From skyline to tea hills, from night-market bites to handpicked oolong.
This 6-day group journey is designed for travelers who want to experience Taiwan through its most delicious and soulful lenses: extraordinary food, vibrant city culture, and the living story of Taiwanese oolong.
In Taipei, you will taste your way through classic local specialties while visiting the city’s most most prized sights. Then the journey slows and softens in the countryside of Taitung, where guests meet the tea-farming families behind Third Culture's famous Honey Bug Bite Oolong teas, walk the land, learn the process, and experience the rural beauty that shapes each cup. Optional in Taipei: a private fortune-reading at a temple where Wenter grew up - for those who seek a little destiny with their tea.
Accommodations in Taipei and Taitung
Experience famous Taiwanese breakfast culture - bites you can only find in Taiwan.
Includes a curated selection of lunch and dinners. The founder's favorite bites and meals. And all oolong and tea tastings
Includes one roundtrip domestic airfare from Taipei to Taiting - a quick 50 minute flight, flying over dramatic landscape.
Includes oolong tea learning experiences and workshops, with local tea experts and professionals.
Go behind the scenes at a small, tucked away award-winning family-run farm specializing in oolong teas and see what a small self-sufficient operations looks like.
Includes entries to the all parks, tea museums, and sites that require admission.
Includes all car transportation and train tickets to and from all tours, classes, and activities.
Does not include any airfare to/out of Taiwan.
Does not include travel insurance. We recommend obtaining your own travel insurance for this trip and your stay. if you wish to be covered for any reason.
Does not include any travel amenities, please bring your own toiletries and personal care items.
Does not include airport transfers to Hotel Meeting Point from Taoyuan International Airport or any other airport. Taxis are recommended!
You will be responsible for getting to the Hotel on arrival day and to your next destination on departure day from Songshan Airport
You will be responsible for your own hotel room security deposit upon checking into the hotel.
Meals do not include purchases of any alcoholic or specialty beverages.
Additional tips for instructors, drivers, guides, and hotel staff, if you wish to tip.
Laundry services at the hotel, room service, additional hotel services, personal shopping, souvenirs,.
Arrive in Taipei and settle in before stepping into the city’s rhythm. Visit historic landmarks, sip your first tea, and end the night wandering a lively night market filled with irresistible local bites.
Your first taste of Taiwan starts here.
Dive into Taiwan’s tea culture with a guided oolong experience, then explore charming mountain streets and coastal beauty. release sky lanterns, visit one of Taiwan's most iconic mountaintop sites. Then feast your way through one of Taipei’s most iconic night markets.
Tea, tradition, and a little magic in the air.
Ride above lush hills into Taipei’s tea mountains, where you’ll enjoy a serene tea house experience. In the evening, explore the city at your pace or opt into a private fortune reading at a Temple Wenter spent his childhood in. Limited spots available for this private chart reading.
Grounded in tea, with a touch of the unknown.
Leave the city behind and travel to Taiwan’s scenic east coast. Arrive in Taitung and settle into the slower rhythm of countryside life, surrounded by fresh air, open landscapes, and tea-covered hills.
A shift in pace, a breath of something deeper.
Journey to the lush Luye Valley and visit a family-run tea farm with award winning oolong teas. Experience the full journey of oolong, from leaf to cup. Walk the fields, learn traditional processing methods, and taste tea at its freshest. End the day with a special hosted dinner under the open sky.
This is where your tea truly comes to life.
Enjoy a final morning of tea + breakfast and reflection before heading back to Taipei with full hearts, full bellies, and a deeper connection to Taiwan. Drop off at Taitung Airport for your journey back to Songshan International Airport where our journey ends.
