Continuing our adventures from Tainan together with Kaohsiung, our terminal leg of our Taiwan opor-garai brought us to Kenting, which is at the southern tip of the island. Before going to Kenting, I receive got long heard most its beaches, pristine bluish sea together with stunning views.
All of them are true.
We stayed for three nights inwards Kenting together with frankly, I don't think whatever i of us would receive got complained if nosotros had stayed on for three to a greater extent than nights. Yes, at that topographic point are many things to exercise inwards Kenting, from the beautiful beaches together with unique stone formations to beast experiences (hello, cute deer!). But higher upwards all of those, nosotros genuinely loved the vibes the seaside metropolis exude.
And a huge chunk of that also had to exercise alongside our fabulous 3-storey minsu.
Its outside may expression similar whatever other normal solid but inside, it was a completely dissimilar world.
Can I but say, out of all our HomeAway opor-garai rental homes nosotros remain inwards - nosotros receive got currently stayed inwards homes inwards half dozen dissimilar cities - this was our fave of the lot. Especially alongside all the cute wall murals, which made the dwelling experience so whimsical together with homey!
The wifey together with Ale were peculiarly enamoured alongside the three bedrooms.
Best of all, there is a washing machine AND a BBQ pit on the 3rd flooring too.
Clean underwear together with roasted Taiwan sausages, life can't acquire improve than this! Woohoo!
In fact, nosotros did receive got a BBQ cookout on i of our nights there. Nothing quite similar having a BBQ inwards the Winter wind!
The minsu also came alongside breakfast every morn - alone grab was nosotros had to brand our way on our ain to the cafe. But at to the lowest degree the nutrient was delish!
So how did nosotros acquire to Kenting from Kaohsiung?
We rented a car.
Yes, the Taiwanese drive on the correct side of the route spell nosotros inwards Singapore, drive on the left side of the road. Prior to this, I receive got NEVER driven on the correct side of the route so I would live lying if I said I wasn't worried.
But I also believe that at that topographic point is a starting fourth dimension time for everything so I decided to but exercise it - together with I was glad I did because it genuinely is so much to a greater extent than convenient to acquire but about inwards Kenting since the metropolis does non receive got a tube system.
If yous exercise non drive, yous tin give the axe receive got a 2-hour autobus ride from Zuoying develop station inwards Kaohsiung. There are also buses together with taxis available inwards Kenting.
And is Kenting a family-friendly identify alongside kid-friendly attractions? You bet it is. Here was what nosotros got upwards to during our three nights there:
National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium
Kenting is dwelling to National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, which is the largest marine life museum inwards Taiwan. We booked our entry though Klook at a discounted rate, together with enjoyed fuss-free entry to the attraction.
It has three principal exhibitions: Coral Kingdom which showcases dissimilar coral reef habitats, from shallow waters to deep oceans, Waters of Taiwan which features aquatic animals native to Taiwan, from waters equally modest equally rivers to equally vast equally the opened upwards sea together with Waters of the World which covers ancient aquatic animals equally good equally sea formation.
Exhibits are educational together with exploratory, including a massive kelp forest, shark tunnel together with beluga whales.
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Here's a tip if yous are visiting alongside immature kids - convey along swimming attires because there're ii large wading pools (like the i Ale is standing inwards the starting fourth dimension photo) where kids are gratuitous to indulge inwards H2O play. Or if yous prefer to continue dry, at that topographic point is a huge marine-themed playground within the aquarium too.
Paradise of Deer
We genuinely didn't innovation on visiting Paradise of Deer but nosotros had some gratuitous fourth dimension later nosotros left the Aquarium together with thought, why not? Paradise of Deer, equally its advert implies, is mini zoo alongside gratuitous roaming Formosan sika deer.
The tamer deer are allowed to gratuitous to roam most together with live fed past times the visitors spell the fiercer ones are kept inwards enclosures. If your kids dear feeding animals, so this is a smashing place. The deer are extremely gentle together with some are fifty-fifty shy.
The entire expanse is pretty small, so sometimes when at that topographic point is a lot of people, yous volition receive got many visitors dangling carrot sticks inwards front end of i deer. But overall, smashing to pass most an hour's of your time. At to the lowest degree nosotros didn't receive got to move to Nara. LOL.
As it was a lastly infinitesimal decision, nosotros bought out tickets onsite at the ticketing counter when inwards fact, tickets would live much cheaper had nosotros gotten them from Klook. Lesson learnt.
The Shared Kenting Sightseeing tour picked us upwards at 9.30am together with dropped us dorsum at our minsu at 6pm. Here was what the tour covered:
Sail Rock
The Sail Rock ( Chuanfanshih, 船帆石) is a huge piece of coral reef stone standing a few meters of the shore. From a distance, the huge stone looks similar a sailboat alongside its canvass raised, therefore its name.
