Page 1 of 6 Tour Code: TWG04MAR BNE Customer Initial:………………. 2016 Deluxe Taiwan Orchid Show & Lantern Festival 12 Days Tour Departure Date: Friday 4MAR2016 Lunch will be held at the famous Five Dime Driftwood House. An artistic building built Tour Code: TWG04MAR BNE by the hands & displays of the well know Departure Adult Single Supplement Land Only Taiwanese artist, Ms Hsieh. Sydney $3700 Early Bird Special $3250 + Tax +$980 $2500 p.p twn share After lunch, we will depart for Highlights: Taiwan Lantern Festival 2016, Taiwan International Orchid Show (TIOS 2016), Cherry Blossom, Taipei 101, CKS Memorial Hall, PingXi Sky Lantern Festival, National Palace Museum, Yangmingshan, Chiufen, Yehliu, Yangmingshan National Park. The Hualien, Taroko Gorge, Taitung, Butterfly Valley, Kenting National Park, Maopitou, Oluanpi Light House, Kaohsiung, magnificent mountainous scenery and Tainan Historical Town, Aboriginal Cultural Village, Alishan, Sun Moon Lake, Night Markets, Taiwanese food… comfortable weather have made Inclusions: Return international economy airfare with China Airlines Yangmingshan a perfect summer resort. 10 nights hotel accommodation (5 star hotels ) twin share including early check on arrival day Return airport hotel transfers by luxury coach Yangmingshan features cherry blossom in Meals as specified in itinerary (B=10, L=6, D=8 includes Welcome Dinner 5MAR & Farewell Dinner14MAR) Spring (FEB~MAR). Total area of the park is Luxury coach transportation throughout the tour 125 hectares, designed in traditional Professional English speaking tour guide throughout tour Admission and Entrance fees during the tour Chinese style. The natural beauty of the part Taiwan tour insurance (inside Taiwan’s hotels & coach only) has won it the reputation as urban forest and Exclusions: Airport & Government Taxes (Approx min. $340 p.p.) the Taipei garden. Tips min. required A$8 p.p. per day x 11 days = Minimum A$88 Required to give to guide at end tour Later this afternoon, you will be treated by Drinks & food not mentioned in your itinerary Personal Expenses & Comprehensive Travel Insurance. the famous Taiwanese foot massage. FREE Bonus: Hot Spring Experience & Food Massage; Return International Airfare* from Taipei to one of the Asia Travel to Taoyuan City where the official cities: HongKong, Thailand, Bali, Hanoi, India, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Phuket, Penang, Phnom Penh, 2016 Taiwan Lantern Festival is hosted Saigon, Singapore, Yangon, Surabaya, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukoka, Nagoya, and Seoul. *Please check details with us. with theme of Monkey for the zodiac animal. Conditions: Deposit $300 p.p. Remaining balance to be paid 1 month prior departure. Cancellation 15 days prior departure has fee of A$800 p.p. Cancellation within 14 days departure is non refundable. Min. 10 Pax required for The Lantern Festival is held each year in a guaranteed departure. For full Terms & Conditions see page 5 & 6 of this document. different county or city on the 15th of the first Day 1 Departure from Brsibane Australia Day 3 Taipei City Sightseeing / 2016 month on the lunar calendar. As an event 4MAR2016 (Fri) Depart flight from Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taoyuan (B/L) with prominent cultural and local folk Brisbane (CI54 23:15) to Taiwan. 6MAR2016 (Sun) After breakfast, you will features, the event always draws be taken to Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial participation by both local and foreign Day 2 Arrive Taiwan / Taipei’s Hotel/ Hall, a landmark of Taipei City. The CKS visitors and is an important tourist draw. Taipei Lantern Festival 2016 (B/D) Memorial Hall is the attraction most visited During the night tens of thousands of 5MAR2016 (Sat) On arrival into Taipei by foreign tourists. Decoration of Lantern colorful lanterns hang out for appreciation International Airport at approx 6AM in the Festival at hall will be displayed at this time and children go to temples to carry the morning, you will be met by your friendly of the year. Outside the gate of CKS paper lanterns and solve riddles on the Taiwan Holidays Tour Guide who will greet Memorial Hall, there are poles carrying the lanterns. While the mainland Chinese and transfer you to Taipei City’s 5 stars sign of true rightness. The four sides of the celebrates as Yuan Xiao Festival, the hotel for breakfast and rest for rest of the architecture structure are similar to those of Taiwanese have stayed true to the ancient day. Optional Afternoon Tour included the pyramids in Egypt. The material is white rituals and rites of these impressive with guide: Meet guide at hotel lobby at marble. The roofs are decorated with deep celebrations. 