Kaohsiung Lighthouse on Qihou hillPhoto: WEI, WAN-CHEN（魏琬臻） / CC BY-SA 4.0
The Kaohsiung Lighthouse stands on Qihou hill at Cijin’s north end, above the harbour entrance.
Round trip
3 hr
From the ship and back
Fits
a 5-hour call or longer
Margin already counted
Getting there
Ferry to Cijin, then about 10 min uphill on foot, our estimate
See the rides below
Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Why go
The lighthouse on the hill at Cijin’s north tip, over the harbour mouth. Open daily 10:00–21:00 since April 2023, when the Maritime and Port Bureau dropped its Monday closing (news report). The Star Tunnel through the hill comes out on the sea side.
Why it earns the hours
- Number 3 of ten on our list for Kaohsiung.
Before you count on it
- 3 hr door to door needs a 5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Where it is
Kaohsiung Lighthouse on Qihou hill and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
The day this belongs to
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
Cijin by light rail and ferryNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5h door to doorCalls of 7 hours or more. The lighthouse opens at 10:00
Lotus Pond, then Cijin by ferryNeeds a 9-hour call · ~7h door to doorCalls of 9 hours or more: Westerdam (07:00–16:00), Sapphire Princess and Diamond Princess (07:00–19:00). Times assume 07:30 off the shipPairs well with
Build your own dayWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Kaohsiung plan page.