2016 APAGE & TAMIG Annual Congress

Pick-up from hotel－Transfer to Taipei Main Station－Take train to Hualien －Enbus for Taroko Gorge Gateway－Eternal-Spring Shrine－Swallow Caves－Shakadang Trail －Lunch－Marble factory－Chi Hsing Beach－Hualien Stone Sculptural Park－Entrain for Taipei－Transfer to hotel

Pick-up from hotel → Enbus for Nantou → Puli (a cultural & artistic heaven) → Sun Moon Lake → lake bus tour (Wenwu Temple•Ita Thao Indigenous Village•Tse-En Pagoda•Holy Monk Shrine) → Sun Moon Lake.
Hotel：Sun Moon Lake Hotel, Sun Moon Lake (Mountain view) or hotel of same class Sun Moon Lake → Lukang historical and cultural town → Enbus or entrain for Taipei

Pick-up from hotel → High-Speed Rail from Taipei → Kaohsiung Zuoying Station → Enbus for Maopitou → Oluanpi Lighthouse → Kenting National Park → Kaohsiung
Hotel：Chateau de Chine Kaohsiung or hotel of same class Kaohsiung City (Chengching Lake, Spring and Autumn Pavilion, Former British Consulate) → in the afternoon High-Speed Rail from Kaohsiung back to Taipei

Pick up from hotel → Enbus for Nantou → Puli (cultural and artistic town) → Sun Moon Lake → lake bus tour → Wen Wu Temple → Ita Thao Indigenous Village → Tse-En Pagoda → Holy Monk Shrine → Sun Moon Lake (overnight)
Hotel：Fleur de Chine, Sun Moon Lake (mountain-view room) (5-star) Sun Moon Lake → Alishan National Scenic Area / tea plantation and tea art exhibition center → Chiayi City (overnight)
Hotel：Nice Prince Hotel, Chiayi (5-star) Chiayi → Southern Branch of National Palce Musuem → enbus for Taipei

Pick-up from hotel → Enbus for Nantou → Puli (a cultural & artistic heaven) → Sun Moon Lake → Lake Bus Tour (Wenwu Temple → Itathao Village → Tse-en Pagoda → Holy Monk Shrine)
Hotel：Sun Moon Lake Hotel, Sun Moon Lake (Mountain view) or similar Sun Moon Lake → Lukang historical & cultural town → Entrain or Enbus for Kaohsiung
Hotel：Chateau de Chine Hotel Kaohsiung or similar Pick-up from hotel → Enbus for Maopitou → Oluanpi Light House → Kenting Park → Kaohsiung
Hotel：Chateau de Chine Hotel Kaohsiung or similar Kaohsiung City tour (Cheng Ching Lake → Spring and Autumn Pavilions → Former British Consulate) → Back to Taipei by bus or railway

High-Speed Rail from Taipei to Taichung Wurih Station → Puli Town → lunch at Puli → scenic sites around Sun Moon Lake (Wenwu Temple, Tehua Village, Tse-En Pagoda, Holy Monk Shrine) → Sun Moon Lake
Accommodation：Sun Moon Lake Hotel, Sun Moon Lake (Mountain view) or similar Sun Moon Lake → Tainan City → Chihkan Tower → lunch at Tainan → Koxinga Shrine → Chimei Museum → enbus to Kaohsiung → Liuho Night Market → Love River Night Scenery → Kaohsiung
Accommodation：Howard Plaza Hotel Kaohsiung Kaohsiung → Kenting National Park → lunch at Kenting → along Southern Loop Highway → Taitung
Accommodation：Formosan Naruwan Hotel & Resort Taitung → Transfer to Taitung Station → Entrain for Hualien → Taroko National Park → Marble Gorge → Eternal Spring Shrine → Swallow’s Grottos—Tunnel of Nine Turns → Lunch at Taroko → Marble Factory and exhibition center → Transfer to Hualien Station → Entrain to Taipei → Arrive Taipei around 7:00PM

To be picked up at lobby of hotel in Taipei City, we will drive to Sun Moon Lake which is located in the middle of Taiwan and situated 762 meters above sea level in the lofty mountains of Central Taiwan. Tour will stop at the famous Wenwu Temple, also known as Literature-Warrior Temple, dedicated to Confucius as Master of Pen and to Kuan Ti as Master of Sword, Holy Monk Shrine and Tse En Pagoda. After touring round Sun Moon Lake, check in hotel. Enjoy natural hot spring at the Fleur de Chine Hotel, Sun Moon Lake. You can also enjoy the walking trails, biking, hiking or boating at the lake.
Hotel：Fleur De Chine, Sun Moon Lake – Mountain View (5*) or similar Breakfast at hotel with a pleasant morning leisure at hotel on your own until 10 AM. Check out hotel, passing by the lovely small and old Jiji Railway Station, drive to Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Monastery, the most famous Buddhist sacred place of southern Taiwan. Here you will learn about Buddhism during the monastery walking tour to visit “Buddha Memorial Center” and communicate with some of the monks, nuns during the visit, there will be opportunity to taste Buddhist vegetarian lunch (at your own cost). Continuously, we will drive to Kaohsiung City, which is the second largest city of Taiwan. The tour will take you to Love River and Liouho Night Market. Overnight stay at Kaohsiung.
Hotel：Grand Hi-Lai Hotel, Kaohsiung (5*) or similar Morning tour to Kenting National Park, located at Taiwan’s southern tip and the 37 miles of coral-rimmed shoreline along three sides of the park provide its main attractions. Stops will be made at Oluanpi light house, Maopitou coastal scenic area and Longpan Park. Continuously we will drive to Taitung via Southern Link Highway. Overnight stay at Chihpen. Enjoy natural hot spring at Hotel Royal Chihpen
Hotel：Hotel Royal Chihpen, Taitung (5*) or similar After breakfast, it will be an exciting East Coast Tour. The East Coast National Scenic Area, known as "Taiwan's last unspoiled land", stretches 170 kilometers down the east coast of the island. Weathering, erosion, and accumulation have produced a wide range of landforms here. Our tour will stop at Siaoyeliu, Sansientai, Shihtiping (Stone Steps), marble factory and showroom. Late afternoon, we will proceed to Hualien for overnight stay at Taroko National Park.
Hotel：Silks Place Taroko (5*) or similar After breakfast, we will make a visit to Taroko National Park. Taroko Gorge is an exceptional beautiful, narrow raving created by the Liwu river which has cut deep into the mountains of solid marble. A road carved into sheer walls of rock rewinding its way past forested peaks and cliffs towering thousands of feet above it, while hundreds of feet below a river roars past gigantic marble boulders. Tse Mu Bridge, stops will be made at Swallow Grotto, Changchun Temple and Shakadang Trail. We will then drive back to Taipei with a stop at Cingshui Cliff, drive through Syue-Shan Long Tunnel (12.9 Kms) to arrive at around 6 PM.