Checked against official sources · updated · Takumi Yamada
The Queen’s Head and a shoreline of mushroom rocks carved by wind and sea — geology doing sculpture. Pairs with Jiufen on every good tour loop. Open 08:00–17:00 (to 18:00 in summer); entry NT$120, or NT$60 for anyone 65 or over with ID, any nationality. It closes on typhoon days.
- Our number 3 for Keelung (Taipei), out of ten. It is the first thing we would spend the hours on.
- 5 hr door to door needs a 7-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Why Yehliu Geopark is famous
A sandstone cape where wind and sea have cut mushroom rocks out of the bedding planes, the most famous of which is called the Queen's Head. Her neck is eroding by a couple of millimetres a year and will eventually snap, which Taiwan discusses seriously.
Yehliu Geopark and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 5 hr goes
Counted from the moment you step off the gangway, about 30 minutes after the ship arrives. The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside.
about 25 minutes each way is the measured figure for taxi ~25 min (from ~nt$450) or bus 790, not the optimistic one. If your ship is late, cut the 4 hr 15 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Each one is a finished day timed from the official timetables, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
See · ~5h round tripJiufen lantern town
Gold-rush lanes stacked on a sea cliff, red lanterns lighting the teahouses at dusk — the town that launched a thousand postcards.
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Eat · ~1.5h, walkableMiaokou Night Market crawl
Taiwan’s street-food canon ten minutes from the gangway — crab thick soup, one-bite sausages, the "nutritious sandwich" fried to order.
See the detail Do · ~9h privateNorth coast loop, guided
Jiufen, Shifen and Yehliu in one private 8–9 hour day with entry tickets included.
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