Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Eight ensuite rooms in two different properties are relatively simple with older bathrooms at prices that drop to almost dormitory levels outside peak periods (from NT$500).
Owner Hsiao Chiang has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the island and can show you his family’s underground houses (NT$250). He speaks no English, but helper Alan does. Look for the bright, mustard-yellow building on the main street of Yeyin (Ivalino), often fronted with wetsuits hung out to dry.
3.16 MILES
This dramatic rock formation resembling two lions lying face to face rises from the coral beach at the northeastern tip of the island. At high tide it…
4.26 MILES
This roadside rock formation has gone through various Chinese names over the years – Virgin Rock, Maiden Rock, Couple Rock, Torch Rock – all reflecting…
4.43 MILES
This is a series of large roadside caves. Visitors can walk through one U-shaped interconnected pair with a white cross at one end. Other entrances are…
0.52 MILES
If you're taking the cross-island lane it's possible to make a short detour half-way along that leads up and up to a weather station at 324m altitude. The…
2.9 MILES
Viewed from the south, this rock supposedly resembles the profile of a whiskered Chinese dragon roaring at the sky.
1.97 MILES
This cultural foundation has a museum-like section with costumed mannequins and, in the yard, an example of a Tao underground house. You can generally…
0.52 MILES
If you're taking the cross-island lane it's possible to make a short detour half-way along that leads up and up to a weather station at 324m altitude. The…
1.97 MILES
This cultural foundation has a museum-like section with costumed mannequins and, in the yard, an example of a Tao underground house. You can generally…
2.9 MILES
Viewed from the south, this rock supposedly resembles the profile of a whiskered Chinese dragon roaring at the sky.
3.16 MILES
This dramatic rock formation resembling two lions lying face to face rises from the coral beach at the northeastern tip of the island. At high tide it…
4.26 MILES
This roadside rock formation has gone through various Chinese names over the years – Virgin Rock, Maiden Rock, Couple Rock, Torch Rock – all reflecting…
4.43 MILES
This is a series of large roadside caves. Visitors can walk through one U-shaped interconnected pair with a white cross at one end. Other entrances are…