Taiwan · Taichung · Old town
Walk into
a deeper Taiwan
It starts with a walking tour: explore a place, book an experience, learn how it is done. Since 2015 we have hosted more than 30,000 travelers from Taiwan and abroad, and passed our methods on to people who want to tell their own hometown's story.
365 days
Tours depart daily
200 pax
Max group size
4 languages
App in 4; tours in English & Mandarin
Zero carbon
On foot and by bike
SUMMER CAMP
Junior City Ambassador summer camp
A five-day, four-night bilingual camp for ages 9 to 15. Kids leave the classroom to explore Taichung's old town on foot and in English — observing, tasting, interviewing travellers, and finally guiding a stretch of the route themselves.
- Ages 9–15
- 5 days, 4 nights
- Bilingual
- Hold a place with a deposit
Designed for every kind of visitor
- Free · tips only
- Under 10 people
- A new mix of nationalities daily
Independent travellers
One guest is enough and we walk every day. See the old town with a local, then tip what it was worth.
See tour times →
Schools and teachers
Curriculum-linked city walks, interactive treasure hunts and a junior-guide-for-a-day course. You set the date and the meeting point.
School programmes →
Companies and teams
Team-building and ESG programmes for up to 200 people, moving entirely on foot or by bike. Date and route to your specification.
Groups and partners →
Places and public sector
We hand over ten years of method: local research, guide training, route design and a booking system, until the team can run it alone.
Team incubation →
Low-carbon travel · SDGs 4 · 11 · 12 · 17
Walking and cycling are the only ways we move
Zero or near-zero emissions throughout, with spending along the way going to local businesses that back sustainability. It maps to UN SDGs 4, 11, 12 and 17, so companies and schools can adopt it as a ready-made sustainability programme.
ESG and group programmes →What we offer
TOURS
All our guided tours
The tips-based old-town and night-market walks, the MRT Green Line route, private group departures, and the neighbourhood programmes in Nantun, by bike or in the kitchen. All of them, in one place.
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SUMMER CAMP
Junior City Ambassador summer camp
A five-day, four-night bilingual camp for ages 9 to 15. Out of the classroom and into Taichung's old town on foot and in two languages, from observing and tasting to leading a stretch of the route themselves.
Learn more →
CITY HUNT
AI city treasure hunt
Flip cards, solve puzzles and complete photo missions while actually walking the old town. In four languages, with no guide to schedule — play solo, or split a large group into competing teams.
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ACADEMY
Become a guide
Guide training, corporate workshops and experience design. Start with the three-hour taster — no experience needed.
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WORKSHOPS
Short workshops
Themed short classes, cultural sessions and hands-on workshops, run as and when. Online or in person, and you can join a single session.
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DISCOVER
What to do in Taichung
Old-town stories, corners worth the detour, and what the press wrote about us. Read this before you set out.
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TEAM INCUBATION
Start a tour team
We help a place build its own walking tour team. For local groups, companies and public agencies.
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191 Google reviews
What travellers say
The real rating on our Google Business Profile, unfiltered by us. Open it to read every review and our replies.
These are the people who walk with you
Meet every guide（43）→Our active guides come from every kind of job: a site foreman, a sign-language interpreter, someone from the airline industry, an e-commerce founder. You can ask for a specific guide when you book.
CHESTER
Round-the-world writer
WINNIE
Thoughtful and interactive
MIGUEL
Food YouTuber
GAVIN
Slashie to the max
DONA
Fiery mum of two
Who we work with
Government ministries, Taichung City Government bureaus, universities and high schools, and booking platforms including Tripadvisor, KKday and KLOOK. Organisations we have actually worked with over ten years.
What others write about us, what we write about Taiwan
What the press says
See more →Television, newspapers, magazines and podcasts that have covered us.
The Taichung and Central Taiwan journal
See more →Our own route guides, city stories and travel writing, updated as we go.
PRIVATE CHARTER · CENTRAL TAIWAN
Taiwan, made around you.
One car, one driver, and the route you actually want — private charters across central Taiwan from Formozaic, our licensed sister brand. Sun Moon Lake, Hehuanshan, Gaomei Wetlands, Lukang, the tea hills of Nantou and indigenous villages, over one to five days.
TC Time Walk answers what shall I do today: walks, workshops, markets, bikes. When a trip needs a private vehicle, travel between cities or a full multi-day plan, Formozaic takes it from there.
Tell us how you want to travel →Or build your own trip and see live pricing at formozaic.tw ↗
Start with the car, add the rest
The cost follows your vehicle, your days and what you add — priced live on the Formozaic site.
Tier 01
The car
Their own five-seater (up to four travellers) or a nine-seater from the partner fleet (up to eight with luggage). Fuel, tolls and parking are already in the fare.
5- or 9-seater
Tier 02
Driver & guide
A professional Chinese-speaking driver comes as standard. Add English or Japanese, or a licensed guide for the whole trip. Driver only is fine too.
ZH / EN / JA
Tier 03
Add experiences
Tea picking, an indigenous village, an old market, a hands-on class — booked into the day's route instead of hunted down one by one.
Central Taiwan
Tier 04
Days & care
One to five days, with the planning and multi-day logistics included. Airport and hotel transfers, child seats, a VIP concierge and a 24-hour line if you want them.
1–5 days
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Read a little Taichung before you go
Ten years of writing: 120 route guides, city stories and press features, all in one place.