Photo: Tiouraren (Y.-C. Tsai) / CC BY-SA 4.0Luminara docks at Wharf 20, Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal in Kaohsiung (Taiwan).
0:00Light rail Cruise Terminal (C9) → Hamasen (C14)
0:35Ferry to Cijin, about 5 min
1:15Walk up Qihou hill to the Kaohsiung Lighthouse (about 10 min, our estimate)
4:30Back at the gangwayFollow this route8 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: The Music Center and Pier-2 by light rail (about 3h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
Cut to the 16 Mar call. The half hour to get off and the hour before all-aboard are already kept free.
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Needs a 5-hour callabout 3h
Calls of 5 hours or more, the afternoon Norwegian Jade call (11:00–18:00) among them. No taxi needed
Two or three light-rail rides, NT$20 each; coins only at the machines
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Needs a 7-hour callabout 5h
Calls of 7 hours or more. The lighthouse opens at 10:00
Light rail NT$20 each way, ferry NT$30 each way, exact cash or a stored-value card
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Tue, 16 Mar 2027, 08:00–16:00 (8 h in port), at Wharf 20, Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal. Off the ship from 08:30, back at the gangway by 14:30. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Average high and low for March — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
Warm: a sun hat and water
The forecast for Tue 16 Mar appears here from Wed 10 Mar.
Normals 1991–2020: Central Weather Administration (Taiwan), Kaohsiung station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 08:00–16:00: plan one day and repeat it.
Usable hours follow the one rule: off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that. Overnight calls count the longest stretch ashore between 08:00 and 21:00 (the night is not touring time). Dates and times from Taiwan International Ports Corporation — cruise schedule search, Kaohsiung Port (高雄港) (as of 2026-11-13); the daily programme has the final word.
08:00–16:00 · about 6 usable hours · gangway by 14:30
About 6 usable hours, back at the gangway by 14:30: one district or one sight with lunch, or a half-day guided tour that starts at the pier.
No guided day on this site fits these calls and is open on them; the timed plans below are the day.
Luminara docks at Wharf 20, Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal in Kaohsiung (Taiwan) — Light rail C9 Cruise Terminal 1 min; MRT Sanduo Shopping District Exit 5 18 min (port operator). Music Center about 25 min, Pier-2 about 35 min, Formosa Boulevard about 45 min — our estimates. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Tue, 16 Mar 2027: 08:00–16:00 (8 h in port). Off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that: plan for about 6 usable hours on the call of Tue, 16 Mar 2027, back at the gangway by 14:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Tue, 16 Mar 2027: The Music Center and Pier-2 by light rail (about 3h), Cijin by light rail and ferry (about 5h).
On a usual March day Kaohsiung (Taiwan) reaches about 27 °C (81 °F), with a low of about 20 °C (67 °F). These are the Central Weather Administration (Taiwan)'s 1991–2020 normals for Kaohsiung. From 7 days before the call, this page shows the forecast for the day itself.
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Dates, times and berths from Taiwan International Ports Corporation — cruise schedule search, Kaohsiung Port (高雄港) (as of 2026-11-13). Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
