Taroko National Park – JIUQUDONG or TUNNEL of NINE TURNS TRAIL (1.4 km)
The tunnel of Nine Turns, also known as Juiqudong, is 700m long and visitors can only walk along the same road. It takes a minimum of 30 minutes to complete.…
Taroko National Park – YANZIKOU or SWALLOW GROTTO TRAIL (1.5 km)
The Yanzikou/Swallow Grotto trail is another beautiful and easy trail anyone can do. This trail was named Yanzikou after the phenomenon of hundreds of swallows (the birds) singing in the…
Taroko National Park – CHANGCHUN or ETERNAL SPRING SHRINE TRAIL (1.5 km)
Changchun Temple, also known as the Eternal Spring Shrine, was built to remember the 225 veterans who died during the building of the central highway through this mountain (the Highway…
Taroko National Park
For our Taroko National Park day trip we spend one night in Hualien city (article from the city) . From the City to Taroko National Park we took the Bus…
Hualien city
From Taipei to Hualien city, take the Train Tze-Chiang at Taipei Nangang Station to Hualien train station. The travel will be around 2h40. We didn't spend that much time in…
Eight Trigram Mountains Buddha Landscape – Changhua
From Taipei to Changhua, take the fast train HSR from Taipei Main Station until Taishung train station (1h30) and then the train from Taishung station (xinwuri) to Changhua (10 min).…
Ruitai Historic Trail – Fenqihu
After a night in the amazing B&B (from the previous article), we decided to go for a long walk to Fenqihu. The day started with a really nice weather. It…
Rueili Scenic Area – Zhukeng river trail
To go to Rueili take the normal train from Taipei Main Station to Chiayi train station (3h30) and then the bus 7315 at Chiayi station to Ruili (2h00). Rueili is…
Alishan National Scenic Area – Shuishan Trail
Our last trail in Alishan, before taking the bus back to Chiyai, was the Shuishan Trail. The trail is about 1,5 km one way, so it will take you around…
Alishan National Scenic Area – Giant Tree Trail
Giant Tree Trail was built after Alishan’s sacred tree had fallen naturally in 1998, which you can still see during the trail. Alishan’s sacred tree The Giant Tree Plank Trail…