Day 1 : DonghshrDay 2 , 3 : DasyueshanDay 4 : AlishanDay 5 : XiDay 6 : Taipei Dear Mr . OH , It ' s good to hear that birders from overseas want to come to Taiwan for birding . Especially who are introduced from my friend Victor . After reading your explanation , I think arrange the birding to spend most of time in mountain will be the best choice . The itinerary will be follow : Jan 3 , pick you up in the airport at 13 : 30 then drive 2 and half hours south to Dong - Shi . We can see some low land birds around here before dark . Taiwan Hwamei is the most important one . Jan 4 , we drive up to Dasyueshan in the early morning . Dasyueshan recreation area is the best birding site in Taiwan , we can see the most endemic here . we drive from low land and high up to 2600 meters high . Jan 5 , we spend whole day in the Dasyueshan , the Dasyueshan forest road is 48 kilometers long , many birding and photograph spot along the road . It ' s good to spend time here . Jan 6 , For the most chance to see the Mikado Pheasant , we will wait them comes out in the morning . after that we drive 3 hours to Alishan . Alishan has best chance to see the Swinhoe ' s Pheasant , Taiwan Partridge , Black - necklaced Scimitar - Babbler , those are all endemic Jan 7 we drive to Tataka to see those mountain birds we miss in Dasyueshan and drive back to Taipei in the afternoon . Taiwan Birding Tour : 2014 . 1 . 3 - 1 . 9 Guide : Yenhui