2 days Northern and Midst Taiwan Excursion-C

Itinerary

Day 1: Taipei-Taichung

Stop At: Yehliu Geopark, 207, Taiwan, New Taipei City, Wanli District, 港東路167-1號
Pick up from Hotel~
Keelung Harbor, Yeliou & Northern Coast Tour (Hotel~40 min drive~Yehliu Scenic Park (Queen’s Head Rock)~Chung Cheng Park~Buddha Statue)
~Taipei Main Station entrain to Taichung~Taichung Station~Hotel

Queen's Head Rock
Queen's Head is a landmark mushroom rock formation at Yehliu Geopark. Between 1962 and 1963, the top concretion split to give the stone its current graceful form. Seen from a distance, the rock resembles a bust of Queen Elizabeth with a long slender neck and beautiful facial lines, hence the name. The neck of the rock has thinned with natural weathering over the decades. Plans are now underway to reinforce the rock to ensure it survives as a landmark for years to come.
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at MAISON DE CHINE TAICHUNG/LAI LAI HOTEL/FUSHIN HOTEL/INHOUSE HOTEL or similar level of Hotel

Day 2: Taichung-Taipei

Stop At: Rainbow Village Taichung, No.56, Chun'an Road, Taichung 408 Taiwan
Pick up from Hotel ~MIYAHARA~Park Lane (Lunch on your own)~National Taichung Theater~Rainbow Village~Gaomei Wetland~Hotel

Miyahara
Situated nearby Taichung Train Station on the bank of Luchuan, Miyahara is a red-brick architecture built by Miyahara Takeo, a Japanese ophthalmology doctor in 1927. It was the largest ophthalmology clinic in Taichung during the Japanese colonial period. After the surrender of Japan in 1945, Miyahara became Taichung Health Bureau. As time passed by, the suspended Health Bureau slowly decayed and became an unused dangerous building. Fortunately, Dawn Cake, a pastry company renowned for its pineapple cakes, acquired the building and preserved Miyahara's original red-brick walls and archway. The interior decor was redesigned like Hogwarts in the movie Harry Potter. The water well in the middle of the building is redecorated into a modern-looking fundraising box made of glass.
Visitors to Miyahara are not only recommended to appreciate the details of the historic architecture but also try Dawn Cake’s signature ice cream, bubble tea and pastries wrapped in nostalgic packings!

Gaomei Wetland
Gaomei Wetland located on the south of the mouth of Dajia River is a land mixed with both sand and soil textures and comes in 1,500 acres. That explains why it has complicated yet rich wetland ecology and possesses the largest group of Bolboschoenus planieulmis in Taiwan. Due to diverse geographical features, the species of its ecology is quite abundant. Every year around fall and winter, large flocks of migrating birds would come here for either short or long stay over the winter, serving as the best spot for bird-watching.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.