Itineraries · 1 week
Mountain trails week: Taiwan’s green interior
A week of forests, tea and marble.
Hiking
1 week · Taipei, Sun Moon Lake & Hualien
Numbers follow the order of the trip. Open a destination for the full guide.
Day by day
The plan
A seven-day hiking week through Yangmingshan, the tea hills around Sun Moon Lake and the Taroko trails, with slow travel between them.
A week of forests, tea and marble. This route is a flexible sketch: keep the fixed transport, move the rest around the weather and your energy.
Day 1
Taipei ridges
City trails.
Yangmingshan
Qingtiangang.
Taipei
Beitou
Hot spring.
Taipei
Xiangshan
Sunset.
Taipei
Day 2
To Sun Moon Lake
Train and bus.
HSR to Taichung
Fast.
Taipei
Bus to Shuishe
Lake.
Taichung
Lake walk
West shore.
Sun Moon Lake
Day 3
Tea trails
Tea country.
Tea trail
Loop.
Sun Moon Lake
Tea house
Lunch.
Sun Moon Lake
Wenwu Temple
View.
Sun Moon Lake
Day 4
To Hualien
A long travel day.
Bus to Taichung
Return.
Sun Moon Lake
Train to Hualien
Via Taipei.
Taichung
Hualien
Dinner.
Hualien
Day 5
Taroko
Gorge trails.
Shakadang
River.
Taroko
Lushui
Forest.
Taroko
Baiyang
Waterfall.
Taroko
Day 6
Coast
A coastal walk.
Qingshui
Cliff view.
Qingshui
Xincheng
Lunch.
Xincheng
Qixingtan
Beach.
Qixingtan
Day 7
Home
Train home.
Hualien
Coffee.
Hualien
Train to Taipei
Depart.
Hualien
Taipei
Arrive.
Taipei
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