Chiayi: Alishan Mountain Discovery Journey from Kaohsiung

The Alishan trip was absolutely fantastic! 🌟👏 The "Sacred Trees" of Alishan are truly awe-inspiring, having stood for thousands of years. These towering "Sacred Trees" stand silently in the primeval forest, some of these giant red cypress trees are over 2,000 years old, earning them the title of "living history textbooks." We felt as if we had stepped into another world, like a fairyland. We're so grateful to our tour guide, Kai Ge. He was kind and patient, possessing extensive professional knowledge about Alishan's culture, history, flora, and fauna. Along the way, he introduced us to attractions, told historical stories, and helped everyone take photos, adding so much enjoyment to the entire trip. Although it rained heavily and was very foggy, Kai Ge drove very steadily, making us feel safe and secure. He looked after everyone like a big brother from next door, and he worked incredibly hard. Thank you, Kai Ge; it's rare to meet such a dedicated and professional guide. Our Taiwan trip concluded perfectly, and everything was worth it! 👍👍👍

We are greatful to our tour guide Mr. Yang😊 he is very enthusiast, gentleman and helpful we are group of 6 with 2 kids and 1 senior and he give us a very comfortable tour and we enjoy much! Alishan is a must visit in taiwan! the weather is a plus factor, the arrangement of the tour is really organize! thank y0u Mr. Yang.

The guide was excellent! We met at the First Bank at 9:00 AM and then drove for 3.5 hours to Alishan, with a few stops along the way. Once we arrived in Alishan, we had lunch and then began exploring this beautiful forest together. The guide knows this vast forest perfectly, with its rich history and numerous trees. Around 3:30 PM, we enjoyed some teas grown in this beautiful forest. We started our return journey around 4:00 PM and arrived back in town around 7:30 PM. I 100% recommend this guide, who is kind, an expert in his field, and we had a lot of fun together. We were a group of four, which made for a great sense of camaraderie. Thank you again, Mr. Guide!

The experience was breathtaking and educational. Alishan Forest is magical. We had lunch included in the tour and fresh fruits. We also get to ride the train. Maggie, our english guide is very kind and very knowledgeable. I will come back here for sure!

This was hands down one of the best tours I've been on! Our tour guide Ken was extremely knowledgeable, funny and spoke great English. We got to explore all of Alishan and took some amazing photos. The tour included tea tasting at one of the local breweries and it was delicious! Would 100% recommend this tour.

Robin our tour guide was very helpful and knowledgeable in sharing with our the rich history of Alishan and interesting story for taiwan. but the 3 hour journey to alishan was tired and once reached the bottom of alishan the next 1 hour up alishan will be very uncomfortable for those have motion sickness as that are alot of turn and bend on the roads.

Meeting time is not too early, gives me ample time to travel from Tainan station to Chiayi station. Mr 伍 was clear with his whatsapp messages on the time and where to meet for pickup, plus his vehicle number. Good itinerary as we stopped by a tea shop for tea sampling and toilet break, then headed up to Fenqihu Old Street for lunch at an unassuming bento lunch stall near the parking lots and some time to walk the small old street and visit the station. After that we made our way up to Alishan forest where we had a guided walk by Mr 伍, who is very knowledgeable and a great guide. He accommodated to the pace of the 3 visitors on this trip. The only area of improvement was that he was rushing to get tickets for the train to Alishan station and didn't inform us to hurry up a bit. Lucky we took his fast moving signal and made it just in time for the train departure, otherwise the next train is 30 min wait. After the walk, Mr Wu brought us to the shop to redeem our sweets for the entrance ticket (bought via Klook as well).

Wonferdul guide Tiffany Liang and very experienced driver Huang. we saved precious time by avoiding jams on main road. Guide helped us customize a little on the itinerary based on group’s need. Thanks to both of them, we are able to do a cooling 11 degc 3hr hike (instead of original 2hr) across a beautiful landscape on Alishan. we saw cherry blossom along the way. had 2 train rides instead of 1.

It takes quite a long time to travel. The route has some zigzag turns that make you slightly motion sick. There is a rest stop to buy food and go to the bathroom. Our time at Alishan is quite short. Hurry because there is very little time. Long journey but beautiful and good weather. The guide was attentive and explained in detail.

One the best day tours, huge thanks to our tour guide, Mr Xu, for being such a great guide! Telling us all sorts of interesting stories. We were very fortunate to have a small group (a total of 6 people) so it felt like a private tour. As we started late, so it was very dark when we came down the mountain and there was a rather bad fog as well. Huge shout out to our driver who was driving through that. Overall a great itinerary and tour.