Taiwan — Trip Schedule

Taoyuan → Taipei

• 9:00 AMLand Taoyuan (T1). Immigration (TWAC), then eSIM data on / SIM + EasyCard + cash in arrivals
• 10:30 AMAirport MRT (Express) → Taipei Main → check in Via Hotel (5 min walk)
• AfternoonRest / gear check. Easy stroll: 228 Park + Ximending
• 6:00 PMRaohe Night Market — first dinner (pepper buns)

⚑ Red-eye arrival — keep the day light.

Longshan · Dadaocheng (self-guided)

• 5:30 AMOptional dawn: Botanical Garden lotus / CKS plaza / riverside ride
• 9:15 AMLongshan Temple (Blue → Longshan, Exit 1) + Bopiliao
• 12:30 PMXimending lunch
• 1:00 PMHSR Taipei ↔ Hsinchu — bullet-train ride (kiosk ticket; EasyCard won't work)
• 3:00 PMDihua Street / Dadaocheng — golden hour at the wharf
• 6:30 PMDinner — Ximending / Ningxia night market

Meeting + Civic Walk (charter moved)

• 5:45 AMJog — Liberty Square / CKS plaza (sunrise 5:18)
• 10:30 AMMEETING — 1 hr, hotel wifi. Back by 10:15
• 12:50 PMPresidential Office — EXTERIOR only (10-min walk, free)
• 1:40 PMCKS Memorial — guard change 2:00 PM (via 228 Park)
• 3:30 PMBotanical Garden — LOTUS season (10-min walk) → 5:20 Yongkang dinner
• 5:50 PMYongkang dinner (Dongmen Exit 5) → Liberty Square floodlit 6:50–7:20

⚑ Closed Mondays: NT Museum, 228 Museum, Bopiliao, Red House, Palace Museum, Maokong, Treasure Hill. Home by 7:45 — Yangmingshan tomorrow.

Xiaoyoukeng + 108 Loop

• Uber upPin 小油坑遊客服務站 (Xiaoyoukeng Visitor Center) — ~45 min. One-way only
• 45–60 min1. XIAOYOUKENG — fumaroles, sulfur vents. Easy loop, NOT Qixingshan summit
• skip2–3. Zhonghu (skip) · Menghuan Pond (optional, short trail)
• ~60 min4. QINGTIANGANG — grassland, water buffalo. Keep your distance
• ~45 min5. LENGSHUIKENG — milky sulfur pond + FREE footbath (bring small towel)
• ~30 min6–7. Songyuan (skip) · JUANSI WATERFALL — easy walk, good closer
• ~3:40 PM8. Yangmingshan Bus Terminal — LAST 108 LEAVES 5:30, be there by 5:00
• HOME ABus 260 → Taipei Main Station, walk to hotel (~60–70 min)
• HOME BBus 紅5 (Red 5) → Jiantan MRT → Red Line south to Taipei Main
• HOME CBus 230 → Beitou MRT → pink Xinbeitou branch 1 stop. Red Line home (~30 min)
• 5:15 PM(via C) Longnaitang soak NT$150, open till 21:00 — TODAY ONLY, closed Weds

⚑ 108 runs ONE WAY — a skipped stop needs a second full loop. Photograph the timetable at Xiaoyoukeng (headway ~20–30 min, no signal up there). NT$15/hop EasyCard, ~NT$60 total. Drone PERMIT-ONLY. No Uber coverage — the 108 out is the plan, not a fallback.

Charter — Shifen → Jiufen at Dusk

• 8:00 AMPickup Via Hotel — 10 hrs INCLUDES drive home, drop-off 6 PM
• 9:00 AMShifen — WATERFALL at 9:00 gate opening, lantern ~10:15 (station end), lunch
• 12:00 PMGolden WF + YIN-YANG SEA (🚁 top-down over bay mouth) + 13 Levels daylight
• 12:45 PMBitou Cape + Nanya — DRONE window (≤120m, check drone.caa.gov.tw AM) + headland walk
• 3:00 PMJIUFEN — A-Mei teahouse ~3:15, old street as tours thin. Eat here
• 4:50 PM⏰ WHEELS OUT OF JIUFEN — alarm 4:35. 60–70 min drive
• 6:00 PMDrop-off Via Hotel — back up cards. Easy dinner: Yongkang / Ningxia

⚑ JIUFEN LAST. Confirm over LINE tonight: run order · cash total (tolls+parking) · 10 hrs = 8 AM to 6 PM DROP-OFF, drive included. No dusk shot — that's the trade. CWB check before pickup.

Tamsui · Cat Temple · Pasalubong · 象山

• ~8:30 AMREST morning — no run. Natural wake, breakfast, out ~9:00
• 9:00 AMRed → Tamsui, EXIT 1. Riverside walk first (Customs Wharf, Mackay)
• 10:35 AMFort San Domingo (NT$80, cash/EasyCard). Bus R26/857 — NOT 836 weekdays
• 11:30 AMOld Street: a-gei lunch, iron eggs, street photos. LEAVE 12:20
• 1:10 PM🐈 CAT TEMPLE on the way home — off at Minquan W Rd → Orange (LUZHOU) → Sanhe Ex 1. Out 2:15
• 2:45 PMChia Te — Orange → Songjiang Nanjing → Green → Nanjing Sanmin G18 Ex 2 (cards OK)
• 3:20 PMHOME direct (Green → Beimen, no transfer) — DROP CAKES, rest ~1 hr
• 4:30 PMRed → Xiangshan R02 (end of line) Ex 2 — ON a rock by 5:30, sunset 6:45
• 8:00 PMXimending: dinner + 3 Siblings MANGO ice + 萬家福 24h pasalubong + neon
• 10:30 PMFinal pack — power banks INTO carry-on, footage backed up ×2

⚑ FRESH MANGO = CONFISCATED at NAIA (TW allowable list: lychee/orange/longan only). Take DRIED Irwin mango + cakes. Airport fallback: SunnyHills T1 landside opens 07:00.

Fly Home

• 5:50 AMLeave hotel — STREET-LEVEL walk to A1 entrance (pin 機場捷運台北車站)
• 6:10 AMAirport MRT Express → T1 (~36 min, NT$150)
• 6:50 AMT1: TAX REFUND counter FIRST (form + goods) → SunnyHills 7:00 if needed
• 7:20 AMBag drop at counter open — ask for BOTH boarding passes → immigration NOW
• 10:20 AM5J 313 Taipei → Manila (land 1:05 PM, NAIA T3)
• 1:05 PMMNL: immigration → claim bag → re-check to domestic
• 4:15 PM5J 571 Manila → Cebu (land 5:55 PM). Home.

⚑ eTravel ARRIVAL QR needed before this flight (register by Jul 28–30).