Learn how to make the savory and edible "thunder tea” and enjoy a scenic "train ride" featuring a renovated train powered by bicycles. After cycling through cultural relics, head to Taichung and enjoy traditional Taiwanese food at a night market.

Take an electric boat, and ride across Taiwan's largest and most beautiful lake. Then, tour a tea factory and enjoy a tasting of Sun Moon Lake's world-renowned artisan black tea while gaining a deep understanding of the region's devoted tea culture.

Visit Zhushan for one of the most famous Land God temples in Taiwan. Zhushan, literally means “Bamboo mountain” in Mandarin. Explore the town's story with bamboo by dining at a bamboo-decorated restaurant. Learn from the expert from Yoshan Tea Culture House, and have a full experience of tea tasting. Continue the trip to Chiayi and savor famous street food in Chiayi.

Enter the Alishan National Park and handpick tea at a local tea farm with breathtaking views. Enjoy a leisurely hike through the park's natural forest, enjoying Taiwan's mountainous terrain that supports ideal tea growing conditions.

In the morning, it is your choice if you would like to get up early and hop on the Alishan Forest Railway to catch a glimpse of the area's famed "sea of clouds" that appear in the hours around dawn. Afterward, head to Tainan, Taiwan's oldest city to learn about the island's history dating all the way back to the Dutch and Portuguese colonial periods.

Head down south to Pingtung, tour a tea farm next to the Pacific Ocean and taste how the tea leaves and local snacks are influenced by the neighboring seawater, producing a unique flavored tea. Then, head to Taiwan's beautiful beach towns in both Hengchun and Kenting, two resort towns that still preserve Taiwan's history.

Hit the pretty east coast when heading to Taitung and enjoy a picturesque drive along the Pacific Ocean. Then stop at Luye to experience Taiwan's original artisan tea - Red Oolong Tea, and stay overnight in Luye.

Absorb the unique topography of the East Rift Valley during the drive to Taroko Gorge. Then, explore the world's largest marble cliff and blue, turquoise waters at Taroko Gorge.

On the final day, spend the morning visiting the temples and shrines of the gorge, and, take a leisure hike if the weather permits. After lunch, head back towards the coast through the gorge and stop by Yilan to taste the different flavors of flat land tea on the way back to Taipei.