Taiwan Best Trip : Itinery details and Costing Estimates

TEAM: The Senior Australians
THEME: An Adventure for Older Bikers and Hikers/Kaohsiung and Jade Mountain.
ITINERY:
Day 1. Hire bicycles at True Love Ferry Wharf and ride to Lotus Pond (24.5 km.) See http://tourguide.travelking.com.tw/Kaohsiung/4/. With frequent stops at tourist attractions, (Jhongdu Wetlands, Kaohsiung Hakka Culture Centre, Tower of Light, Heart of the Love River, Dragon and Tiger Towers and a teahouse for Oolong tea) - this will take most of the day. After sunset, take a cruise on the Love Boat and visit a night market where we eat and buy provisions for the next 3 days. Later we meet Mark from Blue Skies Adventures (www.blueskiesadventures.com.tw) who will have organised our permits and passes to hike in the mountains. He will take us by car to the trail head of the mountain track (altitude 2600m). Sleep in a tent.
Day 2: This will be a fairly leisurely hike of 8.5km to Pai Yun Lodge (altitude 3400m). We stay in this lodge again at the end of Day 3. See the blueskies adventures website for photographs of the lodge. We will make this day as simple as possible, giving our bodies time to adjust to the altitude.
Day 3: Young and enthusiastic walkers get up early in order to reach the summit of Yushan , also known as Jade Mountain, (altitude 3952m) for sunrise. However, we will go at a much slower pace, planning to reach the summit by noon and returning to Pai Yun Lodge by late afternoon. The return trip will be 5.0km with a climb of 552m. If we are experiencing extreme weather conditions, low level walks will replace the trip to the summit.
Day 4: Return to the trail head and Mark will drive us to Dung Pu where there are hot springs. We will have time for some warm relaxation in the thermal pools. This is on the road to Sun Moon Lake and we have quick look around there before driving back to Kaohsiung. To celebrate the adventure, a banquet at a fine waterfront restaurant is planned.
COSTING:
(All amounts are estimates only and are quoted in Taiwan Dollars.)
Day1: Bicycle hire, Café breaks, boat cruise and night market: $1,200 per person.
Day2: (including transport to and from the mountain, permits, hire of camping equipment, insurance and guide fees for 3 days) $4,800 per person. Additional to that is the lodge accommodation of $300 per person. Note: There will be other tourists with us for the mountain section of the itinery and this has helped to reduce the per person cost.
Day3: Lodge accommodation, $300 pp.
Day4: Outdoor thermal pool $200 pp, meal at Sun Moon Lake $250 pp, banquet on return to Kaohsiung $700 pp.
This costing has been based on a 4day/3night itinery. If it is changed to a 4day/5night plan with two nights accommodation at the Zhong-xin hotel, and additional cost of $1,000 per person should be added.