Best of Taipei & Yangmingshan Hotspring Resort Overnight (Single)(Weekend)
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Port
Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan
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Activity Level
Moderate Activity
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Excursion Type
Information Not Currently Available
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At (prices in USD)
$1400
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
2 Days/1 Night
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Meals Included
Meals included
Day 1 (L/D)
Your Overnight journey commences with a relaxing drive to the Martyrs' Shrine -- a stately war memorial monument.
Explore the Pao-An Temple (1830), a magnificent place of worship dedicated to Pashen Tati -- god of medicine. Note the ornate dragon pillars, stone lions and valuable tablets inscribed by eminent Chinese scholars.
At the National Palace Museum, take in one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese objects and art in the world. Spanning more than 8,000 years, the impressive collection includes bronze, paintings, jade, ceramics, and precious objects amassed by ancient emperors and more from the Sung, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a regal monument paying to tribute to the former President of Taiwan. With its brilliant blue glazed-tile roof, gold apex, white marble and natural red cypress ceiling, the shrine is designed to convey sacredness, solemnity, hospitality and peace. Inside, valuable artifacts relate to the late President's life, including photographs, cars and historic documents.
The closest National Park to Taipei city, Yangmingshan National Park boasts mountains in rich greens, lush mystical forests, steaming natural hot springs and moon-like landscapes. Taiwan is positioned on the 'ring of fire,' which encircles the Pacific Rim. Although the volcanoes here are now extinct, beneath lies a huge reservoir of magma that pushes heat up through rocks to the surface, emerging as hot springs and steaming fumaroles.
You will stay overnight at the Tienlai Hot Springs Resort (or similar) with abundant time to indulge in the soothing, milky waters of the mildly-alkaline sulfuric hot springs that some believe have healing powers.
Day 2 (B/L)
Drive to Dharma Drum Mountain which overlooks the coast at Jinshan. This is the largest Buddhist community in Northern Taiwan. The complex here was a Buddhist education center, with a library, meditation halls, conference rooms and accommodations for monastics and visiting scholars, as well as dining halls, landscape gardens and collections of religious artworks and artifacts.
One of Asia's most unusual landscapes is found at Yehliu Geo Park. Famous for its spectacular and bizarre rock formations, Yehliu stretches from the mountains to a mile into the sea. Walk with your guide among this lunar landscape that abuts the pounding sea and feel the amazing, raw power of the millions of years of geological forces that have shaped it. Let your imagination run wild as you explore the curves and shadows of the rocks to see what familiar shapes you can find here.
Please Note:
All meals are included. Bring your swimsuit, biodegradable/reef-safe sunscreen. Wearing a swimming cap when using the outdoor public hot spring is mandatory. Light-colored swimsuits may be discolored by the sulfur naturally present in the hot springs. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
Important:
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