Wow, the 5 Day tour with Daniel exceeded all my expectations! This was my first tour ever so I was a bit apprehensive beforehand I was looking over the reviews and worrying theres no way all the 5 star reviews could be real. But it is! This tour totally lives up to the lofty expectations set by all the reviews.
Review by: SC, April 2018
This tour is very impressive and it covers most of what you want to see around the Taiwan. Our tour guide Alan Chou definitely makes it fun and enjoyable!
Review by: G W D, April 2018
This was a brilliant way to see so much of Taiwan in just five days. Alan Chou was a great guide- very informative and entertaining. He was professional at all times and able to help people and answer questions. He always kept us informed of what was happening. Eason - the driver- was great. He was always smiling and drove us safely on sometimes, very windy roads. The history of Taiwan was fascinating. And the scenery - well, it was simply stunning. We had a good mix of passengers on our trip from families to retired. Some single travellers, some couples and also families if different sizes and nationalities. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip.
Review by: Wei Lee L, March 2018
Itinerary covers major attractions around the country. Excellent hotels, clean bus, good service all round. We have travelled quite a bit and many times on escorted tours. Tour guide Alan Chou was one of the best, helpful and very informative with pre prepared images of all the places we were visiting and hotel facilities so we know what to expect. Highly recommended.
Review by: Marie-Paule G, March 2018
Un circuit intéressant, bien organise, un guide au top,un groupe sympathique, bravo pour ces 5 jours de découverte de Taiwan. Notre guide Lenny est un grand professionnel avec des commentaires sur les sites visites mais aussi sur le pays, sa culture, son économie._br/_ Les hôtels étaient excellents et toujours bien situes.
Review by: Neal, March 2018
I enjoyed the tour and my fellow travelers. The tour guide was personable and the things were saw were interesting. The hotels were very good also.
Review by: Eric K, February 2018
Was fun trip my kids liked it a lot.. But The sun moon lake and Tarokao might just be sufficient.
Review by: Cheryl C, February 2018
I have recommended this tour by Eric to so many people. The hotels were spectacular as were the sights. Eric used every spare moment to share his country through computer programs on music, history, background, and maps on the bus! He told us various specialties of the region and where to purchase them. This is one of the best most well run trips I have ever taken...kudos to Eric, the bus driver,, and the company!
Review by: Teresa L, January 2018
This trip was amazing, both my husband and I truly enjoyed it. The hotels are 5-star ones, the itinerary was very good, covering a lot of places. The tour guide, Alan, was top notch. He was humorous, friendly, and knowledgeable. He made the trip fun. The weather was also very nice for this time of the year in Taiwan. We highly recommend this tour.
Review by: lbpayable, January 2018
We enjoyed our time in Taiwan. Lenny our tour guide was punctual, exciting and made our trip fun. The driver was professional and courteous and kept the bus clean and refreshed every day. It would not have been possible to see the best of Taiwan without this tour. The hotels were pretty good and comfortable after a day of touring as well.
Review by: Cheri, January 2018
This is a good tour and a good way to see Taiwan outside of Taipei letting someone else do the planning and driving. Daniel our guide was friendly and efficient, easily organized the large group tour and got us were we needed to be on time throughout the 5 days. _br/_ The hotels were really good and the breakfast buffets amazing! Toroko Gorge and the hotel there were the highlights for sure, beautiful area and spectacular views. Don't skip the pool and hot tubs on the roof, beautiful!_br/_ There is a lot of driving, basically makes a circle of the whole island country, but worth it.
Review by: Poh Ann Michael T, December 2017
An excellent tour leader - balanced with a mix of English and Mandarin commentaries. The hotels we stayed at were beyond our expectations. Large rooms, comfortable beds. The only regret is we get to stay in for one night. Would love to stay for an additional night. The meals were on our own - which is great. This means we do not have to rush with the other travelers and have control over the choice of food. The scenic spots were post-card photo perfect. There was enough time to take photos and not in a rush to meet the deadline of arriving at the hotel on time. We would highly recommend this tour, especially for non-Mandarin speakers.
