Alishan National Forest Day Tour de Taichung com Hotel Pickup

Overall great experience. Visited July 2026. The stops include a temple, Fenqihu old street for a traditional bento box (I recommend the original one, with grampa's face on it), Alishan forest with a small train ride and guided walk and then an oolong tea stop. Very windy roads, one member of the 8 in the group did get car sick - so prepare! I loved Alishan forest, even with a bit of rain. But if you want to see the Cherry blossom trees you must come in March.

It was really efficient and fun trip. Our driver/guide Justing is also a great photographer:) if you want to experience the sunrise , you should stay at a hotel in the area.

We signed up for an English speaking tour but the tour guide/driver does not speak a word of English. When we signed up, we got confirmation that we would get picked up at our hotel at 7:30am but the night before, we were told to go to another hotel for pick up w/out a time. We went there at 7:30 and were picked up at 8am. We were sent to another company w/out any clear instructions The tour guide was very nice and tried very hard but we could not communicate. I think for a ride to the mountain is what you would expect from this. I appreciate the trip but do not appreciate the false advertisement from Viator.

This tour was well managed, enjoyable and much to see. Our driver/tour guide, Moose, was very punctual. He gave a lot information on places we were visiting. He was cheerful and always helpful. And he helped us with memorable photos.

It was a really nice tour. We saw a lot in one day! Our guide moose really tried his best to make the trip as exciting as possible for everyone. He had great food suggestions and even though the weather wasnt great we still had a super nice day.

Ben was amazing! Picked us up in a Benz, very clean car, water provided, comfortable neck pillows. His driving was good (and there was A LOT of driving from Taichung to Alishan), and he always had good recommendations along the way. Appreciated that he took several photos for us, and had a few good car playlists too. Enjoyable time, thanks to Ben! Alishan was gorgeous, nice escape from the city heat and worth the drive.

After several miles watching the driver / guide chew the Betta Nut and spit out red stuff into a cup while driving I realized the grim reality of what the day would be. More passengers were going to be picked up. The van was badly dented on the side the interior was dark, dirty and torn. I was expecting a guide that was fluent in English, professional and the vehicle to be in good physical condition. Traveling up curvy mountainous roads in such a small vehicle with so many people driven by that Betta Nut chewing would have been a horrendous experience for me. I had the driver stop the van and I found my way back to the hotel. I expected to get a refund for such a miserable experience. Only thing this tour operator cared about was getting your money. STAY AWAY From this one. I have never had to give such a terrible review in all of my travels.

This trip we requested is to have a professional English translator with a flat price as a package, but it turns out the driver is the tour guide, not provide much information, nor in English. We have to pay 300 NT for park admission, train ticked and shuttle back to the parking lot, which were not described when we booked the trip.

Despite the tour having a good price for the distance travelled, it started with the bus arriving over an hour late for hotel pickup. The tour group was only small - 8 people. The driver was the tour guide, who provided little information of the surroundings, or even the history of where we were going. They basically drove us to the locations and told us to explore ourselves. The driving however was terrible! Speeding along the highways, and up and down the mountains - including speeding on each turn. This made many people onboard feel motion sickness, and the fear that we were either going to crash into another vehicle, or off the edge of the mountain. Also note, this tour doesn't include a ticket into the Alishan National Park, or the train ticket from Alishan Station to the next station, or the bus ride back to Alishan Station. The one kind thing the tour guide did, which I thought was great, was he took photos of the tour group members throughout the adventure, and sent them to us afterwards. Nice to be able to have photos that aren't selfies.

The travel time is more and scenic and u see one temple, market and Forest as per itinerary. Places are beautiful but you get less time at Alishan.