The 10 Taiwan Shore Excursions Worth Leaving the Ship For

1.Full-Day Private Custom Keelung Shore Excursions

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 123 reviews · from $136Our pick

A practical review of YOLO Taiwan’s private Taipei shore tour from Keelung, with custom sightseeing, port transfers, guide tips, costs, and key stops.

“Vincent our driver explained in detail what our options were and listened carefully to our preferences. We decided on the rural tour and Vincent told us where our first stop would be. On arrival he provided us with sun umbrellas since it was a hot sunny day. He gave us in depth comments on our destination and back at the air conditioned car provided cold wipes. Vincent even exchanged for us local currency for the markets. A most enjoyable and fulfilling day.”

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2.Keelung Shore Excursion: Jiufen & Shifen Sky Lantern Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 75 reviews · from $155

Review of a private Keelung shore trip to Jiufen and Shifen, with waterfalls, street food, sky lanterns, port pickup, and practical tips.

“We just finished our tour with Stanley Wu (Ah Hua), and he was awesome. He gave us a lot of interesting backgrounds of the places we visited. He took many pictures for us and even helped carry our baby stroller. We highly recommend having a tour with Stanley!”

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3.Keelung Shore Excursions: Private 6-Hour Taipei City Adventure!

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 57 reviews · from $149

Review of a private six-hour Taipei shore excursion from Keelung, with Taipei 101, temples, historic streets, flexible stops, and port pickup.

“Excellent tour. Picked us up at the shipyard and took us into explore Taipei. Asked the driver to organise Taiwan 101 building by tickets to go to the top of the tower. All very easy. Asin was amazing as a driver and really showed us around. Beautiful city and definitely worth a look. The only thing I would add is going to see the unusual rock formations which is near the ship port.”

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4.Keelung Shore Excursion Private 8-Hour Taipei Urban Adventure!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 56 reviews · from $189

Review of a private 8-hour Taipei shore excursion from Keelung, with flexible sightseeing, private transport, key sights, costs, and practical tips.

“Picked up at the cruise port and taken into the city and shown around dihua street, Wanhua district, Lungshan temple, Wanhua district, the beautiful and impressive Chiangmai Kai-Shek Memorial Hall and finishing off at the Taipei 101 tower Read more”

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5.Kaohsiung’s Cruiseship Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews

Review of Kaohsiung’s private cruise shore excursion, with Lotus Pond, Chijin Island, Pier-2, pricing, guides, timing, and practical tips.

“We requested an English speaking guide, our guide spoke NO English. Eventually, we were presented with a lovely guide that spoke broken English and tried very hard but it was Chinese New Year and the traffic was horrific. We were unable to find parking at most venues so we drive by and looked from afar. Quite disappointing”

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6.️ Keelung: Shore Excursion 8H Jiufen & Shifen Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 8 hours · from $186

Review of an 8-hour private Keelung shore trip to Jiufen and Shifen, with Old Street, waterfalls, sky lanterns, guides, costs, and practical tips.

“Our guide Paul did a Fantastic job showing us around Taipei. The waterfalls were amazing and we really enjoyed seeing how the locals live. Countryside very green and lush , but if you are planning a Trip in March some warm clothes as we found it very cold.”

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7.From Keelung: Private Taipei City Landmarks Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 8 hours

Review this private Taipei shore excursion from Keelung, including the Palace Museum, temples, Taipei 101, pricing, timing, and practical tips.

“My wife and I took a private tour with Paul, our guide. He is a Taiwan native. It was a terrific experience. He is very knowledgeable about Chinese and Taiwan history, and gave us an excellent tour of multiple sites in Taipei including the Royal Palace Museum. We would unhesitatingly recommend him.”

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8.Keelung: Shore Excursion Private 8H Taipei Urban Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 4 reviews · 8 hours · from $206

Review of an 8-hour private Taipei shore excursion from Keelung, with Taipei 101, temples, markets, port transfers, and flexible sightseeing.

“We Loved our guide, Tony!! He was informative, patient, kind, very intelligent, spoke excellent English and is a great photographer. We highly recommend him. Debra & Mike”

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9.Private Tour Shore Excursion in Kaohsiung City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $199

Review of Kaohsiung’s private shore tour, with Lotus Pond, Pier-2, Formosa Boulevard, Qijin Island, transport, value, and practical tips.

“Excellent tour. Joseph Chien was one of the best tout guides we have had. He took is to dome very cool places and was very knowledgeable about everything.”

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10.️ ️ Keelung Shore Excursion 6-Hour Taipei City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $199

Review of a private Keelung to Taipei tour with Taipei 101, Longshan Temple, Huaxi Street Night Market, and flexible local guides.

“Jennifer was the best tour guide. Her itinerary was perfect, saw so many places, to name a few, Taipei 101 building, and the observation deck was incredible, what a view. She pointed out many historical sites from 89 stories up, was definitely the highlight of the day. Then we visited Longshan Temple, Huaxi Street Night Market and Ximending. Plus many more. Jennifer was very accommodating and flexible with the schedule. My wife and I fell in love with her and we were sad when the tour ended. Hope to return to Taiwan some day and see her again.”

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