Meet your driver/licensed tourguide at your hotel lobby or at your desired Taipei location at 10am. A short introduction to the tour will take place to ensure everything is customizing to your exact needs. Remember that this is a private tour so the total time distribution is up to you. Your guide carefully plans your customized north coast tour in advance and will be checking the weather forecast and also if their are specific cultural activities in certain areas of the north coast on that date. This will determine weather you begin clockwise or counterclockwise on the Northern Circle. Note that this description has been based on clockwise.
You will first go on Yangmingshan Mountain Drive. This stunning drive up the windy mountain road will stop off at 4 famous viewing points perched on the top of one of Taiwan's most famous mountains. On the way you will visit the Famous summerpalace of Chiang Kai Shek and learn about the history of his dictatorship whilst standing in his famous picturesque gardens filled with many wild rare flowers.
After some wonderful photo opportunities, you are now reaching the beautiful coastal roads with views of thestunning Pacific coast. Youwill visitJinshan 200 year-old street. Time to park the car and have a stroll in Taiwan's oldest street in the beautiful Jinshan District where you will visit the famous Hot springs and even see the locals washing their clothes there in the traditional of old times.Onwards then to Gold Mountain and the breathtaking Dingshan Shell Temple.
Lunch time is around 1:45pm, which is fully included at a local Taiwanese restaurant. It is your perfect chance to mix with the friendly locals and sample the local beef, fish, or vegetarian dishes. The locals from this small hidden village will be sad to see you leave but also understand that your adventure must continue.
After a delicious lunch, spend 2 hours in Yehliu Geopark, the most popular visited place in Northern Taiwan, where you can see the stunning sunset against the unique rock formations such as the Queens Headand Beehive Rock formations which are breath taking with the red sunset background.
After Yehliu, visit your final stop on this tour. Jiufen, an old mountain gold mining town. awonderful maze of alleyways and cobbled streets, you will find yourself mystified by the architecture and culture, tea houses, and stunning views of the Pacific Ocean.
You will start your journey home around 6:45pm, and you will be transferred back to Taipei by 7pm.
Private Day Tour: Discover North Coast Of Taiwan From Taipei Including Lunch
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Tour Information
Key Details
- Mobile Voucher Accepted
- Hotel pickup Available
- Free Cancellation
- Duration: 10 Hrs
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Language:
English
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Departure Time :
10am
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Departure Details :
You choice of location in Taipei or Taipei County
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Return Details :
Returns to original departure point
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Cancellation Policy :
- If you cancel within 3 calendar days (72 hours) of the scheduled departure time, the cancellation charge will be 100% of the undiscounted tour price.
- If you cancel between 4 to 7 Calendar days before scheduled tour departure,the cancellation charge will be 50% of the undiscounted tour price.
- If you cancel at least 8 calendar days in advance of the scheduled departure time, there is no cancellation fee. You will receive Full Refund for the paid amount.
- Please note that in case of No show, the cancellation charge will be 100% of the listed tour fare.
- Please note tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.
Overview
Go on a private day adventure to see the beautiful North Coast of Taiwan with your friendly tour guide. Your north Coast adventure fully conversing in English or even in Mandarin Chinese if you wish to practice your Chinese. During this tour, you will explore the most breathtaking Coastal roads of Northern Taiwan. You will be visiting famous Yeliu Geopark, Yangmingshan Mountain Drive, Summer Palace of Chiang Kai Shek,Jinshan Old Street and a lot more!
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Inclusions
Private driver/licensed tour guide
Bottled water
Lunch
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Private tour
Exclusions
Excess luggage charges (where applicable)
Additional Info
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
This tour may be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Please wear comfortable shoes
Traveler Reviews
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Our guide, Oliver, although friendly, wasn't too talkative. We had to ask questions before he said anything. On the way back to our hotel, our driver showed off his driving skills by turning our Toyota Sienna minivan into a race car. He was down shifting on the highway as if he were on a race track. Now I know that a minivan can also go fast!
Yangmingshan is the location of the first summer home of Chiang Kai-shek. It's now a museum art exhibit area. The original house burned down in 2007 and the current one is a replica. In another nearby location, there are some volcanic geysers and pools and a hiking trail. But during the time of our visit, it was drizzling and foggy so we couldn't see much and we couldn't walk the trail.
Lunch of fresh seafood at a seaside town was good, although food portions were not that big. Try the sauteed mountain vegetables.
The Yehliu Geopark looked interesting from the pictures of other posts. Turned out that the whole park was just full of sandstone rock formations and tourists! The famed Queen's Head was just another rock formation that has no historical significance and wasn't even that big. If you wanted to have a photo taken with the Queen, you had to wait a long time in line. I think the Queen's Head was chosen as the marketing icon for the whole geopark. Overrated attraction, unless you're into rocks.
Jiufen was also overrated and a real hassle. There was vehicular traffic going up to the mountain town and even worse pedestrian traffic through its narrow alleyways, surrounded by wall to wall souvenir shops. The mass of humanity in the alleys was incredible. There was even a choke point in one four way intersection where bodies literally ground to a halt for some minutes. No one was giving way! Probably the only places worth visiting in Chiufen are a couple of rustic tea houses art shops, which our guide didn't even know about.
