City
Sunrise Paddle 
Why
not take a few hours out to enjoy an early morning adventure
right here in the city of Tainan. Juggle the jumping fish
and contemplate your carbon footprint, or just do that
long needed upper-body workout in our city's mangrove
wetlands.
Get picked up 5am (sharp) downtown Tainan and be paddling
by 5:15!
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Watch the sun rise over the city while paddling
to the famed 'Dutch Bones' temple. The Sihcao mangrove
wetlands are a remnant of what used to be a large inland
sea that now comprises much of western Tainan city and
county.
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Enter the 'Green tunnel'
learning why some mangroves breathe upwards and some downwards.
Absorb a bit of history from your cockpit.
Learn why mud skippers skip, fiddler crabs fiddle, and
have a peak into our municipal nature reserve (a surprisingly
large and well-protected ecosystem) for plovers, herons
and even a lost spoonbill or two.
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Examine your catch on the pirate ship. 'Meet some oyster
farmers and hear how it's not such a fun job after all!
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And.....be
back in the city for breakfast and a shower by 10.
Read the FAQ here
See extra pictures here
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