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![[Illustrative] Ivar Coffee House](/api/images/entities/kaohsiung-tw-c43abd08df14/hero.webp)
Illustrative Ival Coffee at No. 136 Siwei 3rd Road in Kaohsiung's Lingya District is a cat-café where feline managers roam among country-style seating. Guests sip rich coffee while petting resident cats — a cozy blend of caffeine and companionship. The menu focuses on coffee, milk tea, and light sweets, with an average spend around NT$120. There is a minimum drink order and a 30% discount on refills; no service charge. A relaxed haven for pet lovers seeking a comfortable coffee break.
![[Illustrative] Dream Forest Residence](/api/images/entities/chiayi-c-tw-8fd62c65b447/hero.webp)
Illustrative Zhu-meng Sen-ju (Dream-building Forest Dwelling) sits beside Yun-shui Stream in Shen-keng Village, Zhong-pu Township, Chiayi County. Originally an abandoned betel-nut orchard, years of restoration have turned it into a nature-ecology-themed family camping park. Clean, comfortable RV trailers come with air conditioning and separate wet/dry bathrooms, plus skylights for stargazing. Activities are diverse: ecological tours, DIY crafts, tree climbing, rock climbing, lazy-river water-gun battles, ai-yu jelly DIY, and small-animal feeding, for kids and adults to experience together. An open-air restaurant serves home-style dishes featuring mountain produce so families can enjoy good food in nature. The atmosphere is warm and educational, suiting travelers seeking easy camping, family interaction, and environmental learning.
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![[Illustrative] Chiayi Zhuqi Waterfront Park](/api/images/entities/chiayi-c-tw-dc7fbe084124/hero.webp)
Illustrative →Chiayi Zhuqi Waterfront Park
Chiayi Zhu-ci Qingshui Park in Chiayi spans about 12 hectares and is a free family park. The grounds feature a children's wading pool, sky corridor, flower-fairy trail, two landscape suspension bridges, a garden, and observation decks, with shaded rest areas, free parking, restrooms, and showers. Suited to full-day family leisure and picnics.
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![[Illustrative] Weston Water World](/api/images/entities/chiayi-c-tw-ffc492444c30/hero.webp)
Illustrative →Weston Water World
Wei-shi-deng Water World in Chiayi's West District is the city's largest indoor-outdoor water park, suited to family play. The grounds offer a spacious indoor heated pool with 25-to-50-meter lanes and multiple thrilling water slides - including a 360-degree high-altitude slide, rainbow slide, and family slide - with outdoor slides open June to October each year. Add a lazy river, spa, steam and sauna rooms, cold plunge, and hot tub, and guests can both play and relax. Friendly tickets run about NT$280 for adults and NT$230 for students, a top pick for summer cooling and family outings.
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![[Illustrative] Shanjiao Tie Tea House](/api/images/entities/chiayi-c-tw-3894f542cc04/hero.webp)
Illustrative →Shanjiao Tie Tea House
Shan-jiao-tie Tea House sits at Zhang-shu-hu, Tai-he Village, Mei-shan Township, Chiayi County, nestled in tea gardens at about 1,400 meters altitude and surrounded by mountains, offering a fully reservation-only tea-and-dessert experience. Guests sip house-grown oolong, jin-xuan, and black tea in a Japanese-style tin-roofed hut or on the outdoor terrace while taking in the sea of clouds, cherry blossoms, and distant peaks. Run by a young couple who met in New Zealand, the tea house serves light bites plus limited seating at the Ta-shan Rock Zone, ideal for photos and quiet contemplation.
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![[Illustrative] Happiness Hill](/api/images/entities/chiayi-c-tw-a7f5c02c34d0/hero.webp)
Illustrative →Happiness Hill
Xing-fu Hill (Happiness Hill) sits on a small rise in Chiayi's East District, an admission-free destination blending a scenic restaurant with a family leisure park. The spacious grounds include a tidy lawn, sky walkway, and observation deck overlooking the city. Beyond coffee, light meals, house-baked bread, and desserts, the site offers dedicated parking, making it ideal for families with kids or pets to stroll, photograph, and enjoy a relaxed afternoon.
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![[Illustrative] New CYCU Insect Museum](/api/images/entities/chiayi-c-tw-08d3e425278b/hero.webp)
Illustrative →New CYCU Insect Museum
NewNCYU Insect Museum, located on the Lan-tan Campus of National Chiayi University, is a popular indoor family attraction in Chiayi City. The museum blends insect specimens, enlarged protected-species insect models, live-insect experience areas, and a tropical butterfly greenhouse garden with Taiwan's only rotating butterfly pillar, offering educational interactive experiences for kids and adults alike. Beyond viewing giant insect models and diverse specimens, visitors can touch live insects up close and watch butterflies flutter - good for family day trips, school visits, or rainy-day cool-downs for couples. Timed guided tours are available, helping visitors understand insect ecology and conservation more deeply.
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![[Illustrative] Xingang Incense Art Cultural Park](/api/images/entities/chiayi-c-tw-e583519b2290/hero.webp)
Illustrative →Xingang Incense Art Cultural Park
Xin-gang Incense Art Cultural Park in Chiayi is Taiwan's first incense-themed tourist factory, with free admission. The grounds blend incense-making cultural displays, an incense-art hall, an outdoor herb leisure park, and a small animal area so families can watch artisans hand-make incense, photograph the colorful incense-ring tunnel and incense-stick bundles, and hand-feed sika deer, sheep, and turtles. The park also sells fragrance items and serves food and drink, good for family outings, photo check-ins, and learning traditional incense culture.
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