Full-Day Private Northern Taiwan Tour from Taipei with Pickup
Description
Travel to northern Taiwan's most popular tourist attractions, such as Jiufen Old Street, Yehliu Geopark or Yangmingshan National Park with your own private guide.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Yehliu is a cape on Taiwan’s northern coast best known for Yehliu Geopark, where sea erosion has shaped honeycomb and mushroom rocks such as the iconic Queen’s Head and Dragon’s Head. The area is mostly flat but offers little shade, so sun protection is advised during summer.
Feel transported to this former gold-mining mountain town—once built by the Japanese and now a maze of history-rich lanes and alleys. Most of the charming streets are stairways lined with snack stalls and teahouses, and they can get quite crowded. (Tip: If you’d like to experience Jiufen at sunset or dusk, book a departure after 11:00 AM. This will make Jiufen the final stop, giving you time to enjoy the sunset views and evening lights.)
Shifen Waterfall is Taiwan’s most famous cascade, fed by the Keelung River, and measures about 20 meters (66 feet) high and 40 meters (131 feet) wide. Reaching the viewing platform takes about a 30-minute walk, partly shaded and crossing a suspension bridge.
This old street is right next to Shifen Station in the Pingxi area, where an active railway line runs straight through the market. Visitors launch sky lanterns on the tracks, pausing whenever a train rumbles by.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Your personal driver-guide will wait for you with a sign (YOLO Taiwan + your name) at the meeting point.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(868)
We had such a wonderful experience with our tour guide, Nicolas Ying! He was very friendly, accommodating, and knowledgeable throughout the whole tour. He made sure we were comfortable, answered all our questions, and gave us great recommendations along the way. His positive attitude and excellent service made our trip even more enjoyable. Highly recommended, and we would definitely love to have him as our guide again! 😊✨
I would absolutely recommend this tour. Our family thoroughly enjoyed it. Nicholas Ying is a brilliant tour guide. He went out of his way to keep us entertained, took photos for us and offered helpful advice. In particular, he was extremely kind and attentive to my elderly father, who has difficulty walking, and provided him with the utmost support. We are very grateful. The next time we visit Taiwan, we will definitely ask him to be our tour guide again. Thank you very much.
Steven, our guide, was incredible!! He was always making sure that we were comfortable and safe. He gave us a schedule with complete flexibility, specially for lunch. All the sights were amazing! We will definitely come back to Taiwan and we highly recommend Steven as your guide. Thank you!!
Exceptional guide & tour. Jeffrey our guide, who has decades of experience in Taiwan, was amazing & able to add historical content on everything we toured. Would absolutely recommend Jeffrey. Thank you for adding on to our exceptional experience in Taiwan!
Nicolas Ying did an excellent job as driver and tour guide, Explained in details all the places and its history to my son in English, my mom in Taiwanese or Mandarin. Customized our tour toward our preferences. Very efficient in visiting all the famous places and helped with photos and videos. Yeliu geo park was very unique. Shifen water fall was another unique place. Really fun writing wishes and launching them with the sky lantern. Stopped at a nice place for lunch with great views. Had excellent teas at lunch and Nicolas introduced me to his favorite tea shop in Taipei where I picked up several unique and excellent tea to enjoy.
This was one of the highlights of my trip to Taiwan! The itinerary was fantastic and covered some of Northern Taiwan’s most beautiful destinations. We visited Shifen Waterfall, explored the charming streets of Jiufen, and wandered through the incredible rock formations at Yehliu Geopark. Every stop offered amazing scenery and great photo/video opportunities. Lunch was delicious, the transportation was comfortable and well organized, and the entire day ran smoothly from start to finish. A huge thank you to my tour guide, Nicolas Ying, who truly made the experience exceptional. He was friendly, knowledgeable, organized, and had a great sense of humor. He shared interesting history and local insights throughout the day. His enthusiasm and professionalism made the tour even more enjoyable. I would absolutely recommend this tour to anyone visiting Taiwan. It’s an excellent way to see some of the country’s most iconic sights without having to worry about transportation or planning.
We took the Northern Taiwan Tour and it was fantastic to experience nature at its best, each stop different in its own right. Our whole day was made all the more special due to our tour guide, Vincent Hsu. He is a delight to talk to, a treasure trove of information, clearly well read, patient, genuinely hospitable and caring, and humorous to boot. I would highly recommend Yolo Taiwan amd Cincent, you just cannot go wrong!
Jackie was a fantastic guide. He gave us lots of information about the places we visited and knew exactly where the best foto opportunities were. He took lots of fotos that he then sent to me. The geo park was interesting, Shifen was amazing , and even though it started to rain when we arrived in the evening at Jiufen, we still got to see the main shopping area and view. He had arranged a restaurant for us to have dinner. We were there on a Thursday with very few people around and with the rain many stalls were closed or closed earlier than usual. Still, well worth it.
We did a full day tour with Jennifer from viator , who’s been really excellent, thoughtful and made our experience wonderful. We learned alot and thoroughly enjoyed our time. We highly recommend her. Fatima & Yousuf
We were in good hands with Vincent and the off and on rain did not spoil our day. Very interesting sites with commentary and photography assistance. Vincent also provided some insight as to how we might spend our remaining time in Taiwan. We have fun pictures and memories of our most enjoyable day with Vincent.
