Flight: CX5432 Hong Kong - Kaohsiung 08.50 - 1020

Private transfer: On arrival at Kaohsiung Airport, you will be welcomed to Taiwan by your driver and transferred to your hotel in a private car.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Just Sleep Kaohsiung Zhongzheng (Superior Room)

Full day tour of Kaohsiung: This morning, catch the local ferry with your guide across to Cijin Island. Here you can choose to explore on foot or rent bicycles and pedal cars to explore the area. There is an interesting beach area with some good tracks and a wide range of other attractions. Return to the port around lunchtime, where you may choose to have a delicious seafood lunch from one of the many restaurants (payable locally) before catching the ferry back to the mainland. This afternoon you will be taken on a brief tour of Kaohsiung city, including the Dragon and Tiger Towers, before returning to your hotel to relax for the rest of the day.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Just Sleep Kaohsiung Zhongzheng (Superior Room)

Meals: Breakfast

Road and ferry journey to Liuqiu island: After breakfast, head out with your guide to the port of Donggang, a journey of around 1 hour. Here you will board the ferry to Liuqiu island, which takes around 30 minutes.

Tour of the surrounds: After settling into your guesthouse, head out with your guide to explore some of the surrounding area. You will end the day with an Eco-tour after dinner.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Fish Villa Guest House (Sea View Room)

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Full day tour of Liuqiu Island: Today you will head out with your guide to explore the principal scenic spots of this delightful little island. Stops will be made at several rock formations, such as Vase Rock, and caves, such as Beauty Cave.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Fish Villa Guest House (Sea View Room)

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Ferry and road journey to Kaohsiung: After breakfast, make the return journey to Kaohsiung with your guide.

Flight: B78705 Kaohsiung - Penghu Islands 13.00 - 13.40

Private transfer to your hotel: On arrival in the Penghu Islands, you will be met by a driver and transferred to your simple hotel. Please note that your driver for any transfers or excursions on the Penghu Islands might not speak English.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Beach Castle B&B (Sea View Room)

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Full day guided tour of Penghu: After breakfast, head out with your guide for a tour of the Penghu Archipelago. First stop will be the Tongliang great banyan, a banyan tree dating over 300 years old. The tree is found on the grounds of a temple and legend has it that the banyan tree dates back from a sapling which survived a shipwreck in the 17th century. Continue over the Penghu great bridge, which connects Siyu Ilsand to the main island. Siyu Island is home to the Erkan historical houses which were the former homes fishermen dating from the 19th century and are unique to Penghu. Finish the day with stops at the Whale Cave and the Daguoye Columnar Basalt, an interesting natural formation which had previously been buried for thousands of years.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Beach Castle B&B (Sea View Room)

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day at leisure: Today your guide is at your disposal to show you around the local area. You may wish to join a tour of the Blue Cave or arrange a fishing tour through your guide.Or simply relax and enjoy some of the fantastic seafood on offer.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Beach Castle B&B (Sea View Room)

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Private transfer to the airport: At the advised time today, you will be met by a driver and transferred to the airport.

Flight: B78678 Penghu Islands - Tainan 09.25 - 10.00

Private transfer: On arrival at Tainan Airport, you will be met by a private driver to be transferred to your hotel.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Chateau Rich Hotel (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast

Guided tour of Tainan: After settling into your hotel, head out with your guide for an afternoon tour of Tainan. First you will be taken to visit the Chinese styled Chihkan Towers, built during the Qing dynasty on the site of the former 17th Century Dutch fortress, Proventia, nowadays known as Chihkan Towers. Next, visit Kung Miao, the oldest Confucius Temple in Taiwan and the first educational institution on the island. Built almost 400 years ago, the temple has been restored a number of times, but still maintains its traditional style of architecture. Finish the morning with a visit to the Koxinga Shrine and Shennong Street.

