2012 Taiwan Lantern Festival Tour, 6 Days

Taiwan, a must see place in Asia, famous for it's economic miracle, Chinese antiquities, fine cuisine, hot springs and is also the world's number one destination for celebrating the traditional Chinese ancient festivals including once a year, the Lantern Festival

The 15^th day of the 1^st Lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival and the night of bright Full Moon, during the night tens of thousands of colorful lanterns hang out for appreciation and children go temples to carry the paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns. While the mainland Chinese celebrates as Yuan Xiao Festival, the Taiwanese have stayed true to the ancient rituals and rites of these impressive celebrations.

ADULT: AUD$1,730 p.p* (price inclusive return airfare)

CHILD: AUD$1,410 p.p* (2-11 of age must share room with 2 adults)

Highlights

• Tour starts daily from Taipei and will see you every night at the 2012 Lantern Festival
• Taipei Lantern Festival 2012, including 3 themed lantern areas and is the largest held in Taiwan for sixteen nights
• The colorful night sky on Lantern Festival is also illuminated by the Fireworks display
• The Lantern Festival is not only provide the displays of historical-theme lanterns and riddles, but the variety of splendid folk arts which are deep in heart of the locals
• Tour of National Palace Museum, world’s largest collection of ancient Chinese art
• Visit the impressive Kaohsiung Lantern Festival 2012, held alongside the scenic Love River
• Ride the Taiwan High Speed rail, with a maximum speed of 300km/h

Inclusions:

• 5 nights 4 star hotel accommodation on twin sharing basis
• American Buffet Breakfast
• All entrance fee
• Local ENGLISH speaking tour guide
• Domestic flight from Taipei to Kaohsiung
• High speed bullet train ticket from Kaohsiung to Taipei
• All transfer by air conditioned coach/train
• Tour starts daily from Taipei fr. 06FEB2012
  

Bonus Flights: FREE Return ADD-ON Airfares from Taipei to one of the cities include Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Denpasar, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Phuket, Jakarta, Manila, Rangoon, Saigon, Singapore before or after your Taiwan Tour