With summer vacation just around the corner, the Tourism Bureau’s online platform “Taoyuan Self-Guided Tours” will launch four major summer themes and nine new tour routes starting in June. These include the Guanyin Lotus Festival, Land Art Festival, and North Cross-Tribal Experiences, combining the season’s most exciting local festivals and nearby attractions to create the best family travel experiences. For as low as NT$830, you can enjoy food, fun, and activities — online registration is now open 24/7.
The first highlights include the Guanyin Lotus Gardens, known as the “South’s White River and North’s Guanyin,” which, in conjunction with the Lotus Festival, offer two limited 1-day tours. The NT$880 “Happy Lotus Pond Tour” takes you to Yangguang Farm and the Lin Family Ancestral Home to pick flowers, shell lotus seeds, and enjoy an interactive performance with the internationally renowned “Old-Time Puppet Show” face-changing act. The NT$830 “Mysterious Algal Reef Exploration” takes you to the Lotus Pond to experience floating on a giant king lotus and visit the precious thousand-year-old living fossil algal reef formations. Both tours let you admire lotus flowers swaying in the sea breeze and savor lotus-flavored meals.
The nine tour routes are now open for online registration. The two Guanyin Lotus routes offer free shuttle services for travelers from the Greater Taipei area and Taoyuan, along with a complimentary exclusive-designed travel storage bag from Taoyuan Self-Guided Tours. Welcome to sign up via Taoyuan Self-Guided Tours (https://www.tripbaa.com/theme/taoyuan-travel/).