Full-Day Tour in Shifen, Jiufen & Yehliu of Taipei
4.5
107 Ratings
Zhongzheng District

Embark on a full-day tour in Shifen, Jiufen, and Yehliu to explore the rich culture and stunning scenery of Taipei. Create Chinese lanterns, indulge in local food, and marvel at the bizarre terrain of Yehliu Geopark.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Shifen Old Street - Shifen is a town steeped in culture and history, offering a wonderful view of Taiwan’s stunning natural landscapes. Visitors can craft a Chinese Lantern (天燈) with a personal wish to release into the sky.
  • Shifen Waterfall - A dreamy location where visitors can enjoy the waterfall and its accompanying rainbow.
  • **Jiufen Old…
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What's Included
  • Admission fee to Yehliu Geopark (120TWD)
  • Transportation
  • Licensed English-Speaking guide
  • Insurance
  • Professional driver
What's Not Included
  • Meals
  • Lantern expenses
  • Gratuities
  • Weekend Jiufen Shuttle Bus Fare: 15TWD
  • Sky lantern price: TWD 200 / per single color
Additional Information

Embark on a memorable day trip to the northeast coast of Taipei! A skilled tour guide and driver will accompany you to explore popular attractions.
Shifen is a town steeped in culture and history, offering a wonderful view of Taiwan’s stunning natural landscapes. You can craft a Chinese Lantern (天燈) with a wish inscribed on it to release into the sky….

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Location
Taipei Main Station M3
Meet at MRT Taipei Main Station, Exit M3. Please look for the guide with yellow uniform.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Aldiga
May 20, 2025
100% Satisfaction - Great experience. The guide is incredible!!!. The photos are Amazing!!. We recommended this tour....
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717simonc
May 12, 2025
Terrific - well done Anna - Anna our bi/tri-lingual guide ensured that we kept to time for this very full nine hour tour. We started promptly and were off to Shifen where the hot air lanterns are lit. There is a lot of culture and history here, but this small village is now 100% focussed on the tourists who flock here in their busload. It’s a novelty to have a real train line running through the middle of the town which keeps everyone alert, but the many warning lights and bells signal its slow arrival well in advance. Nevertheless, it quite a sight and the health and safety police in other countries would be apoplectic. After the tour, it was the waterfall – just a few minutes away by coach and then a 15 min walk over the wonderful (and recently renovated) suspension bridge that wobbled - just a bit. The waterfall is lovely and makes for many a photogenic picture. Lunch and early afternoon was [ ] – I am not sure why we joined most of the province in these narrow, claustrophobic streets. I believe that a famous Japanese show was filmed here, which explains why half the 22 participants on the tour were Japanese which Anna spoke fluently. Then to the rock formations which were wonderful – it was lovely to be able to walk amongst these extraordinary and ancient weathered rocks which have acquired their distinctive shape through thousands of year. There were fossils emerging on the sand – very spooky. Excellent and unforgettable. The last stop was the food market in Shaoshan which was excellent with great variety even though it was heaving. I enjoyed the day – well worth the money.
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Jorge19v
May 4, 2025
Super complete tour full of great experiences - This is an excellent tour. You get to enjoy nature, food, as well as many memorable local experiences. I appreciated the great work Joseph did to keep us all on time and on track, which can be difficult with a big group of tourists! There's a lot of fun to be had in this tour, but my favorite was visiting Jiufen in the evening. It's a really magical place to walk around when it's dark and the lanterns are on. A group of us followed Joseph for a recommended (but optional) meal at a historic tea house, and the experience was wonderful. This was one of my favorite tours while in Taiwan. Highly recommended.
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Ulhasw2025
Apr 22, 2025
Very nice full day tour - Maggie Sun was an excellent guide, experienced and knowledgeable. She was good at time management and attended to special requests.
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William_b
Apr 21, 2025
Great day tour - The Full-Day Tour in Shifen, Jiufen & Yehliu was day well spend. So amazing parts of the Taipei region. Our tour guide Kelly was absolute superstar and made the trip fun learning experience. As vegan travelers we thought it would be difficult to get food but Kelly took good care of us and always pointed out the vegan options and when not sure went to ask the vendor for us.
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Cheryldale
Apr 12, 2025
Fantastic day - We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and all the sights we saw; we had just enough time at each place. Our guide Maggie was great - she was friendly, informative and kept us on time at each stop. A fantastic day at a great price, highly recommend.
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64christinao
Apr 3, 2025
Get/request Michael for a great tour!! - Michael was our tour guide and I recommend him. He was very nice and helped us get around. He worked to ensure that the tickets were paid for and gave us plenty of opportunities to use the restroom. He started by giving us a few fun facts about the place, was always good at getting pictures, and translated for us. As a Taiwanese-American with limited Mandarin and Taiwanese, he didn't make me feel uncomfortable that I didn't know the language. My non-Chinese friend was here and he helped her get around as well. After giving us the facts, Michael let us do our own things with a few tips and tricks.
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Adventure31097122858
May 14, 2025
It’s eye opening - I enjoy the tour, it a good experience as I have a good guide to lead us and expertise that guide us along. I am sure if I go travelling I will use Klopp again
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Jacquelyn_s
Apr 20, 2025
Love places to see outside of Taipei City - Places to visited in the itinerary are good. Disappointed with the one hour timing for Shifen's lantern and waterfalls. For no matter what we cannot both have lantern and waterfall in just one hour as they are in different path. One way take 15mins walk, 15mins lantern, 15mins go back to center meeting point. That we missed to see one important place. Jufen ia nice so crowded but we managed to make it in time. The geopark is another 1hr and 20mins time and need to rush again ro go back. But overall it was still satifying to see placea in short time.
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Cliftong173
May 25, 2025
Worse than cheap mainland China tours - The tour company stuffed four people into a Nissan Sentra (read: a compact car) for a full day tour. This isn’t abnormal in Asia but just be aware it may happen. The guide will try to bring you shopping and to product sales pitches, which I dislike but if others in your group want to do it, you’ll have to wait for them. The guide was knowledgeable but he rushed through everything quickly.
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