Taiwan

Expand your understanding and tap into the knowledge of a docent (local expert) as they lead you round the National Palace Museum. Listen as their expertise brings to life some of the key exhibits among the 700,000 artifacts in one of the finest collections of Chinese antiquities on earth.

Unleash your artistic abilities in the railway town of Shifen, painting your hopes and dreams on a lantern before releasing it into the air, lighting up the sky with beacons of your hopes for the future. Once used as a signalling system sky lanterns now represent a time-held tradition.

Expand your culinary repertoire with the secrets to making the perfect spring onion pancakes ("Dan Bing"). Following a true paddock to plate experience under the tutelage of an expert guide and a local farmer, pull onions from the field and transform them into the delicious classic Chinese snack.

Discover the depths of Taiwan’s natural wonders by immersing yourself it the clear tropical waters of Xiaoliuqiu Island. Don your snorkel and mask to marvel at an underwater world of colourful reefs and be left in awe as you swim with endangered green turtles.

Relax, unwind and let your cares drift away in a private hot spring at a luxury villa. Bathe in the warm, mineral rich therapeutic volcanic waters fed from nearby natural thermal springs and take your leave feeling rejuvenated and refreshed.

With myriad astonishing landscapes and marble canyons the Taroko Gorge in Haulien is a sight to behold. Go beyond the ordinary as you explore off the beaten path. Hike along the course of a deep blue river, explore hidden marvels and cool off in natural pools and beneath beautiful waterfalls.