Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kaohsiung is a port city in southern Taiwan. Cruise ships berth alongside at Wharf 20 by the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal on the harbour front, with the city light rail stopping next to the building. More about Kaohsiung →

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Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Kaohsiung day.

Planning a day in Kaohsiung?

The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.

See the Kaohsiung cruise crowd calendar

Where is the Kaohsiung cruise port?

Ships berth at Wharf 20, by the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal at No. 5 Haibian Road in Lingya District, on the harbour front. Cruise Terminal light rail station is about a minute away.

Terminal

Getting to the Kaohsiung cruise port

Pier-2 Art Center → Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal (Wharf 20)

2.3 km · ~31 min by car

Arts district in former harbour warehouses.

Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.

TransportTypical priceJourneyGood to know
Walk
Freeper person
~31 min
2.3 km.

Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.

Driving to the port

The Circular Light Rail (Green Line) stops at Cruise Terminal Station (C09), about a minute on foot; city bus Yellow 1 stops nearby, and Sanduo Shopping District MRT station (Exit 5) is about 18 minutes on foot. Distances and times are approximate.

Kaohsiung Cruise Terminals

1 terminal

Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal (Wharf 20)

Ships berth alongside at Wharf 20 by the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal on Haibian Road; the building has an information desk, restrooms, drinking fountains, a breastfeeding room, phone charging and an ATM, and the light rail stops next to it.

Eating in Kaohsiung

Casual lunch per person
TWD 400–1000
per person
Restaurant dinner per person
TWD 400–1200
per person

Meal prices are approximate, in TWD, around Pier-2 and Yancheng.

Where to eat

Pier-2 Art Center

Cafes and restaurants in the converted harbour warehouses.

Yancheng (Wufu Road)

Older district with tea houses, bars and bistros near the harbour.

Asia New Bay Area

Newer waterfront area around the cruise terminal and Music Center.

Destination

About Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung is a port city in southern Taiwan. Cruise ships berth alongside at Wharf 20 by the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal on the harbour front, with the city light rail stopping next to the building. The Kaohsiung Music Center is about 20 minutes on foot and the Pier-2 Art Center, in converted warehouses, about half an hour, while the ferry to Cijin Island leaves from the old Hamaxing district. Lotus Pond in Zuoying, with its Dragon Tiger Tower, is a short taxi ride north.

Climate
Tropical, warm all year. Average highs are about 24 to 25 C from December to February and about 32 to 33 C from June to August; lows range from about 16 C in January to 27 C in July. May to September is the wet season (about 200 to 510 mm a month, wettest in August); November to March is dry, with about 18 to 32 mm a month.
Time zone
Taiwan Standard Time
Currency
TWD

Things to Do in Kaohsiung

Pier-2 Art Center

Once-abandoned harbour warehouses revived by artists and run by the city's Bureau of Cultural Affairs, now home to exhibitions, design and art festivals by the water.

Kaohsiung Music Center

The main venue for pop music in southern Taiwan, supporting local talent, with buildings designed to blend into the harbour scenery.

Cijin Island

Reached by the Gushan-Cijin ferry from Hamaxing, one of the oldest parts of Kaohsiung, the island offers seafood, historic sites and old streets.

Lotus Pond

One of Kaohsiung's most traditional scenic areas, listed among the Eight Sights of Fongshan in the Qing Dynasty; the seven-storey Dragon Tiger Tower is its best-known sight.

Cruise Ships Visiting Kaohsiung

AIDA Cruises

Holland America Line

Norwegian Cruise Line

Ponant Cruises

Princess Cruises

Regent Seven Seas

Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection