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MOUNT MEILUN (美崙山)

Rising 109 metres above Hualien City, this sweet-potato-shaped hill is criss-crossed with gentle trails and littered with rest areas and historic military bunkers. It’s an easy and pleasant wander with plenty of vantage points, and in clear weather, early risers can catch the sunrise over the ocean.

CI LAKE BIRDWATCHING TRAIL (慈湖鸛鳥步道)

This easy loop around a former estuary on Kinmen’s northwestern coast is a paradise for bird spotters, and if you visit after a dry spell, you might catch the Instagram-famous pink pools, a natural phenomenon created by algae-rich fishponds.

RAKNUS SELU TRAIL B ROUTE — LIANHUA TEMPLE to GUANXI (樟之細路B線：蓮華寺/關西)

This long, flat road walk through the northern Hsinchu County won’t prove much of a test for your legs, but it will keep your eyes and mind busy. Ancestral halls, lascivious temple art, air-drying produce and watermelon stacks line the route from Zhubei’s outskirts all the way to the sleepy town of Guanxi.

TEFUYE GIANT CAMPHOR TREES and BAMBOO TRAIL (特富樟樹巨木群/特富野竹林步道)

The Tefuye Trail is a short, easy hike circling the Tsou tribal village of Tefuye in Chiayi’s Alishan Township. The trail takes hikers through a small-scale coffee plantation, past a giant camphor grove, and back down along a bamboo-lined trail. Along the way, visitors can also take a look at this aboriginal village’s tribal architecture and enjoy the local coffee.

SHUANGLIU BANYAN TRAIL & MOUNTAINSIDE TRAIL (雙流國家森林遊樂區：白榕步道/沿山步道)

Shuangliu National Forest Recreation Area is a quiet forested park in the southern County of Pingtung. This post takes you on a moderate loop walk that takes in two of the park’s four trails.

MOUNT WANGYANG TRAIL (望洋山步道)

Deep within Yilan’s Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area, the Mount Wangyang Trail is an easy stroll through a magical mossy wonderland. This short path is the easiest of the three routes close to Cueifeng Villa, and what’s more, it offers the best views too… if the weather is being cooperative.

QIXINGTAN BEACH and 48 PLATEAU (七星潭海岸風景特定區/四八高地瞭望台)

This easy coastal stroll in Hualien combines the simple pleasures of a pebble beach with sweeping bay views from the grassy bluffs of 48 Plateau.

GREEN ISLAND LITTLE GREAT WALL (綠島小長城)

Named for the wooden steps that snake along the spine of the hill (loosely) resembling the Great Wall of China, this short walk on the eastern edge of Green Island is an easy way to soak in the coastal scenery.

MOUNT SONGBOKENG (松柏坑山)

This gentle walk in Nantou County has to be one of the easiest of Taiwan’s Xiao Bai Yue. From Songboling Shoutian Temple, rural lanes take you on a gentle ramble through tea plantations, pineapple patches, and decommissioned military bunkers.

BATTLESHIP ROCK and PHOENIX MOUNTAIN (軍艦岩/丹鳳山)

Battleship Rock is a prominent chunk of sandstone standing out against the skyline of Taipei’s Beitou District. There is a complex web of trails criss-crossing the area, so you can climb it ten times in ten different ways, but the route taken here is the one that Taiwan’s hikers have voted as being one of the best hikes you can do in Taipei.