10 days Round Taiwan Tea Origin Tour
HIGHLIGHTS
- • Travel to the island's natural wonders and learn about each region's unique tea
- • Visit organic tea farms in Taiwan's high mountains
- • Make a savory, edible tea with Taiwan's Hakka people
- • Gain a deep understanding of Taiwanese tea culture firsthand from local tea farmers
This tour offers the finest teas that the island of Taiwan has to offer, combined with intimate, local experiences and DIY activities that can't be found elsewhere. Travel to Taiwan's most beautiful spots like Sun Moon Lake, Alishan, and Pingtung and learn why these picturesque spots also provide ideal tea growing conditions. Visit organic tea farms in the high mountains, make a savory tea with a sub-minority group, and make Taiwan's famous bubble milk tea at the original shop. A tour for serious tea connoisseurs, this tour will leave an impression on all visitors and instill a deep appreciation for Taiwan's tea culture.

▴ Bubble Milk Tea

▴ Tea Leaf pick

▴ Hakka Leicha tea

▴ Kenting National Park

▴ Tea tasting

▴ Sun Moon Lake

▴ Taroko Gorge
ITINERARY
Day 1 / Taipei: Taiwan’s bubble milk tea (original boba tea)
Start at one of the oldest tea factories on the island and then explore modern day bubble milk tea (“boba”) at the first bubble tea shop. Go back in time at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Dadaocheng, then learn about modern Taipei at Taipei 101, one of the tallest buildings in the world.
Day 2 / Taipei - Miaoli - Taichung: Hakka tea culture experience
Learn how to make the savory and edible “thunder tea” with a subminority group in Taiwan before enjoying 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.
Day 3 / Taichung- Sun Moon Lake
Take an electric boat, luxurious boat 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.
Day 4 / Nantou: Eco-Cha founder take you to visit high mountain tea to Chiayi
Try Eco-Cha’s organic tea and take a tour by Andy Kincart, founder of Eco-Cha high up in the mountains. Enjoy lunch surrounded by the beautiful scenery, then head to a traditional town in Taiwan whose food was featured by Netflix.
Day 5 / Chiayi - Alishan
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.
Day 6 / Alishan - Tainan
In the morning, we’ll 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, we’ll 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.
Day 7 / Tainan - Pingtung: Tea from the Pacific Ocean
Tour a tea farm next to the Pacific Ocean and taste how the tea leaves and local snacks are influenced by the neighboring sea water, 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.
Day 8 / Pingtung - Taitung
Enjoy a picturesque drive along the Pacific Ocean. Then, dine with a local indigenous tribe. Visit a local tea farmer and tour his farm before cycling through the beautiful Chishang rice farms.
Day 9 / Taitung - Taroko Gorge
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.
Day 10 / Hualien to Taipei
On our tour’s final day we’ll start slowly, allowing guests an hour or so after breakfast to continue to enjoy the facilities at the Taroko Silk before heading out to tour the gorge itself. We’ll spend the rest of the morning visiting the temples and shrines of the gorge, and, weather permitting, taking a hike to the Baiyang waterfall. After lunch, we’ll head back towards the coast through the gorge and continue north up Taiwan’s magnificent east coast back to Taipei.
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Accommodation in Taipei city
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Dadaocheng and a family-run tea roasting plant
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Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
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Bubble milk tea DIY and tasting at the first bubble tea shop in Taiwan
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Taipei 101
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4-star Hotel Day Sonnien Hotel (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Accommodation in Taipei city
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Check out the wooden Japanese colonial era Shengxing Railway Station
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Old mountain line railbike to experience the beauty of Sanyi's mountain culture
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Make your own Hakka pound tea (Leicha)
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Taste local delicacies at Taichung’s Fengjia Night Market
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3.5 -star In Sky Hotel (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Ride on an electric boat trip across the lake and enjoy great scenery
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Enjoy lunch at Sun Moon Lake besides the lake (at guest's expense)
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Visit a quaint tea factory and sample the local black tea
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4-star LeaLea Garden hotel-SUN (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Follow Andy to his recommended high mountain farm and tea factory
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Lunch at Lugu high mountain(at guest's expense)
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Try traditional Taiwanese snacks at the Chiayi night market
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3-star Jiayi Guanzi hotel (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Visit a tea farm in the Alishan mountains and learn how to pick tea
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Hike through the verdant forests of Alishan and enjoy the mountainous scenery
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Witness an unforgettable sunset at Alishan
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Accommodation & Dinner: 4-star Alishan History House (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent with dinner
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Take the Alishan Forest Railway
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Explore thousand-year-old ancient Taiwan cypress trees along trails of the Alishan Forest Recreation Area
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Embark on a Tainan Cultural Heritage tour
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Try Tainan's famous bites at at the city's "Old Street"
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3.5-star Hotel U.I.J Hotel And Hostel (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Tour Taiwan's most southern tea farm by the Pacific Ocean and try their tea's unique flavor
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Visit Hengchun Old Town and a nearby historical site
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Kenting National Park - Baisha beach
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3-star Hotel Day Plus Kenting (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Fun in the sun on the beach until 10:30am
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Try Indigenous cuisine with a local tribe (include)
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Drive up the beautiful highway along the Pacific Ocean
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Visit a local farmer's tea house and his all-natural tea farm
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3-star Hotel J Resort (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Relax during a scenic drive up the East Rift Valleydation in Taipei city
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Stop at the Tropic of Cancer Marker
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Explore Taroko Gorge's marble canyon and blue waters
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3.5-star Hotel Taroko Likko Hotel (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Explore world-renowned Taroko National Park
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Drive along the picturesque Qingshui Cliff, the largest coastal cliff in Taiwan
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Pass by Qingshui Cliff on the famous Suhua Highway coastal road then returning to Taipei
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Drop off at Taipei
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Meal :
Breakfast : 9 | Lunch : 1 | Dinner : 1 -
Duration :
10 Days 9 nights -
Pick-up :
Accommodation in Taipei city
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Drop-Off :
Accommodation in Taipei city -
Group Size :
2-7 people -
Language :
English
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DETAILS
Inclusions
- •Knowledgeable English-speaking guide to introduce you to local culture and history
- •All transportation (5-seater sedan or 8-seater van, driver)
- •Admission tickets to all activities on itinerary
- •9 nights at 3 to 4 star hotels with breakfast each day
- •Lunch (day 8) and dinner (day 5)
- •Travel insurance (Accidental death and disability: max NT$2,000,000 Medical expenses: max NT$200,000)
Exclusions
- •Meals not listed above
- •Any optional activities not on itinerary
- •Gratuity
Cancellation Policy
We do our best to accommodate individual travelers by placing them on tours with other guests. In the event an individual traveler cannot be so accommodated, guests will be offered an alternative tour of equal value or full refund.
Guests canceling at any point up to 31 days prior to this tour’s starting date will receive a full refund.
Cancellations made between 30 and 15 days prior to departure will receive a 90% refund.
Cancellations made between 14 and 7 days prior to departure will receive a 70% refund;
Cancellations made less than 7 days prior to departure are non-refundable.
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