2:50PM for 2 ½ hours of sightseeing blue glass as part of the reflection of blue Hotel: Fullon Hotel, Taoyuan (5 ★ ) around Taipei City includes: Sun Yat Sen sky and bright sun. There are also places for Memorial Hall was built to the centenary international art performances. They are celebrations commemorating the nation National Theater and National Concert founding father, Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Locating Hall. at Taipei, Xinyi District, constructed with We will visit Martyrs' Shrine, a classic Ming magnificent architecture and tranquil Dynasty architecture. You might have the environment covering a total area of opportunity to see the colorful ceremony of 115,500 square meters. the changing of the guards at the entrance. Songshan Cultural and Creative Park Today’s highlight is to visit The National was once a tobacco factory under the Palace Museum which houses the world’s name Songshan Tobacco Plant since 1937. largest collection of priceless Chinese art Five Dime Driftwood Yangmingshan Cherry The factory ceases the production in 1998, treasures, one which spans China’s nearly and in 2001 was designated to be one of 5,000 year history. Most of the museum’s Taipei’s 99th Historical Site by Taipei 620,000 art objects were part of the Chinese City. Group to Meet tour guide at 5:30PM at imperial collection, which began over 1,000 hotel lobby for a briefing and Welcome years ago in the early Song dynasty. Dinner at hotel. After dinner, join the 2016 Lantern Festival events in Taipei city. Hotel: Howard Plaza Hotel, Taipei (5★) Martyrs’ Shrine National Palace Museum Howard Plaza Hotel, Taipei Taipei Lantern Festival Display 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 6 Tour Code: TWG04MAR BNE Customer Initial:………………. Day 4 Taoyuan / Sun Moon Lake (B/L/D) Day 5 SML / Alishan / Chiayi (B/L/D) Day 6 Chiayi / Taiwan Orchid Show (B/D) 7MAR2016 (Mon) After breakfast, depart to 8MAR2016 (Tue) After breakfast, you will 9MAR2016 (Wed) Today, is the highlight of Sun Moon Lake and Formosan Aboriginal depart for the "Eight Wonders of Taiwan- the tour, attending the Taiwan International Cultural Village. You will enjoy indigenous Alishan", which is located at the end of the Orchid Show (TIOS) in Taiwan Orchid tribe shows and beautiful garden of the Alishan Forest Railway. If the weather Plantation (a modern 143 hectares of theme park. Lunch at panoramic view of the permits, you will be able to see the external orchid R&D centre located in Houpi lakeside restaurant. Sun Moon Lake is sea of clouds and sunrise on Jhushan after Township in Tainan, a fertile area Taiwan's largest lake with the east side an early morning walk through spectacular southwest of Taiwan). You will have whole shaped like "Sun", and West side shaped landscapes of valleys and trails. Sightseeing day to explore at the show for a wonderful like "Moon", hence the name "Sun Moon around the Alishan National Scenic Area display of orchids from many horticultural Lake". The Sun Moon Lake, located in the including: Cherry Blossom (Season: Feb- companies with hi-tech biotech facilities. middle of Taiwan, with an elevation of 748 Mar), Zhaoping Park, Sochun Temple, Old Taiwan is known as the Kingdom of Orchids, meters above sea level. The most famous Alishan Tree Site...just to name a few. The but particularly for its magnificent sights around Sun Moon Lake are the Te enchanting Sisters Ponds are two small Phalaenopsis orchids. Besides this some Hua House, Kuang Hua Island, the pools (one with a wooden bridge and other varieties include Cattleyas, Vandas, Xuanzang Temple, the Ci En Pagoda, and pavilion) named for two lovelorn aborigine Dendrobiums, Paphiopedilums, the Wen Wu Temple. Fist stop will be sisters who drowned themselves there. Phragmipediums, Odontoglossums and Xuanzang Temple. Monk Xuanzang was Another attraction is the Three-Generation Cymbidiums, just to name a few. Orchid the Holy Monk in the Tang dynasty. There Trees - one growing out of another, and a exports account more than 70% of all of is a bell in front of the main gate of the third from the second. After the experience Taiwan's horticultural exports. Taiwan Xuanzang Temple. The bell is called “wake at Alishan, you will be transferred to have a supplies over 50% of the world's orchids and up bell”. If you prefer quiet atmosphere, taste of the Alishan high mountain tea at more than 80% of Butterfly Orchids imported those temples are the best places for you. the tea farmer's place. Dinner will be served in the USA are from Taiwan. The Taiwan The Ita Thao Clan is the earliest clan that at the only restaurant in Taiwan that International Orchids Show is ranked lived in the Sun Moon Lake region. The performs ' Taiwanese Eight Gods Dance' among the top three professional orchid Harvest Festival, Sowing Festival and their while you enjoy your gourmet dinner. shows in the world. This prestigious show special handicraft fair every year has Hotel: Maison de Chine, Chiayi (5★) not only offers a platform for orchid’s related helped to preserve the particular culture of industries and academic exchanges, but the Sun Moon Lake region.