Explore Taiwan
For those fond of the great outdoors, Taiwan has developed a network of regional hiking and bicycle trails, which continue to be expanded. Railway tours offer leisurely journeys through the countryside, and include Hsinchu County’s Neiwan Line, which takes tourists to experience Hakka culture and cuisine; the Jiji Line in Nantou County; and the 72-kilometer Alishan mountain railway.
Adventure sports such as surfing, scuba diving, sailboarding, paragliding, and bungee jumping are gaining popularity throughout the island.
Taiwan also has one of the highest concentrations of hot springs in the world. These include one of the world’s three seawater hot springs, the Jhaori Hot Spring on Green Island, and a type of muddy hot spring at Guanzihling of which also only three are known to exist globally.
Taiwan is a modern industrialised megalopolis clinging to the fringes of an ancient culture; a string of teeming cities at the feet of a glorious mountain range. Here you’ll find traditional noodles at the 7-Eleven, and a day of temple rituals followed by waterslide rides.
If you step outside chaotic Taipei you’ll discover why Taiwan is known as Ilha Formosa, the ‘beautiful island’. Mountain peaks puncture a sea of clouds, slick black volcanic rock wraps the coastlines, and waterfalls shroud themselves in mist. Taiwan is a computer-generated Chinese watercolour. Taiwan Tourism