Hey there, i wish to leave hualien at 8am and reach cingjing at 122pm. I am going in mid sept and also considering the same route. Taichung driver recommendation taichung taxi driver. From taizhong take bus to cingjing, then mr cheng fetch me from cingjing to hualian, price is nt.
Is the road dangerous from hualien taroko to cingjing. Hualien to sun moon lake by car hualien message board. Tiffany taxi hualien tours my next destination from cingjing was to hualien and what better way to do this with a personal driver. Hualien taroko national park private car charter klook. If cant find others with a cab to tag along, might head to taipei for a night then take the route down. A direct drive on a taxi from our hotel in taichung to. Hualien to sun moon lake and alishan hualien forum tripadvisor. Hi all, would really appreciate some input on our short road trip plan as i have been having trouble finding answers to some of my questionsconsiderations. This is urgent as i have to start planning for my taiwan trip. Many tour agencies or bus companies would refuse taking passengers to this route. The other driver mr tu for our last day and down jinguashi, we met him on the road. For this route, we booked a cab to travel from cingjing to hualian using the central cross island highway tour chingjing wuling hehuanshan bilyu sacred tree tiansiang swallow grotto trail eternal spring shrine entrance of taroko national park cingshuei cliff hualien train station or any hotel in hualien city.
You will spend the entire day driving from hualien to sun moon lake. Recommend smlcingjinghualien driver english speaking. Apr 11, 2016 as his quotation was the most economical, we engaged his services in our midoctober 2015 trip. Dingtaxi specializes in customize tours, skigolf tours, and 24hr customer support. Taiwan itinerary day 2 taiwan 8d7n taroko hehuanshan. Need advise how to get to cingjing farm and sun moon lake. Looking for driver from cingjing to hualien nantou forum.
Im going to taroko in november, going with my husband and 2 young sons. Day 1 taipei taichung hsr cingjing either private transfershuttlenantou. Yes, the driving distance between hualien city to yilan is 125 km. This is a driver i know who is an experienced driver but i do not know if he would do this route so you may have to find out for yourself. I have travelled to cingjing, nantou, with my family before and hired a personal driver to fetch us up to visit many beautiful scenery, building, nature park and etc. Am planning a trip to taiwan this december with 3a3c. Oct 03, 2018 to get to songshan train station, you can take the mrt or take a cab, but make sure you tell the driver its songshan train station not songshan airport. Mr zheng recommended us the weng zai ji, which he said is a musttry dish in this area. The airline we took was scoot airlines and the flight hours was about 5 hours. Since we were going to cross through the heart of taiwan to get to the seaside town of hualien, we decided to spend a night in the mountains. Im planning to travel from cingjing to hualien on 21 nov 2011, this would include sight seeing on the way to hualien. For this route, we booked a cab to travel from cingjing to hualian using the central cross island highway tour chingjing wuling hehuanshan bilyu sacred tree tiansiang swallow grotto trail eternal spring shrine entrance of taroko. But my taroko driver said better go from taroko straight to cingjing to stay overnight.
Highly recommended, hualian to cingjing vice versa. The only other options from hualien to hehuanshan are to hire a taxi or. Exactly how to get to hehuanshan from anywhere in taiwan. It cost us 5000nt in total for the trip from cingjing to hualien in addition of the driver taking us through taroko gorge and huhuanshan and giving us a sort of like tour. Recommending taroko gorge private driver hualien forum. Most taxi drivers in taiwan only speak mandarin and would quote a rate between ntd 30004000 to taroko gorge. To go from hualien to the west side of taiwan taichung, tainan, kaoshiung, cingjing, you may choose to take the train to taipei and then another train, hsr or bus to your destination. Ive just returned from my trip in taiwan in aprilmay, and i would like to recommend my guide in hualien, mr jiang guo zhen, who drives a 7 yearold nissan cefiro 3. The cab driver i hired from cing jing to taroko gorge is.
