No cruise ships are scheduled in Kaohsiung today, Friday 13 November 2026. The next is Sapphire Princess on Friday 29 January 2027. Over the next 12 months, 9 calls bring about 15,000 passengers; the busiest day is Saturday 17 April 2027, with 2 ships.
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Today and the next 7 days · all times local (Taiwan Standard Time)
Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Kaohsiung day.
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.
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.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
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.
1 terminal
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.
Meal prices are approximate, in TWD, around Pier-2 and Yancheng.
Cafes and restaurants in the converted harbour warehouses.
Older district with tea houses, bars and bistros near the harbour.
Newer waterfront area around the cruise terminal and Music Center.
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.
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.
The main venue for pop music in southern Taiwan, supporting local talent, with buildings designed to blend into the harbour scenery.
Reached by the Gushan-Cijin ferry from Hamaxing, one of the oldest parts of Kaohsiung, the island offers seafood, historic sites and old streets.
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.