Review by: Mark L, December 2017
Days 1 through 4 of our tour merit a rating of 4.5 stars. A van picked us up at our Taipei hotel promptly at 7:30 on the morning of Day 1 and took us to the rendezvous point, where we joined 22 other passengers on a standard-size tour bus by 8:30 for the first leg of the trip. Our guide was unfailingly polite, genial, and solicitous of passengers' comfort and safety. However, his prepared commentary on route was rather repetitive, and his explanations about the sites we visited were superficial we could have learned more from any decent guidebook. Accommodations were excellent: two of the five-star hotels we stayed at included a sauna and hot spring baths. Regrettably, Day 5 was a disaster hence the overall 3-star rating for our tour. Viator's online ad promises that guests will spend the entire day exploring Taroko Gorge, the undisputed highlight of the tour. In fact, we only had one hour to do any exploring, and that occurred late on Day 4 at Swallow Grotto, just before checking into the hotel on our last night. To be fair, this was not entirely the fault of the guide, who attempted to adjust our travel schedule back to Taipei in the face of projected traffic delays caused by road construction. In the end, however, we ended up racing out of the hotel on the morning of Day 5 earlier than usual, stopping just long enough to snap a few photos at Chinmu Bridge, and bypassing the planned stop at the Eternal Spring Shrine, just so we could exit the Gorge before the first two-hour road closure. Paradoxically, we then found ourselves mulling around the shabby town at the entrance to the Gorge for 30 minutes, until it was time for a ridiculous, 45-minute tour of a jade factory, which was nothing more than an unwelcome attempt to get us to purchase its products. The guide should have allowed us to spend those precious 75-minutes of wasted time back at Taroko Gorge, particularly since our bus would later end up idling in traffic for more than an hour at a different construction checkpoint en route back to Taipei. One final indignity awaited my wife and me, when the guide informed us that our hotel in Taipei was located outside of his company's Edison Tours passenger drop-off zone, so we would have to find our own way to the hotel, luggage in tow, either by taxi or the Metro we chose the latter. It was a discouraging end to a tour that had a lot going for it through Day 4.
Review by: Mell O, December 2017
You do get to see the whole island and such amazing sites. The hotels that we stayed at were wonderful. Breakfast buffet during the tour. English speaking guide who took care of us the whole time. We had a great bus driver. Those switchback mountain roads upset my stomach. Our driver safely got us to and from our destination. _br/_ Its a quick overview of the island. You do spend quite a bit of time on the tour bus, which is good because we leave the hotels super early in the morning, so I got to catch up on naps on the bus. They do have WiFi available in the bus.
Review by: Hairuo L, December 2017
The trip is fabulous to feel the Taiwan scenaries in 5 days. The location are carefully chosen to let you taste all the best part of Taiwan. The 5 stared hotels residence in this price is also pleasant experience. The guide Alan Chou is knowledgable, vibrant, helpful and considerate in every detail
Review by: John Rae C, December 2017
Loved this tour, though I wish I hadn't done it alone!
Review by: etan, December 2017
Great tour! Best value for your money. All 5 stars hotels.
Review by: Michal R, December 2017
we were picked up on time, the bus was comfortable . On the first day we drove to Sun moon lake- which was nice and there were nice stops on the way. The hotels along the way were excellent. Breakfast was very good and the options for dinner were also good. the view on the way was nice. after visiting Taroko park the guide was anxious to go back to Taipee and did not stop on the way even though the view was very nice an there were many nice spots to stop for sightseeing._br/_ Our guide was nice but he did not explained too much on the way. From the first day he was concerned about coming back to Taipee.
Review by: Stacy Y, December 2017
This is the second time I've been on this 5-Day Best of Taiwan tour, first was April 2015 with friends, this time I'm a newly wed and brought my wife. I must say I enjoyed my first trip more than this one but my wife did enjoy the tour. There were differences and I guess that's to be expected due to changes made based on customer feedback but I wish we could have taken a boat tour of Sun Moon Lake SML like we did on my first trip, we were told that the tour operator didn't want to take the risk but they included a boat tour of the Ai Love River in Kaohsiung go figure. A boat tour on SML is way better in my opinion. On this trip we made a second stop on the first day going to SML and that took 30 minutes of walk around time away from our time at the lake, I highly recommend that you not make that second stop on the way to the lake. By not making a second stop it would allow time for a boat tour of the lake._br/_ Additionally on day 1, the walk up to Ci'en Pagoda can be hard for some people and a few people didn't make the walk after going a short way it's up hill and long, took my wife and I 20 minutes. Let people know about this and maybe allow them to stay at SML during this portion of the tour, this would allow some folks to take advantage of taking a ride up to the Formosan Aboriginal Cultural Village FACV on the SML Ropeway cable car, at their own cost of course, it's around US30 to visit the FACV including ropeway or around US10 just to ride the ropeway up and back._br/_ Some of our tour mates mentioned that our guide didn't point out POIs and wished he would instead of just waiting for someone to ask a question. This is what I noticed compared to my first trip things like the fish farms, types of fruit being grown, the highway that can be converted into an airstrip by moving the center barriers, the Japanese Headquarters during the war, the japanese suicide submarine launch area, etc._br/_ On place I wish we would have stopped at on day 4 that was mentioned in the tour brochure was Baxian Cave cave of the 8 Immortals, I think we could have stopped there instead of the cliff overlook after leaving Maobitou, that cliff overlook wasn't worth the stop. I understand that timing due to available daylight on day 4 is an issue during the winter months but these are things that might make the tour just that much better._br/_ All in all, this is a great tour if you don't have a lot of time and want to see more of the island. Can't beat the price that includes four 5-star hotels, two of which have hot spring baths right in your room and one with bath salts in a jar on the tub.
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