I wasted money and worse, i missed my train because the driver drove me to songshan airport. I would also like to know whether or not he speaks english. Discover taiwans incredible natural scenery on a journey across the seaside, mountains, and valleys, all from the comfort of your own private chartered car. The cab driver that i hired was mrs gu who charged us twd5000 for the journey between cing jing to hua lien and to the places that you read above. Thinking how to get from cingjing area to green islandhualien for one. With more than 10,000 customers and almost all giving us 5 stars rating, we provide the best private tours in taiwan. If using a 4 seaters taxi, only 3 person is allowed because of luggage constraint.
Will not just tell you about taroko but can learn a lot about taiwan history from him. Day 2 in cingjing cingjing offers a respite from the busy city life with its fresh air, verdant landscapes and cool breeze all year round. Read about the safety issues regarding the journey from hualien to cingjing. Private car tour from taichung to cingjing we engaged the tour services of roundtaiwanround in july 2012 for twd 5,000. Hualien cj,hlwuling are considered high risk routes as these roads are prone to rock slides. For hualien, can try this uncle 0937976707, 038579149. Aug 29, 20 as for the hualien driver, its the same thing. From hualien, we can take zi qiang hao tra back to taipei. Majority of the tourist who plans a trip to hualien have one common place in mind that they would like to visit and that is the. We just got back from a trip to hualien and a tour of taroko gorge our driver was jason huang.
Cingjing taichung hualien yilan jiufen taiwan forum. Good drivers to consider in taiwan hualien and taipei. I had found out about his services from the tripadvisor forum. You are in a hurry until a taxi driver approaches you and offered a taxi ride. For our last stop on the second day, we requested to be dropped. After taroko trip, i plan to go back to taipei then take train to taichung to go to cingjing and sun moon lake the second day. Reliable driver and even recommended some lunch place which is not too expensive.
A direct drive on a taxi from our hotel in taichung to cingjing would take roughly 1. Recommendation of taxi drivers for hualien and yilan. From puli, there are 12 services a day travelling to cingjing between 6 a. Any recommendation for cab driver to tai ping shan for 2 pax on 8th mar 2015. He is very patient with my queries and he stays in hualien so he is the best person to bring you around hualien n cingjing. Arrange a cab driver to fetch you at cingjing for the 45 hours car drive to hualien city en route taroko gorge. I just wanted to give a shout out to our taiwan driver frank xie which our family chartered his private car service for 9 days in taiwan covering taipei, taichung, sml, cing jing, hualien and yilan. Advice on cingjing, alishan, hehuanshan and sml taiwan. I m planning to go to hualien and from hualien to cingjing by cab. This is a follow up of my earlier post on engaging cab drivers in taiwan.
We visited taiwan from 30 october 6 november 2012 for 8 days 7 nights. How much is the taxi fare 2passengers just to drop us at sun moon lake from hualien. As his quotation was the most economical, we engaged his services in our midoctober 2015 trip. Discover hualien s famous taroko gorge in comfort and privacy with a chauffeured full or half day car charter. Hualien travel blog with budget, itinerary, hualien budget hotels and hualien top places to see. This is considered an expensive vegetable up in the highlands but he said this restaurant sells it. Various friends and i were quoted twd 2,000 for a direct cab ride to cingjing farm. Negotiate with the cab driver an agreed price before boarding cab. In your opinion, is it better to adopt the following itinerary instead of straight from hualien to cingjing.
