A 6-day, 5-night war-history tour of Taipei and Kinmen, the frontline island facing China, with tunnels, battle museums and Cold War relics.
Trip highlights
- Kinmen: The Island of the Apocalypse, a special tour never run before
- Travel to Kinmen, the island of apocalyptic war
- Explore war relics from real battlefields that decided the fate of nations
- Hunt for hidden tanks left abandoned at various spots (not on Google Maps)
- Climb a mountain, walk through military tunnels and hear what World War III might look like
- A new style of tour focused on war history, seeing Taiwan from an angle you have never seen
- 23-28 November 2026, led by Khun Pap of TWC and Khun Yo of thaiarmedforce
Highlight places
Led by historiansEvery trip travels with an expert history lecturer who brings each site to life in plain language.
Off the beaten pathCentral Asia, the Middle East, the Himalayas — places most tour companies never go.
Private groups, no rushingRight-sized groups and unhurried time at the places that matter most.
Beyond ordinary travelEvery tour is designed by writers and professional travellers to create experiences that reflect who you are — for travellers who want more than an ordinary holiday.
About this tour
Taiwan: Kinmen Island, The Island of the Apocalypse is a 6-day, 5-night tour (23-28 November 2026) combining Taipei with Kinmen, a small Taiwan-controlled island a short distance from the Chinese city of Xiamen. The program is built around war history: tunnels, fortresses, battle museums and Cold War relics.
In Taipei the group visits the Golden Museum, Jiufen coast sights, the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, the National Palace Museum and Longshan Temple. On Kinmen the route covers Ou Cuo Beach with its sunken tanks, Zhaishan Tunnel, the Guningtou Battle Museum, the Beishan Broadcast Wall, Granite Hospital, the 823 Artillery Battle Museum and Mashan Observation Post, with a choice between a Taiwu Mountain hike and a visit to a knife shop made from artillery shells.
The tour is led by Khun Pap, owner of The Wild Chronicles page, together with Khun Yo, editor of Thai Armed Force (TAF), as history and war lecturers. Travel is with EVA Air and a domestic flight between Taipei and Kinmen.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1Bangkok – Taipei
Meet at 08:30 at Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), 4th floor, and check in at the EVA Air counter.
- 11:20: fly to Taipei on BR62, about 3 hours 40 minutes, with lunch on board.
- 16:00: arrive at Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) and check in to the hotel in Taipei.
Day 2Jiufen Coast – Heping Island – Taipei
Start with Taipei and its history, from the Ketagalan people through the Qing era and 50 years of Japanese rule to 1949, when the Kuomintang government relocated here.
- Golden Museum: a former gold and copper mine, one of the largest in East Asia, which boomed under Japanese colonial rule.
- Golden Waterfall and the Yinyang Sea on the Jiufen coast.
- Agenna Shipyard Relics and Zhengbin Port, an old Japanese-built fishing harbour now painted in bright colours.
- Heping Island Geopark, with rock formations carved by wind and sea.
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, with its blue octagonal roof and white marble walls.
Day 3Taipei – Kinmen: Beach Battlefields and Tunnels
Go to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) at 05:00 and fly on B78801 at 07:00, landing at Kinmen Airport (KNH) at 08:20. Kinmen lies very close to China's Xiamen but 200 km from Taiwan, and was a key Cold War battleground.
- Ou Cuo Beach: Cold War tanks sunk into the sand, visible only at low tide.
- Zhaishan Tunnel: a base able to hide up to 42 small warships, begun in 1961 and opened to the public in 1998.
- Guningtou Battle Museum: commemorating the 1949 battle, with the M5A1 tank nicknamed the Bear of Kinmen.
- The General Li Guangqian shrine, the Beishan Broadcast Wall with 48 loudspeakers, and the bullet-scarred Beishan Old Western-style House.
- Cross the Kinmen Bridge to Lieyu island and visit Shuang Kou Coastal Park, from where Xiamen's skyscrapers are visible.
Day 4Kinmen: Forts, Tunnels and the Artillery War Museum
- Qionglin Wind Lion God, a symbol of the island.
- Granite Hospital: a Cold War field hospital built underground (photographed from outside).
- The Military Brothel Exhibition Hall, known as 831.
- Gaodong Tunnel (base E-092) and Sanshao Fort, with an M-24 Chaffee tank.
- 823 Artillery Battle Museum, telling of the bombardment of more than 470,000 shells over 44 days.
- Mashan Observation Post at the island's north, among the closest points to the Chinese coast.
- In the evening, stroll the Old Street pedestrian area and see Juguang Tower lit up.
Day 5Kinmen (Hike or Knife Shop) – Taipei
The morning splits into two options.
- Option 1, hiking: climb Taiwu Mountain, the highest point on Kinmen, about 4 km round trip, passing the Tai-Wu Mountain Cemetery, the Wu Wang Zai Ju inscription in Chiang Kai-shek's handwriting from 1952, and the 800-year-old Haiyin Temple.
- Option 2, no hiking: the Maestro Wu Knife Shop, where knives are forged from artillery shell casings that once bombarded the island, plus time to shop for local souvenirs.
The groups reunite, then at 13:30 head to Kinmen Airport and fly on B78822 at 16:30, arriving at Taipei Songshan at 17:45.
Day 6National Palace Museum – Longshan Temple – Bangkok
- National Palace Museum: more than 700,000 treasures, mostly shipped from the Forbidden City in Beijing in 1948-1949.
- Longshan Temple: built in 1738 in Hokkien style, popular for prayers to the god of love.
- 16:30: head to Taoyuan Airport and check in at 17:45; fly on BR205 at 20:45, arriving at Suvarnabhumi at 23:40.
Included
- Round-trip international economy flights
- Baggage allowance on international economy flights under airline standards, checked and carry-on
- Transport and sightseeing with an experienced driver
- Accommodation as specified, two guests per room
- Entrance fees as specified in the program
- Meals as specified in the program
- Experienced local guide
- Thai lecturer and tour leader
- Travel accident insurance (subject to the policy terms)
Not included
- Business Class round-trip international flights
- Baggage allowance for Business Class international flights under airline standards
- Single room supplement (if staying alone): 11,000 baht per person
- Personal expenses such as telephone, internet, laundry, minibar, special meals or extra drinks outside the program, passport fees, excess baggage, seat reservations, medical costs for pre-existing conditions, personal portable oxygen cans, and lost luggage or valuables
- Tips for the tour leader, local guide and driver (standard 2,800 TWD per person)
- 7% VAT, 3% withholding tax and other legal taxes
- Fuel surcharges and airport taxes if the airline raises prices
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