Riding the Maokong Cable Car to Drink Tea in the Tea Fields

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4 stops · Half-day

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30 minutes from downtown, a tea-ceremony route ascending to Maokong, Taipei's only tea-growing area. Cross the tea fields by gondola, brew your own tea at a mountaintop tea house, then on to the tea-mountain trail and a Taoist temple.

Half-day4 stopsEst. budget 28,000 KRW

Itinerary

1
Maokong Gondola貓空纜車
Cable car · View · 30 min stay
A tea-mountain cable car departing from the zoo station. The glass-floored 'Crystal Cabin' crosses over tea fields and Taipei 101 views — the gateway to Maokong tea ceremony.
해질녘 탑승 추천
Transit 15 min
2
Yaoyue Tea House邀月茶坊
Cafe · 90 min stay
A 24-hour tea house in a hillside garden. A self-brew tea set (utensils + leaves + hot water) and tea cuisine. The standard is to spend hours to the sound of the valley stream. Maokong Tieguanyin recommended.
Walk 10 min
3
Zhangshu Trail樟樹步道
Stroll · 40 min stay
A flat tea-field walking path with old tea farms, ponds and a water wheel. Good for a digestive walk after brewing tea, with the Taipei basin view opening up.
Transit 12 min
4
Zhinan Temple指南宮
Temple · 30 min stay
A huge Taoist temple enshrining Lu Dongbin, 'Taipei's little Forbidden City.' The halls spread along the mountain ridge and the night view are spectacular. Directly linked to the gondola's Zhinan Temple station.