Knowing we didnt have breakfast, he brought us to a breakfast place. To get to songshan train station, you can take the mrt or take a cab, but make sure you tell the driver its songshan train station. We just got back from a trip to hualien and a tour of taroko gorge. Jun 26, 2016 according to, a cab ride from taichung city to cingjing costs around twd 1,246 to twd 1,479 depending on traffic conditions. Another place that is recommended by my cab driver which is popular with singaporeans is the the cab driver that i hired was mrs gu who charged us twd5000 for the journey between cing jing to hua lien and to the places that you read above. For this route, we booked a cab to travel from cingjing to hualian using the central cross island highway tour chingjing wuling hehuanshan bilyu sacred tree tiansiang swallow grotto trail eternal spring shrine entrance of taroko national park cingshuei cliff hualien train station or any hotel in hualien. I for 5 days and was able to go to many places with ease. You may also choose to travel by car from hualien to cingjing or taichung via central crossisland highway, passing by taroko gorge and hehuanshan. Sep 20, 2019 since we were going to cross through the heart of taiwan to get to the seaside town of hualien, we decided to spend a night in the mountains. I booked a cab from cingjing to hualien for 4500nt, including tour of taroko and other locations departed cingjing in the morning and complete my tour and arrive hualien minsu in the evening report inappropriate content. Oct 08, 2017 to go from hualien to the west side of taiwan taichung, tainan, kaoshiung, cingjing, you may choose to take the train to taipei and then another train, hsr or bus to your destination. To all who intends to engage a driver for your taiwan trip, i would like to share the experience i had with the driver ive engaged.
Just asked the driver of the taxi we took from the airport, he was down for it. I just returned from a 9 day trip around taiwan including 3 days in hualien. Chiayi, nantou, taipei, hualien and visited a total of 25 places. Taichung driver for the outskirts joogostyle travel. Mr liu manages a fleet of drivers, so he will either drive you personally or assign a driver to you. Places i wentpass by start taoyuan airport xingzhu miaoli taichung cingjing hehuanshan hualien yilan taipei jiufen drop off at ximending drivers vehicle is volkswagon t5 4 year old. Had a marvelous trip with my family many thanks to this driver. Service of driver mr ye mr ye came in his taxi to pick us up around the agreed timing, 9. Hualien taroko park taipei 1night taipei taichung cingjing. I booked a cab from cingjing to hualien for 4500nt, including tour of taroko and other locations departed cingjing in the morning and complete my tour and arrive hualien minsu in the evening. Any drivers to recommend for one day hualien taroko gorge.
Transportation to taroko national park hualien forum. With a choice of customizable half day itineraries, you will tailor your own route but still utilize tips and insider knowledge from your experienced driver who is more than happy to provide you with suggestions and advise on exploring hualien. Hualien february 7, 2016 9 comments on our third day in taiwan, we visited hualien county which is known for its vast mountain ranges and its beautiful coastline facing the pacific ocean. Can you drop me the email address of the driver and contact number. Hualien cingjing hualien message board tripadvisor. Provides best recommeded airport transfer fleets and driverguides in taipei,taichung, sun moon lake, cingjing farm, alishan, tainan, kaohsiung, kenting, hualien,taidong. Would appreciate if anyone is kind enough to recommended a cab driver. I have a good rec for hualien, real nice guy from wulai but his wife is from hualien and hes offered to drive us if we ever go there he doesnt speak english though. Found a private driver but cost 5000nt, little high for my budget. Though we were on a budget, it was not practical to travel on public transportation. Take a tra train from hualien to taipei main station fare.
Heres a summary of our taiwan itinerary with travel tips and links to detailed post experiences. Discover hualiens famous taroko gorge in comfort and privacy with a chauffeured full or half day car charter. Engaging cab drivers and guides in taiwan the adventures of. Hualien city to yilan 3 ways to travel via train, taxi, and car. Would you mind sharing with me how much is the cab fare from toroko hualien to cingjing and also the cab driver contacts. The fees included the charges for gasoline, parking fee, private driver, drivers meals, and passenger insurance. A direct drive on a taxi from our hotel in taichung to cingjing would take. Note that snow falling in february may interrupt the highway traffic between hualien and cingjing. The homestay manager is a friend of the driver and recommended him, telling him abt the change in date we had. But in tripool, the cingjing farm to puli station itinerary costs only. There are two tour companies that offers this tour and we go our friendly cab driver, mrs gu to help us book the tour with whale world. Im not paid for this post and just doing a testimonial for the great service frank provided to my family, and i also sincerely hope that many. He asked about our plans, then went on to criticize every thing.