TAIPEI: Yehliu Geopark

How to get there:

- Cebu Pacific flies directly to Taipei from Cebu and Manila.

- In Taoyuan Airport make sure to do the following:

Have your money exchanged to New Taiwan Dollar (NTD). It is very difficult to find money changers that would exchange Php to Ntd.

Buy Easy Card (100 Ntd) and tap it up at their machines. Easy Cards will be used for transportation and going around Taiwan through Buses, Trains and Metro.

- From Taoyuan Airport, take Kukang Bus 1819 to Taipei Main Station.

Bus with USB Port to charge your phone while traveling

- In Taipei Main Station, take Kukang Bus 1815 to Yehliu.

- Get off at Yehliu and walk your way to Yehliu Geopark.

- Yehliu Geopark Entrance: 80 Ntd

The Yehliu Geopark is a cape of Hoodoo stones that dots its surface that forms amazing shapes.

A number of rock formations were given names based on their imaginative shapes.

The best known is the "Queen's Head," an iconic image in Taiwan and an unofficial emblem of the town of Wanli.

Other formations include "Fairy Shoe," "The Beehive," "The Ginger Rocks" and "The Sea Candles"

The Candles and Fish Carp

The Mushrooms

Red lines on the ground means, "No Entry"

- The weather could be really hot and dry in Yehliu. It is advisable to bring things for cover to protect you from the heat of the sun.

The Princess/Queens Head

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