Pingtung’s cacao industry has grown from an agricultural experiment into a thriving world of award-winning chocolate makers and farm-based tourism. Visitors can now trace the journey from cacao pod to chocolate bar through tastings, workshops, and plantation tours.
View the plants and creatures of the deep on an undersea adventure at one of Taiwan’s many splendid diving spots. An island nation surrounded by the bounty of the Pacific Ocean, Taiwan doesn’t merit a mention in the world’s top 100 diving lists. This omission comes despite Taiwan’s considerable natural advantages, diverse array of fish…
The central government has given Kenting’s only airport one final chance to prove its viability. The best beaches on the island of Taiwan are in Kenting National Park, an isolated nook of the Hengchun Peninsula near the country’s southernmost point. To get there from Taipei requires a two-hour journey on the high-speed rail to Kaohsiung,…
Taiwan’s southernmost county is famous for its beaches and deserves more attention as the country’s “fruit basket.” Residents of northern Taiwan are undoubtedly most familiar with the island’s southernmost county of Pingtung as a sunny vacationland whose Hengchun Peninsula is home to the sprawling (333 square-kilometer) Kenting National Park. The adjacent beach resort of Kenting…
