I just intend to do hiking and scenery viewing throughout Taiwan with the help of Train, Bus and Bicycle. I intend to visit most of the following parks and scenic areas.
But my chinese is extremely poor.
May I know which of the following parks I need permit for? Which areas am I not allowed to enter? Any tips and things to research and plan in advance?
I just want to stay to touristy trails, with a little bit of added safe adventure Thank you. Your help will be so useful for a non-chinese speaker for me.
I would like to go to
Hehuanshan
Taroko Gorge and ZhuuliuOld Trail, and camp there for 1-2 days.
Taipingshan
Kenting Park
Mud Volcano
Natural Fire
and more
I would also like to rent an electric bicycle to travel around in various cities/intra city/inter city travel.
I have been reading up on Fu-Ba trail. Very interested to try that. Any advice? Is it open to public? Where do I get my trail permit. I would like to summit lala-mountain.
Also I would like to ask if most of yangmingshan is hikable?
Yeah, just read the thread that I made, but that was over 4 years ago. Also, you gotta take into consideration that trails like these in Taiwan are constantly shut down or at times completely annaihilated. Check to make sure that the trail is still even passable first, but I’m not sure how to do that. Does anyone know a way of checking on trails like this? I imagine you’d have to know a number to call and be able to speak Chinese.
Also, basically all of Yangmingshan is hikable for sure.
Quite frankly, I would not suggest you go on a trail like Fu-Ba alone without local hikers or expats with hiking experience in Taiwan. It’s 17k and, depending on the weather, the conditions can be rough (not sure how the trail has been fixed up after the big typhoon; there might be some land slide sections?), though it’s not in the high mountains. Also you need transportation to get to/from Baling and Fushan. To inquire about the trail conditions I would call the Baling or Fushan police stations, where you can get the permit.