Guided tour

Thousand Island Lake and Pinglin Tea Plantation from Taipei

4.5 / 5

78 reviews

Activity provider: Edison Tours
Guided tour

Thousand Island Lake and Pinglin Tea Plantation from Taipei

Activity provider: Edison Tours

From US$ 51.11 per person

Discover the natural wonders just outside Taipei on a full-day tour of the beautiful Shiding Thousand Island Lake and taste the local "pouchong" tea at the Pinglin Tea Plantation.

About this activity

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Duration 4 - 5 hours
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Live tour guide
English, Chinese, Japanese
Pickup optional
Pickup and drop-off service is only available at a hotel or metro station in downtown Taipei City. Please wait in the hotel lobby 5 minutes before your scheduled pickup time. If the hotel lobby is located on the upper floor, please meet your tour guide on the ground floor.
Private or small groups available

Experience

Highlights
  • Escape the city for the tranquil Shiding Thousand Island Lake
  • Explore the tea culture of Taiwan at the Pinglin Tea Plantation
  • Taste the local tea and learn how it is produced
  • Learn about the development of Taiwanese tea at Pinglin Tea Museum
  • Guaranteed departure with a minimum of 1 participant
Full description
Meet your tour guide and driver, relax and enjoy a scenic drive along the twisty mountain road, we will take you to Shiding, a rural district of New Taipei City. Located in the south of Shiding District, Thousand Island Lake, also known as Qiandao Lake in Chinese literally means a lake with thousands of islands. Shared the same name with the famous attraction in Zhejiang Province of Mainland China, the catchment area of Feitsui Reservoir surrounded by hills creates a similar scenery. The natural terrain and climate make the surrounding area of Feitsui Reservoir ideal farmland for tea-growing, including the well-known Wenshan Pouchong and Dong Fang Mei Ren (literally means “Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea”). The noted tea plantation Bagua Tea Garden is located in this area too, from the top of the hill, the neatly planted rows of tea look just like the symbols of Eight Trigrams. Continue your half-day tour through a 15-min drive to Pinglin District, where the famous Wenshan Pouchong is cultivated. The first stop is Pinglin Tea Museum, a Hokkien-style Siheyuan (quadrangle courtyard house), where you will see the tools and equipment for tea harvesting in the past, and learn about the history and development of the Taiwanese tea industry. Coming up is a local tea shop. Your guide and the tea instructor will give an introduction to Taiwanese tea, and how to properly brew Taiwanese tea during your visit. Here you also have a chance to taste the tea samples. Your tour ends with a return transfer to your chosen drop-off location. Either at Xinyi Shopping District (Taipei 101) or MRT Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station.
Includes
  • Professional licensed tour guide
  • Local transfer by air-conditioned vehicle
  • Local tea tasting
  • Local general liabilities insurance
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Not suitable for
  • Wheelchair users
  • People with mobility impairments

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Date

Meeting point

Please meet your tour guide at MRT Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station (BL14 /O07) at Exit 2. Please take the escalator to the ground floor, your tour guide will be waiting for you near the exit.

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Important information

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes

Not allowed

  • Oversize luggage
  • Luggage or large bags
  • Unaccompanied minors

Know before you go

  • Tour commentary will be provided in Mandarin, English, and Japanese.
  • Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
  • The sequence and time of stay at tour stops may be adjusted according to the traffic/weather condition.
  • This tour is not accessible to wheelchair users and people with physical disabilities.
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.5 /5

based on 78 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.4/5
  • Transportation
    4.5/5
  • Value for money
    4.2/5
  • Safety
    4.7/5

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This tour was one of the best I did . I came back not only with the excellent tea I purchased and that you can't find elsewhere, but also with an extented knowledge of taiwain finest tea . The guide , Jackie, was full of good anecdotes, and very funny . I recommend !

March 17, 2023

What a wonderful experience! It helped that the weather was flawless, but my guide was excellent and took me to places that I would never have found on my own. She was also a fount of information both about things on the tour and general questions I had. Overall, a great time.

February 18, 2023

This is an amazing choice of a tour!. Gorgeous place, lush greenery and that too at a such distance from busy Taipei. The traditional tea tasting experience was a major cultural experience and glad to have had this. Highly recommended tour! Jackie the guide has a great sense of humour too.

December 31, 2019

Product ID: 95403