory of its Park which is host to the Tun Wen Train. 228 past, this quaint mountain town still sings a simple Peace Memorial Park is a historic site and song of serenity. Stopping at Miaoli we will visit municipal park located at 3 Ketagalan Boulevard the Railway Museum. Locomotives displayed in the Zhongzheng district of Taipei, Taiwan. The include steam engines used on Alishan Railway park is home to the Taipei 228 Memorial and Taiwan Sugar Railway as well as the different Museum housed at the site of a former radio firewood engines used in different eras including Sun Moon Lake station that operated under Japanese and the S400 model from 1969. We will spend the Kuomintang rule. The park contains a number of night in Taichung and will visit the Fengjia Night Day 6 Sun Moon Lake - Alishan (B/L/D) memorials to victims of the 228 Incident of 1947, Market, one of Taichung's famous commercial We will travel into Alishan Forest by coach, very including the Taipei 228 Memorial that stands at business districts, covering approximately one famous because it is one of the three mountain the centre of the park. The National Taiwan kilometre in diameter around Feng Chia University rails in the world. Alishan Forest is very famous Museum also stands at the park's north including the Fengjia-Wenhua Night Market, for the sunrise and the clouds. The clouds are so entrance. National Palace Museum is home to Fengjia Road and Juxing Road. **Dinner Own dense and thick that the mountaintops appear like world's largest and finest collection of Chinese Arrangement at Feng Jia Night Market . islands on an ocean of cloud. The best time to art. We will see Longshan (Lungshan) Temple - Hotel: Taichung Tempus Hotel (5★) watch the cloud season is autumn and visitors a famous old temple in Taiwan. It is for can go to Ziyun Temple, Alishan Hotel, Alishan worshipping Guanshiyin Budda and other divine Day 4 Taichung – Chang Hua – Lukang – Sun Rail Stations, and Zaoping Park. spirits; Ximenting Red House, a Western-style Moon Lake (B/D) Hotel: Alishan House (4★) red-brick octagonal structure in Taipei's Ximen Travelling by coach today we will head space built in 1908, and Taiwan's first public to Warehouse No.20. Originally used for market and the most well preserved class III transportation and shipment, the Taiwan Railway historical site; andXimenting Shopping Area is Administration renovated a number of its the mecca for youth culture. From Tatton Street warehouses (from No. 20 to No. 26) and to Wannian Plaza accessory shops, cosplay to collectively renamed them "Warehouse No. 20: street dancing, Ximenting offers a venue for The Railway Art Network, Taichung Station" in youths to express themselves. Pop stars often 1998, transforming them into a place for culture come here for promotional events on and art exchange and creating a new landmark weekends. Taipei’s Martyr’s Shrine with its for art in Taichung. Warehouse No. 20 consists of grand and magnificent architectural style is exhibition area, theatres, cafes, and free space for similar to that of the Taihe Dian Imperial Palace artists to create. Changhua City is located at the in Beijing, Mainland China, and symbolizes the interchange point of the Ocean Line and Mountain martyrs' brave spirit. ** Lunch own arrangement Line of the North-South Railway which forms a at Ximenting shopping area. transportation network with the highway and Alishan Rail Hotel: The Landis Hotel Taipei (5★) expressway systems. Changhua City owns the Victoria Tele World Travel T/A TaiwanHolidays TEL: (02) 9267 1308 FAX: (02) 9267 1307 ABN: 12 818 208 603 Lic. No.: 2TA003346 www.TaiwanHolidays.com.au Email: [email protected] Page 2 of 4 Customer Initial:………………. Day 7 Alishan – Train – Jushang – Train – Day 9 Kaohsiung – Train – Fang Liao – the beautiful ocean view of Keelung outer sea. Alishan - Tainan (B/L/D) Kenting - Taitung (B/L/D) The sky lantern flying in Pingshi at the Lantern From Alishan we will travel by train to Jushang – The centrepiece of the Hengchun Peninsula Festival has a history over a century. The sky a station on the Alishan Mountains which is very is Kenting National Park, Taiwan's only tropical lantern blessing remains the main part of the popular to for seeing the sunrise and national park. Established in 1982, Kenting activity. The sky lanterns decorate the night sky experiencing the train. We will stop at Fengchihu National Park covers a total area of 33,268 with unusually attractive beauty and while we are Station which was the largest stop-off point of hectares of land and maritime environments. in Pingshi we will be able to experience this for Alishan Forest Railways and also the major While in the Park we will visit Olanpi Light ourselves. ** Lunch own arrangement at Jiufen. centre for repair and maintenance. The House and Mao Pi Tou – the scenery here is Hotel: The Landis Hotel Taipei (5★) forest trainwould stop at Fenchihu Railway naturally beautiful and fascinating. Station to refuel. Today, visitors can find old Hotel: Taichung Chihpen Royal Hot Spring steam locomotives, old-engine models, a refuel Resort (5★) station, as well as a number of pictures displaying the glorious history of Alishan Forest Railways at the Train Garage next to the Century-Old Fenchihu Railway Station.