HappyLand B&B Travel Package: Fulong Beach Sand Sculpture Festival

HappyLand's Singaporean guests visited Northern Taiwan during the International Sand Art Festival last year. It was held from the 1st of June to the 10th of July.

As part of the HappyLand's bespoke tour package, we had a great day out in the fantasy world of sand arts.

Firstly, the unique experience was unfolded by






a Mayan-style sand fortress.


We then encountered a vivid excellent piece of "A Warrior and A Lion King".


The highlight of the festival: A Majestic Japanese-style Palace.


On another occasion, we visited the Gold Ecologial Park in Jiufen Village, where some of the estates that the gold prospectors resided (in the Japanese Era: 1895-1945) are well maintained and open for public visit.

The Gold Ecological Park is also home to the largest gold bar on Earth. It weighs 220 kilograms, and is listed in Guinness Book of World Records.

The tour was followed by a visit to Yehliu Geo Park and Yangmingshan National Park. Both places are popular spots for wedding photography in Northern Taiwan.

Visitors always find the golden wave-cut platform by the steep cliff awe-inspiring.

The Geo Park also contains a wide range of oddly shaped eroded rocks. One of the notable examples is the Elephant's Trunk.



Being the staple formation, the Queen's Head is usually adored and admired.


The geographical features in this area are so extraordinary, as if they were designed and carved by some unknown masters from a different world.

Each kind of rock formations as well as the stunning landscape are to be learnt and appreciated.


The formation of this platform resulted from ancient crustal movement and constant tidal wash.








The Nature has even formed a stairway for the human inhabitants.





A kind reminder from the HappyLand: To avoid regrets, please ensure your camera is fully charged and there is enough space on your memory card before you set off for the trip.


Pingxi, a discreet town in the moutainous region of the Greater Taipei. It is famed by its tranquility, coal mining history and lantern-releasing tradition. Shifen is a neibouring village within Pingxi township, where Taiwan's largest waterfall hides in.













The tradition of Pingxi's lantern-releasing requires the wish-makers to made the lantern by hand and write their wishes on the envelope before releasing it into the sky using hot air.




Another attraction in Shifen is its coal mining rail. The rail is also called 'The Happiness Rail' by the locals as it leads the wish-makers to the lanterns.






"The Happiness Tram" in operation.