Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
If you're taking the cross-island lane it's possible to make a short detour half-way along that leads up and up to a weather station at 324m altitude. The station, founded in 1940, is not an attraction in itself but its setting, above the treeline, affords a wide series of views.
Some maps show a trail continuing around 1km beyond the weather station to the top of Mt Shantian (山田山, 437m), but that is a very tough trek for which you'll need a guide and machete.
3.34 MILES
This dramatic rock formation resembling two lions lying face to face rises from the coral beach at the northeastern tip of the island. At high tide it…
3.98 MILES
This roadside rock formation has gone through various Chinese names over the years – Virgin Rock, Maiden Rock, Couple Rock, Torch Rock – all reflecting…
4.12 MILES
This is a series of large roadside caves. Visitors can walk through one U-shaped interconnected pair with a white cross at one end. Other entrances are…
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Viewed from the south, this rock supposedly resembles the profile of a whiskered Chinese dragon roaring at the sky.
1.46 MILES
This cultural foundation has a museum-like section with costumed mannequins and, in the yard, an example of a Tao underground house. You can generally…
1.46 MILES
This cultural foundation has a museum-like section with costumed mannequins and, in the yard, an example of a Tao underground house. You can generally…
3.1 MILES
Viewed from the south, this rock supposedly resembles the profile of a whiskered Chinese dragon roaring at the sky.
3.34 MILES
This dramatic rock formation resembling two lions lying face to face rises from the coral beach at the northeastern tip of the island. At high tide it…
3.98 MILES
This roadside rock formation has gone through various Chinese names over the years – Virgin Rock, Maiden Rock, Couple Rock, Torch Rock – all reflecting…
4.12 MILES
This is a series of large roadside caves. Visitors can walk through one U-shaped interconnected pair with a white cross at one end. Other entrances are…