Northern Coast Half-Day Tour including Yehliu Park from Taipei

Taipei, Taiwan

A geologists dream tour, explore the harbor city of Keelung on this four-hour tour from Taipei. A 40-minute drive northeast of Taipei, Keelung is one of Taiwan's international seaports. Travel to the Northern Coast of Taiwan to the fascinating natural rock formations of Yehliu Park, where you will discover the infamous rock formations of the Queen's Head and Fairy's Shoe, a fascinating place for a day trip.

You'll be picked up from your Taipei city hotel at 8:00am and travel to the northern coast through rich farming land to the growing industrial area and harbor of Keelung.

Continue along the northern coast to Yehliu Park, the highlight of this tour. Yehliu Park is known for it's spectacular rock formations, sculptured throughout the ages by wind and sea erosion leaving fascinating pillars including the famous Queen's Head.

Tour Highlights:

• Keelung City
• Keelung Harbour
• Yehliu Natural Park - Queen's Head

USD $33.48

Review by: Julius H	January 2012
Recommended this tour as we may see Keelung city from top of hill while admiring the beautiful Buddhist temple, and we can enjoy the beautiful north coastline of Taiwan. The visit to Yehliu Park was also fantastic as the tour guide is professional and friendly to show us the important sites, including the famous Queen's Head and helped us to take memorable pictures with the Queen's Head as the background. The last stop to souvenir shop was also great since we may buy various kinds of Taiwanese snacks as gifts. Unfortunately, the weather during the tour was rainy. I suggest the tour to prepare disposible raincoat for us to cover from the rain.

Review by: Wansls	December 2011
I would have enjoyed this more if it wasn't so crowded with rude noisy visitors who openly smoked and crossed warning lines to take photos. The sea and the lovely structures were obscured by the stream of visitors and I just wished for the visit to end.

Review by: Sabrina F	December 2011
We enjoyed the tour despite the very wet and cold weather. The park had many people but we still managed to see most of the sights. The coastal drive was lovely. The guide could speak fairly good English.

Review by: David H	November 2011
Not one of the best trips although the Northern Coast is definitely worth seeing if the weather plays along. It was raining heavily and the driver didn't seem to be particularly well informed about anything or particularly interested in telling us anything. He dropped us at Keelung and disappeared leaving us to make what we could of the view point (in the rain) and came back 10-15 minutes later than the agreed time. The rest of the tour was about the same but the time at the Geopark seems rather short given the time needed to get through the crowds and actually look at the stone formations. To end the day, the bus finally broke down at the tourist shop at the end of the tour. But the tour guide did organise taxis for us all to get us back to the hotels. To give him his due, on a later trip with the same driver, he was much better so maybe he was just having a bad day (like the weather).

Review by: Liliana H	October 2011
nice view

Review by: Wayne Y	October 2011
The trip was god in general. There was line up to take pictures with the Queen's head (which was optional). You can take its picture (without you physically being next to it) from a distance and not having to wait in line.

Review by: Katie C	October 2011
Good guide, great fellow tour family and wonderful sights. A great tour.

Review by: Monica M	September 2011
Good amount of time spent at Yehliu; not too rushed.

Review by: khenghock t	February 2011
good but a bit rush.

Review by: Erik T	January 2011
First part of the tour is unimpressive with a rundown temple and a view of the harbour but there was very nice scenery for the second part of the tour.weather. Good and personalised service from Edison Travel. They communicate well and pick you on time. Recommended

Review by: Kenneth B	December 2010
Altghough the weather was cold, enjoyed this tour to the coast and all the different rock formations. Would recommend it if your expections are not high.

Review by: Dr. Tilo B	December 2010
Nice trip to get an impression of the northern part of Taipei.

Review by: Antonio A	December 2010
Good tour

Review by: Margaret D	December 2010
Very interesting and the tour guide, Frank, was very informative.

Review by: Ross P	October 2010
Worth the money a great experience - a must do

Review by: Darin G	October 2010
This was our last tour of the trip, so maybe because of our previous excellent experiences, we expected more. The visit to Keelung was almost a waste of time. The view of the town from the top of the mountain was okay, and the large Buddah statue was interesting, but there was nothing to get excited about. I would suggest another stop. The visit to Yehliu Park is what this tour is all about. The rock formations are incredible. However, it seems like all of Taiwan is there too. Very crowded. Suggest a hike up the small hill in the park and get a bird's eye view. Less crowded when you get away from the main attractions. On our way back to the hotel we saw some hang gliders. Would be great to offer hang-gliding as a tour package. Outside of the Keelung visit and the crowds, this was a great tour.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2010
Is worth the drive....the rocks formation is out of this world. Is like you are in an alien planet or the moon.

Review by: Andrey R	June 2010
Very interesting tour.

Review by: Anonymous, Switzerland	April 2010
Good tour

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	February 2010
We had a wonderful visit to the Yehliu Park and Keelung. The weather was great and we had a great guide. No one else was on the tour with us, so we enjoyed the "private" attention.

Review by: Martin C, Canada	February 2010
The tour operator was very helpful and great to deal with. Unfortunately you can't get to the real Queen's Head at the moment, which is a bit of a disappointment as it is billed as a tour highlight. You can only get to a replica. Clients should be advised of this in advance. The guide was fairly knowledgeable, but the trip was rushed - he seemed to be interested in having time to take us to a tea tasting where they sold tea and a craft store both back in Taipei - these were not advertised as part of the tour. Commission opportunities. The only stop in Keelung was a view over the harbour from a hill - we did not stop at the harbour itself, yet the tour says "Explore the harbor city of Keelung." I wouldn't recommend this particular tour.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	January 2010
It was nice. There was some construction at the park, but it was good to see. It went a little fast. I would have liked some more time at the park.

Review by: Anonymous, France	January 2010
I enjoyed the scenery of the coast and the Yehliu park. The stop at Keelung was a good choice, too. The problem was that our tour guide didn't speak English very well. His comments and explanations were pretty poor although he tried to be helpfull.

Review by: SungJin P, South Korea	December 2009
Very interesting geological park. But you have to attend a suveniour shop after trip.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	November 2009
The spectacular rock formations are well worth a visit. After an introduction, our guide let us explore by ourselves, which I liked a lot. The tour service is really good - it has good itineraries, informative guides, small-group tours, is very reliable, and the guides foster a friendly atmosphere among the group.

Review by: Regina A, United States of America	March 2009
Nice places.

Review by: REGINA A	March 2009
Nice places.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	August 2008
The rock formations were very interesting.

Review by: Diane C, United States of America	April 2008
Really enjoyed the geological park and the drive along the coast. Trip well worth the price.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	November 2007
This tour is swarming with tourists, like the Japanese, Chinese, etc., who ignore your presence and walk in front of you continuously, so that to get a photo without them in it can take half an hour minimum!

Review by: Ruud G, Netherlands	October 2007
The guide was a bit rushed and I didn't like the tourist commission shop at the end.

Review by: Adam P, United States of America	September 2007
We liked the temple visit and the Yehliu Park. If you could add one more sightseeing stop in Keelung, that would be better.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2007
Beautiful scenery along the North Coast of Taiwan. It is so different from Taipei, and yet so close.

Review by: Harriet S, United States of America	April 2007
I enjoyed the outing to the Northern Coast to see the rock sculptures. The only thing I did not enjoy was stopping at the same gift shop we'd been taken to before. We would have enjoyed being taken somewhere to get lunch or refreshments which would be a pleasant addition to the tour day. In general, the tour guides are rushing to make their afternoon tours on time.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	March 2007
Another good tour.