High Mountain Hikes
Taiwan is one of Asia’s best high mountain hiking destinations, with more than 300 peaks over 3,000m. Join our English-speaking guides for guided high mountain hikes to Yushan, Snow Mountain, Nenggao, Jiaming Lake, the Holy Ridge, and other classic Taiwan mountain routes. We can help with permits, transport, accommodation, meals, and safe route planning.
Overnight Hikes and Trips
Escape the city and experience Taiwan’s forests, lakes, valleys, hot springs, and mountain villages on an overnight or multi-day hiking trip. We offer private Taiwan hiking trips using campsites, mountain cabins, lodges, and hotels, depending on the route and your group’s comfort level.
Taipei Day Hikes
Taipei is one of Asia’s best cities for day hiking. Within one or two hours of the city, you can reach waterfalls, ridgelines, coastal cliffs, hot springs, forests, and volcanic landscapes. Our private Taipei day hikes are ideal for visitors, families, schools, and corporate groups.
Adventure for Schools
Taiwan Adventures creates safe, educational outdoor trips for schools and youth groups in Taiwan. Our native English-speaking leaders design hiking, camping, navigation, teamwork, environmental education, and outdoor learning experiences for students of different ages and ability levels.
Why Choose Taiwan Adventures?
Native English-Speaking Guides
Our guides are native English speakers from the UK and US. We also speak Mandarin, allowing us to manage local logistics, permits, transport, accommodation, and mountain communication smoothly.
Custom Private Trips
Our private hikes are planned around your group’s dates, fitness, interests, and experience level. The person helping you plan your trip is often one of the leaders who will guide you in the mountains.
Deep Taiwan Mountain Experience
Together, our team has more than 40 years of hiking, traveling, and guiding experience in Taiwan. We understand the terrain, weather, culture, trail systems, and permit requirements.
Flexible, Client-Focused Guiding
We create relaxed, enjoyable trips with room for questions, photos, cultural discussion, and individual pace where safe and appropriate.
Good Food and Dietary Flexibility
We serve a mix of Western and Asian food designed for energy, nutrition, and morale. We can also help with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and other dietary requirements.
Safety-Focused Leadership
Our leaders are Wilderness First Responder certified and carry first aid kits on mountain trips.
A Guide to the Mountains of Taiwan
Taiwan’s mountains are incredibly diverse. In a single trip, hikers can experience subtropical forests, waterfalls, hot springs, high ridgelines, alpine cabins, and snow-covered peaks in winter. Taiwan has more than 300 mountains over 3,000m, many with well-maintained trails, mountain cabins, and excellent access from Taipei, Taichung, Hualien, and other major cities.
Yushan, also known as Jade Mountain, is Taiwan’s highest mountain at 3,952m. It is one of the country’s most famous hikes and a classic goal for visitors who want to climb Taiwan’s highest peak.
Snow Mountain, Taiwan’s second-highest mountain, is one of the best alternatives to Yushan. It offers dramatic views, varied terrain, and a beautiful high mountain experience.
Around Taipei, there are excellent single day hikes including Huangdidian, Wuliaojian, Yangmingshan, Sandiaoling Waterfall hike, Pingxi, and coastal trails near Jiufen and Teapot Mountain.
Taroko Gorge is one of Taiwan’s most spectacular natural areas, with marble cliffs, deep valleys, forest trails, rivers, and Indigenous culture.
