Day trips
Day Trips from Taichung
Day trips from Taichung, picked by real distance from verified coordinates — every guide below passed the same checks as the rest of the site.
Sun Moon Lake 39 km away
attraction Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village: Sun Moon Lake Travel Guide
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village is a hillside theme park on Sun Moon Lake's southern shore combining a cable-car ride, indigenous dance performances, and rides. 4.4★ (32,653 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Year of Steps at Wenwu Temple: Sun Moon Lake Travel Guide
Wenwu Temple sits on a bluff on the north shore of Sun Moon Lake, its red-and-gold gates stacked above a long flight of steps with lake views behind you the whole climb. 4.5★ (3,510 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area: Travel Guide (4.5★)
Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, is best seen by linking the ferry piers at Shuishe, Xuanguang and Ita Thao with the lakeshore bike path and the ropeway. 4.5★ (10,432 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Shuishe Pier: Sun Moon Lake Travel Guide (4.4★)
Shuishe Pier is the main ferry dock in Shuishe Village, Sun Moon Lake, on the lake's west shore. 4.4★ (15,023 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Ci'en Pagoda: Sun Moon Lake Travel Guide (4.6★)
Ci'en Pagoda sits on Sun Moon Lake's southern shore, a nine-story octagonal tower built in 1971 that Chiang Kai-shek commissioned in memory of his mother. 4.6★ (4,137 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Alishan 71 km away
attraction Alishan Museum: Travel Guide (4.3★)
Alishan Museum is a small forestry-and-culture museum inside Alishan National Scenic Area, open daily 8:30am–4:30pm, and it's an easy, uncrowded 30-45 minute stop between the sunrise train and Sacred Tree walk. 4.3★ (560 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Alishan National Forest Recreation Area: Travel Guide (4.6★)
Alishan National Forest Recreation Area, up in Chiayi County's high mountains, is Taiwan's classic alpine escape: cypress and cedar forest trails, a working narrow-gauge railway, and a famous sunrise viewpoint. 4.6★ (42,526 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Fenqihu Old Street: Alishan Travel Guide (4.2★)
Fenqihu Old Street is a former logging-railway town on the Alishan Forest Railway, best known for its lunchbox (bento) culture and a narrow, covered market lane. 4.2★ (31,926 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Chiayi 77 km away
attraction Chiayi Botanical Garden: Travel Guide (4.6★)
Chiayi Botanical Garden sits on the eastern edge of Chiayi City, in East District near Dongchuan Village, and it's open 24 hours every day with no admission gate to worry about. 4.6★ (1,307 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Chiayi Cheng Huang Temple: Travel Guide (4.7★)
Chiayi Cheng Huang Temple, a nationally recognized historic shrine on Wufeng North Road in Chiayi City's East District, is open daily from 7am to 9pm and free to enter. 4.7★ (2,817 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum: Chiayi Travel Guide
The Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum sits in Taibao City, Chiayi County, about a 15-minute drive or free shuttle ride from Chiayi High Speed Rail Station. 4.3★ (41,650 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Chiayi Performing Arts Center: Travel Guide (4.4★)
Chiayi Performing Arts Center sits in Minxiong Township, a short drive north of Chiayi city proper. 4.4★ (3,661 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Alishan Forest Railway Garage Park: Chiayi Travel Guide (4.3★)
This is the historic rail yard beside Chiayi Station (East District), not the mountain resort of Alishan itself — a green, walkable park of retired steam and diesel locomotives, freight cars and old repair sheds. 4.3★ (8,630 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Chiayi Park: Travel Guide (4.4★)
Chiayi Park is a 26.8-hectare green space in Chiayi City's East District, packed with historic shrine ruins, a Confucius temple, a wooden observation tower, ponds and a playground. 4.4★ (15,584 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Hsinchu 83 km away
attraction Leofoo Village Theme Park: Hsinchu Travel Guide (4.6★)
Leofoo Village Theme Park in Guanxi Township, Hsinchu County, is Taiwan's largest theme park, split into six themed zones from Arabia to the Wild West, with an African Safari drive-through as its signature feature. 4.6★ (57,141 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Hsinchu Zoo: Travel Guide (4.1★)
Hsinchu Zoo, inside Hsinchu Park in the East District, is Taiwan's oldest zoo — small enough to see in 90 minutes to 2 hours. 4.1★ (19,765 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Green World Ecological Farm: Hsinchu Travel Guide (4.6★)
Green World Ecological Farm is a large open-air wildlife park and botanical garden in Beipu Township, about 40–50 minutes by car from Hsinchu city. 4.6★ (32,673 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Taroko Gorge 83 km away
attraction Lushui Trail: Taroko Gorge Travel Guide (4.4★)
Lushui Trail is a short cliffside walk in Taroko Gorge, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, following an old Japanese-era police patrol road above the Liwu River. 4.4★ (1,463 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Xiangde Temple: Taroko Gorge Travel Guide (4.5★)
Xiangde Temple sits above Tianxiang village in Taroko Gorge, reached by a steep 15-20 minute climb from the suspension bridge near the Catholic hostel. 4.5★ (1,268 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Taroko National Park: Taroko Gorge Travel Guide (4.6★)
Taroko Gorge, in Taroko National Park on Taiwan's east coast near Hualien, is a marble canyon carved by the Liwu River with trails, temples and swinging bridges. 4.6★ (24,681 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Silks Place Taroko: Taroko Gorge Travel Guide (4.7★)
Silks Place Taroko is the only full-service hotel inside Taroko National Park, sitting at Tianxiang, deep in the gorge along the Central Cross-Island Highway. 4.7★ (9,318 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Hualien 96 km away
attraction Farglory Ocean Park: Hualien Travel Guide (4.4★)
Farglory Ocean Park, in Shoufeng Township just north of Hualien City, is a combined aquarium, animal-show theme park and gondola ride built around a mock 19th-century British pier. 4.4★ (28,086 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Hualien Railway Culture Park: Travel Guide
Hualien Railway Culture Park is a cluster of restored 1932 Japanese-era railway administration buildings and workshop yards in Hualien City, a short walk or cycle from the old downtown near Nan Bin Park.
hidden gem Hualien Cultural and Creative Industries Park: Travel Guide
Hualien Cultural and Creative Industries Park is a cluster of early-1900s Japanese-era winery warehouses turned into red-brick galleries, craft shops and industrial-style cafés in central Hualien City. 4.1★ (12,815 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.