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cherry blossoms in FACV at night. almost closed, no one get into my sight. reflection of cherry blossoms on pool Cherry Blossom Festival is held every February in FACV (Formosa Aboriginal Cultural Village), [...]

Cherry Blossom Festival of FACV 900 meters above sea level cherry blossoms in FACV Cherry blossoms attract hundreds of thousands tourists come to Formosa Cultural Aboriginal Village in Nantou County from February to March. [...]

boat tour ropeway Boat tours are a delightful and quickest way to move from places to places through Sun Moon Lake. Visitors can get on and off freely at 3 piers, Shueishe Wharf (水社碼頭), Itashao Wharf (伊達邵碼頭), and [...]

trail around Sun Moon Lake before sunset Shueiuatou hiking trail after sunrise 14 hiking trails are around Sun Moon Lake. Some of them go unhurriedly along the edge of the mountains, while others are closer to the [...]

Sunrise is the most amazing and peaceful scenery I've seen in Sun Moon Lake. At dawn, the surface of the lake is covered by a thin veil of mist. Hazy blue hour makes here mysterious. Water is calm and quiet. Breeze is smooth [...]

Sun Moon Lake (日月潭), situated in Nantou County, is the largest lake in Taiwan. The eastern part of the lake is round like the sun and the western side is shaped like a crescent moon, hence the name “Sun Moon Lake”. At an altitude [...]

Little Cilai trail path along bamboo grove leading to Cilai accessibility of cell phone Little Cilai trail (小奇萊步道) entrance is in front of Ski Villa (滑雪山莊). A 1.3 kilometers trail is about 3-hour return hike. Through [...]

star trails at Shimenshan stars shining in the sky at Shimenshan  star trails + moon + thunder Shimenshan (石門山) is not just a great place to enjoy the sunrise in Hehuanshan, but also a perfect place to see [...]

sea of clouds at Hehuansha Main Peak   sunset at Hehuansha Main Peak Sea of clouds is one of the most marvelous scene of Hehuanshan. Mountains absorb steam from valleys and form white clouds, stretching [...]

Hehuanshan Main Peak concrete path to the peak   Hehuanshan Main Peak (合歡山主峰) is 3,417 meters above sea level. Even without any equipment, walking about 1 km on concrete path (2-hour return walk) can [...]

Wuling (武嶺) is the highest point, 3,275 meters, on the island of Taiwan accessible by public roads. Due to the saddle between Hehuanshan Main Peak and Hehuanshan East Peak, deep valleys, high [...]

Hehuanshan miscanthus + sunrise snow covered Hehuanshan Hehuanshan (合歡山) is a 3,416 meters high mountain in Central Taiwan. The peak lies on the boundaries of Nantou and Hualien counties and is within the Taroko Gorge National [...]

herds of sheep Green Green Grasslands in summer Green Green Grasslands in winter Cingjing Farm (清境農場) is above 1,750 meters sea level in Nantou County. The herds of sheep are grazing on the grassy [...]