Outdoor Interpretations booking
Note: Outdoor guided interpretation tours for Taroko Gorge along Provincial Highway 8 (Taroko to Tianxiang section), as well as the Chongde and Huide Trails along Provincial Highway 9, are currently unavailable due to severe damage caused by the April 3, 2024 earthquake and subsequent typhoons. However, the Taroko National Park Headquarters Visitor Center remains open and offers indoor guided interpretation sessions lasting approximately 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Outdoor Interpretation Hours
Morning period: 08:30~12:00
Afternoon period: 13:00~16:30
One-day period: 08:30~16:30
Application Eligibility
Groups of 15-80 persons from non-profit organizations or group with own transport.
※ Applications or application as agent from profit-making travel units such as travel agents or tour bus companies not accepted.
※ Priority given to educational or academic groups
Application Method
- Government agency and educational or academic group application should be made by official document or fax (03-8621263); non-profit organization or group application made by phone or Internet.
- Application should be made 14 days to two months before the required date; the Headquarters will dispatch an interpreter depending on availability; acceptance of applications will be suspended for continual national holidays, Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Taroko Marathon, Taroko Music Festival and other important course activities.
※ This service is free of charge
- By Fax: 03-8621263
- By Telephone: 03-8621100 ext.803
Points for attention
- For online bookings, date of application, time period, number in group, itinerary, language requirements, transport means, contact person name and telephone number must be filled in. Bookings will not be accepted if incomplete information is provided.
- The booking group needs to prepare its own transport and be responsible for transporting the interpreter from Taroko Visitor Center and back. In principle, interpreter service time is 08:30~16:30 every day.
- To protect the rights of other visitors, a group that is more than 15 minutes late will be regarded as having given up the booking; if change or cancellation of the application is required, please inform us at least three days in advance; if no notification is given, the Headquarters will not accept any more applications from the unit or group for one year.
- After the booking is confirmed, the Headquarters will reply. Please be on time.
- If a typhoon warning is issued, roads are closed, there is a collapse or other unforeseen major incident, the Headquarters has the right to cancel applications already accepted.