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For a 7-hour call · Kaohsiung

Cijin by light rail and ferry

Calls of 7 hours or more. The lighthouse opens at 10:00. Timed from the gangway and back.

5 hr door to door8 stopsNeeds a 7-hour call
Open the route in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Photo: Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong / CC BY-SA 2.0
Door to door
5 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 7-hour call or longer
Calls of 7 hours or more. The lighthouse opens at 10:00
Room to spare
None
What it costs
NT$20 each way
Booking
None found
Check each place’s own page before you sail
Room to spare
Fits a 7-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
Light rail NT$20 each way, ferry NT$30 each way, exact cash or a stored-value card. Temple and lighthouse free.

Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

Open in Google Maps, in 3 parts

  1. 1Your ship → Gushan ferry landing, boats to Cijintrain or bus
  2. 2Gushan ferry landing, boats to Cijin → Kaohsiung Lighthouse, Qihou hillon foot
  3. 3Kaohsiung Lighthouse, Qihou hill → Back to the shiptrain or bus

Google Maps on a phone takes three stops between start and end, and none on a train or bus route, so the day opens in parts. Each step below also has its own directions.

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Light rail Cruise Terminal (C9) → Hamasen (C14)

    NT$20; 10 min (KRTC running times)

    The waterfront by light rail, Kaohsiung
    Photo: Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong / CC BY-SA 2.0
  2. +0:20
    Walk to the Gushan Ferry Pier (747 m, about 10 min, our estimate)
  3. +0:35
    Ferry to Cijin, about 5 min

    NT$30, no change given; iPASS, EasyCard, icash

    What you will see hereDirections from the ship (train or bus)
    The ferry to Cijin, Kaohsiung
    Photo: Jonashtand / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +0:45
    Cijin Tianhou Temple, Kaohsiung’s oldest

    05:00–22:00

  5. +1:15
    Walk up Qihou hill to the Kaohsiung Lighthouse (about 10 min, our estimate)

    Daily 10:00–21:00; steps

    What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (on foot)
    Kaohsiung Lighthouse on Qihou hill, Kaohsiung
    Photo: WEI, WAN-CHEN（魏琬臻） / CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. +2:15
    Lunch on the seafood street by the temple

    Agree the price by weight before cooking

  7. +3:30
    Ferry back, walk to Hamasen, light rail to Cruise Terminal (C9)

    NT$30 + NT$20

  8. +4:30
    Back at the gangway
    Back at the gangway, Kaohsiung
    Photo: The Nature Box / CC0 1.0
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
Other routes

The other routes in Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung Music Center, KaohsiungThe Music Center and Pier-2 by light railNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3hCalls of 5 hours or more, the afternoon Norwegian Jade call (11:00–18:00) among them. No taxi neededDragon and Tiger Pagodas, Lotus Pond, KaohsiungLotus Pond, then Cijin by ferryNeeds a 9-hour call · ~7hCalls 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 shipThe Dome of Light, KaohsiungThe Dome of Light and Pier-2’s warehousesA wet day · ~4hA wet day on any call
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