Composed of 98% of seashell sand that contains seashell, coral, together with fossils, Shadao is the most beautiful sand beach inwards Kenting National Park. In add-on to existence famed for its distinctive seashell beach, exercise see the Shadao Shell Sand Exhibition Center located adjacent to Shandao Ecological Reserve, where kids acquire to send upon together with experience some of the seashell sand samples constitute inwards Kenting National Park.
This lighthouse is mayhap the most photographed inwards Kenting.
Towering 21.4m, Eluanbi Lighthouse was built during the Qing Dynasty inwards 1888 alongside a trench together with holes for cannons due to the frequent raids past times local aboriginal tribes inwards the past. This makes it the alone armed lighthouse inwards the world!
The expanse but about the lighthouse is genuinely i huge common so await enough of dark-green spaces for the kids to run amok.
Taiwan Southernmost Point
Well, the advert is just that. There's zero much to come across hither though, alone to proclaim that i has been to the southern most betoken inwards Taiwan. 🤣
Longpan Park
Lying betwixt Jiae route together with the Pacific Ocean, Longpan Park is a spectacular stretch of cliffs which offering astounding views of the waves crashing onto the rocks below. It is EXTREMELY windy hither though so lookout out for your belongings!
Houbihu Marina
Houbihu is the biggest fishing harbor inwards Kenting National Park, together with has the largest yacht wharf inwards Taiwan. Local residents together with tourists e'er come upwards for fresh seafood from the fishing boats but retuning alongside their day's catch. So yous tin give the axe await to notice enough of eateries selling frsh seafood together with sashimi! We had our stopover hither for luncheon together with this bowl of sashimi alone toll us S$5!
Maobitou
Located on the western side of peninsula, Maobitou defines the sea edge of Taiwan Strait together with Bashi Channel. The advert “Maobitou” which agency “cat’s olfactory organ together with head” inwards mandarin comes from its unique appearance similar a crouching cat. Can yous come across it inwards the photograph above?
Maobitou is also an fantabulous identify to grab magnificent sea views together with lookout the waves crash onto the coral seashore.
Baishawan Beach
If yous desire to laze the 24-hour interval away on a beach inwards Kenting, Baishawan Beach volition live your best choice. Literally translating equally “White Sand Bay,” it has got everything yous need: ocean, sand for lounging together with nearby shops for nutrient together with drinks.
Best of all, it is non overly crowded. Beach umbrellas together with floating devices are available for rent, H2O activities together with a few snack stalls onsite whenever it’s sunny during weekends together with holidays.
House of A-Jia
If yous receive got watched the movie, Cape No. seven (海角七號), yous volition live familar alongside this solid which is the dwelling of the protagonist Ah-Jia. The dwelling of A-Jia has straight off drib dead a major tourist attraction fifty-fifty later almost a decade since the moving painting was released. In the movie, Ah-Jia’s room is at the instant storey of this house, together with admission tickets tin give the axe live bought for a modest fee.
Chuhuo Natural Fire
Our lastly halt of the 24-hour interval tour brought us to Chuhuo special scenic area. Here, at that topographic point are many fissures on the Earth which emits natural gas together with ignites on its ain – yous tin give the axe genuinely come across flames sprouting from the ground.
I'm told that the best fourth dimension to see this expanse is inwards the saltation together with wintertime dry out seasons equally during rainy seasons, the burn downwards volition live extinguished.
Kenting Street Night Market
Come nightfall, Kenting Street transforms into a 2km-long nighttime marketplace alongside nutrient stalls on both sides of the road. The principal divergence hither compared to other nighttime markets inwards Taiwan is the route is nevertheless opened upwards to traffic so exercise recall to continue the kids closed to yous together with expression out for traffic earlier crossing over to the other side!
The break of nutrient stalls hither is mind-boggling... erm, but come across what nosotros had for dinner for i of the days. 😅
Magic Cafe (魔幻咖啡)
No. 80, Nanhe Road, Fangshan Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 941
Nothing tin give the axe live to a greater extent than lay dorsum than having a piece of pizza together with sipping a drinking glass of iced chocolate inwards front end of the beach.
Oh, together with it's Instagram sky too. 🤣
And speaking of Instagram, who tin give the axe exercise without information roaming when travelling overseas these days??? Not me. Having seamless Wi-Fi throughout the trip surely helps... especially if I'm uploading photos together with videos on social media! So yes, I'm thankful for my portable router from Changi Recommends which offered instant connectivity from #ChangiWiFi.
And that concludes our 10-night opor-garai inwards Tainan, Kaohsiung together with Kenting. 😍
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