This tour will bring you to the Lin An Tai Historical House, a 30-room Ching Dynasty-Era family home on Pinchiang street in north Taipei, offers a rare glimpse at life in China's past. Then, proceed to Pao An Temple, which was built more than 230 years ago, making it one of the island's oldest temples.

Further on drive to Dihua Old Street, which is a hub of history offering a window of Taiwan's colorful and quickly vanishing past. The narrow street has scores of shops selling a variety of traditional Chinese goods. The tour will end at Giwado Center to see the performance of 20-minute Chinese Kungfu Show and experience a 20-minute foot massage.

Highlights

• Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum
• Pao An Temple
• Confucius Temple
• Dihua Old Street
• Chinese Kong Fu Show
• Foot Massage

Wulai, about 10 miles south of Pitan, is the most accessible area from Taipei to view the aboriginal tribesmen who once were the head hunters of Taiwan. See the famous Wulai Waterfall, falling from about 80 meters high and likened to magnificent white silk cloth coming down from the sky.

Drive along scenic mountain road following aborigine and ride in unique push-car to the top of a deep ravine. This is Wulai where aborigine girls will tell you of their lives in graceful song and dance.

Highlights

• Mini-train ride
• Wulai Waterfall
• Aborigine Folk Dance
• Swallow Lake
• Chieftain Statue

Taroko Gorge is one of the seven wonders of Asia that no traveler should miss. After a 30-minute flight from Taipei to Hualien, you will be guided along a twelve-mile stretch of highway built into awesome marble cliffs high above the rushing river.

Your route will take you through many marble tunnels including the Swallows Grotto, the Tunnel of Nine Turns and the marble bridge of Motherly Devotion. After lunch at local restaurant, visit Chi Hsing Beach and Hualien Stone Sculptural Park before returning to Taipei late in the afternoon.