12 days Round Taiwan Farm-To-Table Gourmet Tour
HIGHLIGHTS
- • Sample Taiwan's Michelin-starred soup dumplings
- • Try locally-grown wine, whisky and hand pick tea in Taiwan's high mountains
- • Visit an award-winning, local chocolate farm
- • Learn the ancient art of making soy sauce and make traditional pastry in a DIY class
- • Roast your own organic coffee beans with an indigenous tribe
Explore the best Taiwanese food on this deep gastronomical tour of the entire island! This extensive food tour will take you from "locals-only" food stalls to Michelin-starred restaurants while keeping your palette satisfied, surprised, and eager for more with local foods and traditions. Start with Taiwan's famous soup dumplings in Taipei before embarking on a rich exploration of locally-grown wines, whisky, tea, tofu, soy sauce, and even chocolate. Try indigenous dishes found nowhere else in the world. Satisfy your taste buds with Taiwan's ultimate food tour!
▴ Dine with locally-sourced ingredients

▴ Sample Taiwan's Michelin-starred soup dumplings
▴ Visit an award-winning, local chocolate farm

▴ Try local street food

▴ Visit Taiwan’s first whiskey maker-Kavalan
ITINERARY
Day 1 / Taipei
Try famous soup dumplings at Taiwan’s Michelin-starred restaurant after an educational walking tour through Taipei's historical landmarks and most treasured museum with 5,000 years of Chinese art, history and culture and end the first day at the well-known night market.
Day 2 / Taipei - Hakka food tour
Enjoy cultural relics and beautiful scenery as you take a bicycle-powered "train ride" through Hakka culture. Then, try Taiwan's locally grown wine before eating traditional Taiwanese food at a classic night market.
Day 3 / Taichung- Sun Moon Lake
Take an electric, 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 / Sun Moon Lake - Chiayi
Visit a traditional soy sauce studio where soy sauce is still made over a wooden fire. Stop by an ancient temple, and then head to the food mecca featured on Netflix's "Street Food" series.
Day 5 / Chiayi - Alishan
Enter the Alishan National Park and hand pick 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 - Kaohsiung
Visit an organic pineapple farm that uses natural farming to sustain pineapples and other fruits and vegetables that grow in harmony on this farmer's land. Enjoy an inmate experience getting to know the farmers with DIY activities that feature the pineapple fruit. End your day making Taiwan's famous pineapple cakes and learn why these pastries are so symbolic in Taiwanese culture.
Day 8 / Pingtong - Taitung
Visit a local, award-winning chocolate farm that combines local ingredients to create innovative novelties. Enjoy a picturesque drive along the Pacific Ocean. Then, dine with a local indigenous tribe.
Day 9 / Taitung Coast: Indigenous fine dining
Explore the roots of Taiwan's food culture with a beautiful bike ride through the famous Chishang rice farms. Meet an indiigenous tribe member who will teach you how to make fleur de sel (fine crystal salt). Then, feast on the creations from a Michelin-star chef that uses and draws inspiration from locally-sourced ingredients.
Day 10 / Taitung Coast: Indigenous coffee farm
Visit an all organic, indigenous-owned coffee farm overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Enjoy a rare experience to roast your own coffee beans with the tribe over a wooden fire. Absorb the unique topography of the East Rift Valley during a scenic drive.
Day 11 / Taroko Gorge
Explore the world’s largest marble cliff and blue, turquoise waters at Taroko Gorge. Make an unforgettable stop at Qixingtan beach and spend the night at the natural wonder's most luxurious hotel.
Day 12 / Taroko Gorge - Yilan - Taipei
Enjoy more of Taiwan's beautiful, natural scenery during the drive along the coast. Try Taiwan's internationally-acclaimed Kavalan whisky and take a tour of the distillery before returning to Taipei.
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Visit Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the Presidential Palace
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Try Michelin-starred dumplings at Ding Tai Fung (Yong Kang street)
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Visit National Palace Museum
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Visit the well-known Shilin night market
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4-star Hotel Day Sonnien Hotel (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Visit dried persimmon in farm (Sep-Jan only)
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Take a scenic ride on the old mountain line railbike
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Visit Hakka old street
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Traditional Hakka old street stroll & DIY Leicha tea experience
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4-star Park City hotel Taichung (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Take an electric boat trip across the lake and enjoy great scenery
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Enoy lunch at Sun Moon Lake besides the lake
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Visit a quaint tea factory and sample the local black tea (日月老茶廠)
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4-star LeaLea Garden hotel-SUN (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Visit the local soy sauce maker and learn how to make soy sauce the traditional way
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Visit a 17th century Chaotian Temple
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Try famous snacks introduced by Netflix's "Street Food" series 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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4-star Alishan House (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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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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Explore a Japanese heritage site: the Hayashi Department Store
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4-star Hotel The Place Tainan (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Visit a pineapple farm
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Visit Dragon and Tiger Pagoda
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Visit Kaohsiung Pier 2 Art Center
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Handmade traditional Chinese pastry
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5-star The Grand HiLai Hotel (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Visit an award-winning chocolate farm and experience a chocolate tasting
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Drive up the beautiful highway along the Pacific Ocean
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Try Indigenous cuisine with a local tribe
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3 star hotel J Resort (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Cycle through the famous Chishang rice farms
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Lunch at Chishang and enjoy the local rice
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Meet the 80-year-old grandpa of the Yongfu tribe who has mastered the art of making fleur de sel (crystal salt).
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Luxury local B&B Adagio Resort (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Roast your own coffee beans at Haian Coffee, overlooking the Pacific Ocean
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Enjoy a scenic drive up the East Rift Valley
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Stop at the Tropic of Cancer Marker
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4 star AZURE HOTEL (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Explore the breathtaking, natural wonder of Taroko Gorge
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5-star Hotel Silks Place Taroko (DOUBLE/TWIN) or equivalent
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Drive along the picturesque Qingshui Cliff, the largest coastal cliff in Taiwan
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Tour Kavalan whisky distillery and sample Taiwan’s award-winning whisky.
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Return to Taipei
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Meal :
Breakfast : 11 | Lunch : 5 | Dinner : 4 -
Duration :
12 days 11 nights -
Pick-up :
Your accommodation in Taipei City
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Drop-Off :
Your accommodation in Taipei City -
Group Size :
2-10 people -
Language :
English
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DETAILS
Inclusions
- •Professional English guide
- •All transportation (5-seater sedan or 8-seater van, driver)
- •Admission tickets to all activities on itinerary
- •11 nights hotel with breakfast
- •Lunch (day 1, day 3, day 6, day 9, day 10)
- •Dinner (day 4, day 5, day 8, day 11)
- •Travel insurance
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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