MODERATE TAIWAN HIKES

This particular mini adventure in New Taipei’s Ruifang District is a brief but enjoyable walk connecting two of the area’s popular sight-seeing spots: the Golden Waterfall and Shibaoshan Lookout. If you’re feeling energetic, you could use it as a warm-up for climbing Teapot Mountain, or if — like me —…

XIAOWULAI (小烏來)

Towering waterfalls, precarious suspension bridges, hot spring baths, bamboo forests, plentiful bird life, and an Indigenous village — this varied trail in Taoyuan’s Fuxing District has a lot to offer.

SAVAGE VALLEY (野人谷)

This loop walk in New Taipei’s pretty Pingxi District takes you through an abandoned pleasure park, past a couple of waterfalls, and past the odd landscape of Dahua’s potholes.

MOUNT HUOYAN RIDGE HISTORIC TRAIL (火炎山越嶺古道)

A short trail in New Taipei’s coastal Gongliao District that greatly benefits from having a beach and a coffee shop at the end.

DAKENG TRAIL 4 & MOUNT TOUKE (大坑四號登山步道)

This picturesque trail in Taichung’s Beitun District is a unique Taiwan hiking experience — an undulating log path leads up to some great views.

FENRUI HISTORIC TRAIL (奮瑞古道)

Chiayi is truly a magical place for foreign hikers hoping to experience something distinctly different from Europe or the Americas. Mountain villages accessed by historic railways, forests made of towering bamboo and slopes clad in precision-clipped rows of tea. On Fenrui Historic Trail, it’s tick, tick, tick to all of…

JINGUASHI to BENSHAN GEOLOGICAL PARK LOOP (金瓜石/本山地質公園O型)

The area around Jiufen and Jinguashi is absolutely riddled with hiking trails — many of which can be found on this site. This latest addition to the collection details an easy-to-moderate walk that takes in some sites of historical and geological interest.

FISHERMAN’S TRAIL: SOUTHERN SECTION (魚路古道南段)

The Fisherman’s Trail is a historic 30-kilometre trading route connecting Jinshan on Taiwan’s northeastern coast with Shilin. This post covers the southern section connecting Qingtiangang with Shilin.

FISHERMAN’S TRAIL: NORTHERN SECTION (魚路古道北段)

The Fisherman’s Trail is a historic 30-kilometre trading route connecting Jinshan on Taiwan’s northeastern coast with Shilin. This post covers the northern section connecting Qingtiangang with Jinshan.

TAIWAN BEECH NATIONAL TRAIL (台灣山毛櫸國家步道)

Tucked snuggly into the innermost reaches of Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area, Taiwan Beech National Trail is a pretty forested walk which takes hikers through an ancient stand of beech trees that is thought to date back to the last Ice Age.