In the afternoon make a stop at the 17th Century Fort Anping, also known as Fort Zeelandia, the first Dutch fortress built on the island. A short stroll will also be made along Old Street, a narrow windy street which begins near the entrance to the fort and is packed with market stalls and traditional buildings.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Chateau Rich Hotel (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast

Road journey from Tainan to Chihpen via Fo Guang Shan Monastery: After breakfast, set off with your guide to the hot spring town of Chihpen on Taiwan’s scenic east coast. En-route you will stop by Fo Guang Shan Monastry.

Fo Guang Shan, literally meaning ‘the light of Buddha mountain', is a 52 acre temple complex outside the city of Kaohsiung. In the complex there are a number of large shrines surrounded by grand rows of pillars and pagodas of all sizes. The network of footpaths and bridges taking you around the complex make it a good place for a tranquil wander around and an overnight stay at the Pilgrim's Lodge allows visitors to spend time in one of the complex's meditation centres, a most peaceful and enlightening experience. At the entrance to the complex there is a 36 metre high statue of Amitabha Buddha standing over 480 smaller Buddha statues, a spectacle that will remain in your memory.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Toyugi Hot Spring Resort (Standard Room)

Meals: Breakfast

Road and ferry journey to Lanyu island: After breakfast, head out with your guide to the port of Fugang, a journey of around 30 minutes. En route a stop will be made at little Yehliu, an area of striking rock formations on Taiwan’s scenic east coast. On arrival at Fugang you will board the ferry to Lanyu island, a journey of around 3 hours.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Blue Ocean House (Sea View Room)

Meals: Breakfast

Round Island Tour: After breakfast, you will be taken on a tour around the Island by your guide. Orchid Island is famous for its beautiful rugged scenery withy jagged volcanic rocks jutting dramatically out of the ground and out to sea off the coast. Some of these strange geological formations have been named and you will be shown the Dragon Head Rock, the Two Lions Rock and the Virgin Rock. You will also have the chance to see some Yami tribesmen building their unique elaborately carved wooden canoes. Other handicrafts can be seen (and bought) at the Si Kang Chai Art Studio and the Three Sisters market.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Blue Ocean House (Sea View Room)

Meals: Breakfast

Ferry and road journey to Taitung: After breakfast, make the return journey to Fugang port with your guide.

Train journey to Taipei: Upon arrival in Fugang, you will be transferred to Taitung station to take an onward train to Taipei.

Private transfer to your hotel: On arrival in Taipei you will be met by a private driver and transferred to your hotel to check-in.

Guided tour of Taipei: On arrival at the train station you will be met at by your guide who will take you on a sightseeing tour of Taipei's main attractions. Start the tour with a visit to Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, an imposing hall which is dedicated to the former president with a museum on the ground floor dedicated to Chiang's life and achievements. From there continue to the impressive Taipei 101 tower, which until 2010 was the tallest building in the world. You will be taken up to the observatory on the 89th floor to take in the fantastic view of the city. At the end of your tour, continue to your hotel to check-in and relax for the rest of the day. You may like to visit the famous Shilin Night Market this evening for a fun and tasty local dinner.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Just Sleep Linsen (Superior Room)

Meals: Breakfast

Guided tour of North Coast Taiwan: After breakfast, head out of the city on a short car journey north to the Yangmingshan National Park, which has flora and fauna galore. Your guide will show you around some of the parks highlights. On the coast to the north of the park is Yehliu, which is famous for its extraordinary rock formations created by the millennia of powerful north coast waves crashing into the limestone rocks.

This afternoon, you will head east along coast to Jiufen. Jiufen and the neighbouring village of Jinguashi are two other interesting stops on a tour of northern Taiwan. Once the centre of the Islands gold mining industry, these villages are now relics of a former time. The old town of Jiufen is decorated by old tea houses and traditional Japanese houses and feels untouched by the recent modernisation that has taken hold on other parts of the island. Have a cup of tea in one of the old tea houses before heading back to your hotel in Taipei in the late afternoon.

Accommodation: Stay tonight at the Just Sleep Linsen (Superior Room)

Meals: Breakfast