Text / Interview and report by Chen Guanxin, MOOK Travel Life Network
Every year between April and May is the peak season for tung blossom viewing across Taiwan. Now, some accommodation providers have launched a "Doggy Paradise" service for guests. With advance booking, your beloved pet can accompany you, staying free of charge in a dedicated cabin at night and joining you in a car during the day. You can take part in a seamless tung blossom tour without driving yourself, allowing even your cherished pet to be part of the family trip as if they were a family member.
The "Doggy Paradise" service offered by accommodation providers allows you to travel with your beloved pet without driving yourself. (Photo / MOOK Travel Life Network, Chen Guanxin)
Accommodation providers in Miaoli have combined the seamless travel experience with the Doggy Paradise service. Guests on the tour can book the dog-friendly accommodation for free. The pet cabin area features eight cabins of various sizes, with staff providing water, feeding, and exercise activities for the dogs, as well as three daily cleanings. This ensures your pet doesn’t have to stay in a strange place or alone at home while you’re traveling. In addition, the provider also offers a special dog-friendly travel bus, allowing owners and their dogs to travel together on the seamless tour. You can visit the April Snow Tung Blossom Trail at Ciji Mountain Tea Garden, as well as famous attractions like the Longteng Broken Bridge and Shengxing Station.
The cabins in the Doggy Paradise vary in size, ensuring even medium and large dogs can enjoy a comfortable stay. (Photo / MOOK Travel Life Network, Chen Guanxin)
Liu Wenhua, General Manager of One Traveler Hotel, stated that this seamless travel package now includes options for bringing pets along. Reservations are generally recommended one week in advance. The tour routes include nostalgia trips, food tours, cultural pilgrimages, family-friendly outings, and fruit-picking experiences, all of which can be customized based on individual needs. For guests who do not bring pets but wish to explore independently by bicycle or scooter, the hotel also provides free bicycle rentals or assistance with renting scooters.
If certain attractions along the route are not pet-friendly, the dogs can still play and relax in the grassy areas and among the flowers in the Doggy Paradise. (Photo / MOOK Travel Life Network, Chen Guanxin)
The tung blossoms in Miaoli are about to enter their peak blooming period. Visitors can take advantage of the holidays to go enjoy the blossoms with their beloved pets. (Photo / MOOK Travel Life Network, Chen Guanxin)
● Extended reading: Limited-edition tung blossom train makes its first run; may appear at random Taiwan Railway stations before June 15
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