Family Slow Travel — 3 Days

This itinerary is for families who want to travel together without being run into the ground — and still come home with great photos.

The secret to three-generation travel is to set the pace by the slowest person. This route lets grandparents finish the day, gives kids energy to play, and frees parents from being full-time babysitters.

Follow our Taitung-based editorial team: 3 days staying at a Zhiben (知本) hot-spring hotel, exploring the Rift Valley by day and soaking back in your room by night.

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Day 1 ─ Arrival → "Taiwan's Little Nara," Luye

11:00 Pickup at Taitung Station / airport 12:00 Lunch in Luye (鹿野) (a family-friendly restaurant with a kids' menu) 14:00 Luye Sika Deer Park (鹿野梅花鹿公園) ── semi-wild, feeding allowed

• The deer walk up to the children on their own (a lesson in staying calm and gentle to approach a living creature)
• Bring finger-length carrots, but don't startle the deer
• Herd size: roughly 20-30 deer 16:00 Sin Yuan Chang Black Tea Industry Culture Hall (新元昌紅茶產業文化館) (an old tea factory, air-conditioned)
• The adults taste Red Oolong
• The kids see vintage tea-making equipment 17:30 Head south along Provincial Highway 9 to Zhiben Hot Springs 18:30 Check in to a family room at the Zhiben hot-spring hotel (hot spring right in the room) 19:30 Hotel dinner buffet (kids love it, adults get their wine)

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Day 2 ─ Chishang Rice Waves + Zhiben Hot Springs

07:00 Hotel breakfast + an in-room soak 09:00 Depart for Chishang (1 hour 30 minutes by car) 10:30 Chishang Duoli Rice Story House (池上 多力米故事館)

• See vintage farm tools
• Sample Chishang rice balls 11:30 Chishang lunchbox for lunch 13:00 E-assist bike loop around Dapo Pond (大坡池)
• The e-assist bikes "pedal for you" ── easy enough for kids to ride
• The loop is about 2 km, flat, with shade along the way
• You can feed the ducks en route 14:30 A stroll through the Chishang rice fields (timed to avoid the crowds at Brown Boulevard (伯朗大道)) 15:30 Head south through the Rift Valley back to Zhiben 17:30 Back to the hotel for a nap / free time
• The kids enjoy the hotel SPA
• The adults get a massage 19:30 Hotel dinner / an Indigenous-style restaurant nearby (depending on how everyone feels)

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Day 3 ─ Zhiben Forest + Taimali Sunrise + Departure

06:00 Taimali Sunrise Memorial Park (太麻里曙光紀念園區) (sunrise viewing)

• Optional — in summer the sun doesn't rise until 5, so see how the family feels
• Perfectly fine to skip and sleep in 08:00 Hotel breakfast + an in-room soak 10:00 Zhiben National Forest Recreation Area (知本國家森林遊樂區)
• Flat-ground trails, walkable for ages 3 and up
• See the aerial roots of the century-old white banyan (a lesson in how "a tree's roots can walk")
• About 90 minutes 12:00 Lunch in Zhiben (a local Hakka eatery) 13:30 Head north along the coastline 14:30 Jialulan Coast (加路蘭海岸) (just 30 seconds from the car to the shore)
• See the driftwood art (the kids love playing with the stones)
• No swimming — just a stroll 15:30 Xiaoyeliu (小野柳) (a quick stop the kids enjoy) 16:30 Arrive at Taitung Station / airport

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Why choose this route?

Dimension	The whirlwind tour	This route
Sights per day	6-8	2-3
Walking time	Exhausts the whole family	Short and sweet
Hotel changes	3 hotels in 3 nights	2 nights, same hotel
Nap time	None	Kept every day
Three generations	Not suitable	Perfect

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Customization flexibility

What you can adjust:

• Add the Hot-Air Balloon Festival (July-August only, +1 day)
• Add snorkeling at Shanyuan Bay (杉原灣) (for families who are up for it)
• Add the Xiaoyeliu tidal flats (marine education)
• Swap in an Amis tribal experience (suitable for ages 8+)
• For infants and toddlers (scaled-down version, one sight per day)

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Inquiries / customization:

• LINE @justplayez
• Email: sam6300655@gmail.com
• Full tailored proposal within 3 working days