2016 5 December Day 7 (Monday)
Taroko National Park in Hualien
Hualien is the biggest city on the east coast . The weather is unpredictable, typhoons are stronger and earthquakes are frequent. The area is one of the world's biggest producers of marble . The beach is covered with black stones, not sand .
How to get to Taroko National Park in Hualien --> from Taipei
From Taipei City Hall Bus station
Buy combo package (coach+train) to Xincheng around 209TWD. Child ticket at half price.
Coach is from Taipei to Luodong bus terminal , 1 hr ride. From there, walk less than 5 mins to the train station and take train to Xincheng station, which is nearer to the Taroko National Park. This price entitles you to the Local train or Fast Local train only. You need to add a surcharge (at the train station) if you want to take either the Tze-Chiang Express or the Chu-Kuang Express train. The train ride is approximately 1h 10min (depends)
We took 6.30am Coach 1570 to Luodong and 7.49am train to Xincheng 1h 10min ride.
(Note. Timings might differ)
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From Xincheng, to Taroko National Park
Reached Xincheng train station at 9am. From here, you can either take the Taroko shuttle bus (on specific timings) or take a cab to Taroko National Park.
Checkout/download the Taroko Tourist shuttle bus timings here ..
http://www.hualienbus.com.tw/bus/ticket_info.php
on the left side of the webpage, click on the (Taroko timetable)
(Note that the timings changes quite frequently)
We took a cab from Xincheng station to Taroko Visitor Centre. If I remembered correctly, cab there goes by meter. Cab fare from Xincheng train station to Taroko Visitor Centre is 180NT.
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Taroko National Park Trails
Trails that we had accomplished were Shakadang and Baiyang trails.
We took public transport, bus 302 throughout.
Shakadang Trail
From Taroko National Park Visitors Center, walk along the road to the west through a tunnel. The tunnel has a safe pedestrian walkway.
Right after the end of the tunnel - and before a bridge - follow the metal stairs leading to the river.
The river has an amazing and alluring turquoise color.
To Tianxiang From Shakadang
At the end of the red bridge, (on the right) we took Bus 302 at around 11am straight to Tianxiang. Tianxiang is the only “town” in the gorge, with a bus station, a couple of shops and 7-11. The bus will drive you along many narrow winding roads and tunnels.
Baiyang Trail (near Tianxiang)
From 7-11 convenience store at Tianxiang to Start of Baiyang Trail --> around 15-20mins walk.
We had a quick lunch at the 7-11 and continued on to find Baiyang Trail. From the 7-11 convenience store, walk further in to the Taroko National Park (along the Zhongbu Cross-island Hwy). After around 10mins, you will see a tunnel. Walk into the tunnel and soon you will see the entrance to Baiyang Trail on the left side of the tunnel.
This is the entrance to the Baiyang Trail.
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