Full-Day Taipei Tour: Shifen, Jiufen & Yehliu with Lantern

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Duration9h

GroupUp to 40

LanguagesEN · CM

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You write a wish on a paper lantern and watch it rise into the sky above Shifen.

A nine-hour guided tour from Taipei to three sites on the northeast coast: Shifen, where you create and release a Chinese lantern; Jiufen, a historic hillside village with local food and cobblestone streets; and Yehliu Geopark, a natural formation of rock shapes carved by geological movement over millennia. The tour includes park admission, a professional English-speaking guide, driver, transport and insurance. Walking is substantial throughout the day, and the itinerary adjusts for weather or traffic.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Shifen, Jiufen, and Yehliu

Visit Shifen town and create lantern
Enjoy Shifen Waterfall and rainbow
Stroll Jiufen old cobblestone street
Eat local food in Jiufen
Visit Yehliu Geopark geological formations

The Experience

Nine hours takes you through three distinct stops on Taipei's northeast coast, each one a different piece of Taiwan's culture and landscape. A professional guide and driver handle the route and timing, so you move between them without arranging transport yourself. The day starts in Shifen, a town built around the Pingxi Branch Rail Line, where you create a Chinese lantern (天燈)—write a wish on the paper, light it, and release it into the air. After that comes Shifen Waterfall, where the water and light sometimes create a rainbow.

Jiufen sits on a hillside and fills with the smell of food and the sound of vendors. You walk the old cobblestone streets, taste local dishes, and move through the layers of the town's history without a schedule dictating when. The final stop is Yehliu Geopark, a natural classroom where the rock has been shaped into bizarre formations—the mountain juts out of the ocean, and the stone shows the work of thousands of years of geological movement. The park admission (TWD 120) is included in your ticket.

The tour covers a lot of ground on foot, so physical condition matters. If the Shifen Waterfall suspension bridge is closed for annual maintenance, the guide takes an alternative route that may add walking. Bad weather or typhoons can close Yehliu Geopark, in which case the itinerary shifts. Traffic and weather also adjust the total time. A licensed guide speaks English and Chinese, and the driver is professional. Insurance is included.

What’s included

Yehliu Geopark admission (TWD 120 per person).
professional English-speaking guide.
transportation between all three sites.
professional driver.
and travel insurance.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

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Is this one for you?Most northeast coast tours from Taipei stop at one or two sites and leave the lantern release as an add-on. This one builds the lantern into the day itself, so you create and release it as part of the experience rather than as an extra you arrange separately. The guide and driver handle all the logistics and transitions, which matters on a day with this much ground to cover on foot.