3D2N Taipei &
One Day Taroko Gorge Tour (By Train)
Every Tue & Sat Departure

Itinerary (Day)

1. Meet upon arrival at C.K.S. Int’l Airport and transfer to the hotel.
   
   
2. (Tue or Sat): One day tour to Taroko Gorge by train
   Pick up at hotel lobby and transfer to Taipei Main Railway Station to take train to Hualien. Upon arrival, take bus to Taroko National Park. The tour schedule:
   In the morning, visit Gate of Taroko Gorge, Swallow Caves
   Noontime, lunch at Grand Formosa Regent Taroko Hotel
   In the afternoon, visit Tunnel of Nine Turns, Eternal Spring Shrine, and marble factory & showroom. When finish the Tour, take the train back to Taipei and transfer to hotel.
   
   
3. Pick up at the hotel and transfer to C.K.S. Int’l Airport.

Service Items

1. China Airlines roundtrip airfare
2. Round trip transfers between CKS Int’l Airport and hotel
3. Two-nights hotel accommodation with daily breakfast
4. Round trip train ticket from Taipei to Hualien
5. English & Mandarin speaking tour guide
6. Lunch at Grand Formosa Regent Taroko Hotel
7. Travel insurance

Note

1. The “One Day Taroko Gorge Tour” departs on very Tuesday & Saturday, so the passengers should arrange their travel base on the Tour schedule.
2. The passengers should confirm the date of the Tour when they arrange the hotel booking.
3. The extra overnight stay (at passengers own expense) will be necessary to fit the Tour or flight schedule, if the return flight is not operating daily.
4. One Day Taroko Gorge Tour schedule: (the schedule below is scheduled time, the unforeseen factors might disturb the schedule)
   * 07:00 Pick up at hotel by tour guide and transfer to Taipei Main Railway Station
   * 07:45 Train to Hualien
   * 10:43 Arrival in Hualien Train Station and start the Taroko Gorge tour
   * 17:40 Train back to Taipei
   * 20:39 Arrival in Taipei and transfer to hotel
5. The “One Day Taroko Gorge Tour” operates on group basis, the bus for the tour is seat-in-coach; the non-package travelers may join too.
   

Gate of Taroko Gorge
	Taroko National Park is world famous for its stupendous marble canyons with steep walls. The unique scenes created by geologic uplifting and river erosion are rarely seen elsewhere in the world. Taroko is located at the cross of Suhua Highway and Central Cross-Island Highway where the eastern entrance of the park and the Visitors' Information Center are located.

Tunnel of Nine Turns

In fact, there are not only nine turns in this tourist spot. The number of nine for the Chinese stands for "many." As the name suggests, visitors will encounter many caves, gorges and cliffs. Every time after a rain shower, lots of rain falls from the cliff walls and forms a spectacular scene of periodical rain waterfalls. Pass the entrance of the tunnel and keep walking for about 30 minutes, visitors will pass by a lively rock named as "fish fries over dragon door", naturally eroded by Liwu river. Afterwards, there are plenty of gorgeous marble gorges and canyons.From Swallow Caves to the Tunnel of Nine Turns, visitors are advised to slow down the car for a close look of the surrounding cliffs, especially the most famous Zhuai-Lu Cliff. It is a typical marble canyon eroded by Liwu River, with the highest point of 1,666 meters and a length of 1,200 meters.

Eternal Spring Shrine

Eternal Spring Shrine is famous for its aged temple bell, the nearby waterfall and its hiking walkway. However, It was built in commemoration of the veteran workers who died in 1958 during the construction of the central cross-island highway. The highway was completed in 1960 and started service in May the same year. It has become the most important passageway road with beautiful scene leading to Taroko.

Swallow Caves

Swallow Caves are next to Liwu River and opposite to the central cross-island highway. Visitors inside the cave are amazed by the steep marble cliffs, with many holes of different sizes. The cave gets its name as legend says that flocks of swallows used to nesting in these holes. Just a few steps out of Swallow Caves, there are many oddly shaped rocks formatted by river erosion. The must-see is the one shaped by natural force as an Indian man's profile.

Marble Factory & Showroom
	Hualien has experienced numerous times of geologic metamorphism and therefore has a huge deposit of marbles of different strips and shapes. Many stone sculptures and artisans cluster here to craft an amazing range of products. Hualien also hosts the International Stone Sculpture Festival every two year.