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Taipei to Kaohsiung around the East & West Coasts: 9-Day Plan You Can Actually Do
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The 9-day version for November: every day fits real transit, opening hours and daylight. Prefer more or fewer days? 7-day plan · 8-day plan · 9-day plan · best time to go.
💡 Good to know for this plan
- Cooler conditions often suit the city-and-rail circuit, but every dated train and any weather-related disruption still require a current TRA check.
Before you go · check live details
This is a planning draft. Check these changing details for your dates before booking or travelling.
Some route advice is currently available in English.
- Check current rail status and official weather warnings.
Check TRA operating notices and Central Weather Administration warnings before every move, especially during heavy rain, earthquakes, tropical storms or typhoons. Keep recovery time and use the operator’s current alternative or delay the journey if any leg is suspended.
Check source ↗ - Book each Taiwan Railways leg for your dates
This draft assumes Taiwan Railways trains on all six legs: Taipei–Hualien–Taitung–Kaohsiung–Tainan–Taichung–Taipei. Check the exact station, train and seat availability when booking opens for your dates, including the return to Taipei. Recheck engineering changes and any assistance you need. Tickets are not included; this plan does not replace these trains with Taiwan High Speed Rail.
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Day 1 Taipei → Hualien
- Transit
- 4h59
- Finish
- ~17:45
- Temperature
- 23.3°C–24.7°C 💨
- Rainy days
- ~12
- Daylight
- 10.8h
Day 2 Around Hualien
- Transit
- 0h37
- Finish
- ~14:40
- Temperature
- 23.3°C–24.7°C 💨
- Rainy days
- ~12
- Daylight
- 10.8h
Day 3 Taitung
- Transit
- 3h49
- Finish
- ~17:55
- Temperature
- 18.7°C–22.9°C
- Rainy days
- ~10
- Daylight
- 10.9h
Day 4 Kaohsiung
- Transit
- 4h51
- Finish
- ~17:35
- Temperature
- 24.5°C–26.1°C
- Rainy days
- ~7
- Daylight
- 10.9h
Day 5 Around Kaohsiung
- Transit
- 2h06
- Finish
- ~16:20
- Temperature
- 24.5°C–26.1°C
- Rainy days
- ~7
- Daylight
- 10.9h
Day 6 Tainan
- Transit
- 2h32
- Finish
- ~17:35
- Temperature
- 22.7°C–25.8°C
- Rainy days
- ~7
- Daylight
- 10.9h
Day 7 Around Tainan
- Transit
- 1h52
- Finish
- ~16:10
- Temperature
- 22.7°C–25.8°C
- Rainy days
- ~7
- Daylight
- 10.9h
Day 8 Taichung
- Transit
- 3h53
- Finish
- ~18:00
- Temperature
- 18.1°C–26.5°C
- Rainy days
- ~7
- Daylight
- 10.8h
Day 9 Taichung → Taipei
- Transit
- 4h00
- Finish
- ~18:00
- Temperature
- 18.1°C–26.5°C
- Rainy days
- ~7
- Daylight
- 10.8h
Taroko confirmed open-area visit
Do not add Taroko to the timed plan until the national park confirms the exact road, traffic-release period, trail and recreation area are open for your date. Arrange the complete Hualien return transport and allow for controls, weather, rockfall and cancellation. Most familiar gorge sites remain closed or restricted; this route promises none of them.
details🔍 Check before you book
Every stop is a real, sourced place, but opening hours change, roads close and businesses move. Check anything you're paying for before you book.
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- Wikivoyage — Taipei/Old TaipeiCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — Taipei/ZhongzhengCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — Taipei/East DistrictCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — HualienCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — TaitungCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikipedia — Taitung Story MuseumCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikipedia — Moving CastleCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — KaohsiungCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikipedia — Kaohsiung Confucius TempleCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — TainanCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — Taichung/Central TaichungCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikipedia — Rainbow VillageCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — Taichung/DatunCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)