Shuangliou Forest Recreation Area


The park offers an easy day hike with two trails to some gorgeous waterfalls and wooded hills. The 1500-hectare park is a monsoon forest that was landscaped in the 1960s, during which species from other parts of Taiwan were transplanted here, like Formosan ash, acacia, Chinese pistachio, camphor and mahogany.


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