- Duration
- 8 days / 7 nights
- Price Per Person
- From $10,500
December to February and it is winter on the island nation of Taiwan, with the weather mild, foggy, and relatively dry. Lows are around 13ºC (55ºC) and highs around 19ºC (65ºC), with rainfall around 20 mm per month. As the tropic of Cancer cuts across the island, the north and the south have a slightly different weather pattern, with the south invariably a few degrees warmer. It is a wonderful time to visit the island’s highest mountains as they are usually covered in snow for a large chunk of the winter. The island offers rich cultural and spiritual heritage, amazing food, world-class hot springs and stunning scenery. Chinese New Year is at this time and celebrated with considerable relish, the cities coming alive with dragon dancing, lanterns, and the bangs and whistles of fireworks and firecrackers
December-March
From December to March, visitors to the Maolin National Scenic Area can see migrating purple Euploea butterflies. Millions them make a stop-off here in the south of Taiwan, and thousands of tourists from across the world are drawn in by their beauty.
Location Maolin National Scenic Area, Taiwan
February
Head south during Taiwan’s annual Lantern Festival and you’ll be sure see, hear and smell the Beehive Fireworks. Locals set off thousands of firecrackers at a time, creating a spectacular-but-deafening cacophony of sound and light - resembling the buzz of bees. Celebrations last two to three days around the year's first full moon.
Location Yanshuei, Taiwan
February
As part of Taiwan's nationwide Lantern Festival, the remote northern town of Pingxi provides the setting for one of the most spectacular shows. On the night of the first full moon of the first lunar month, the sky is lit up with tens of thousands of lanterns, all simultaneously released, creating an incredible spectacle.
Location Pingxi, Taiwan
February-March
The Taiwan Lantern Festival is celebrated around the first full moon of the lunar year, and is considered one of the most romantic dates in the festive calendar. Locals and visitors make handheld candles, set off firecrackers and release lanterns into the sky. A can’t-miss favorite is tangyuan (sticky rice dumplings) - the festival food.
Location Countrywide, Taiwan
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