Discover Taipei’s more natural side on this day trip to Yangmingshan National Park, the mountains and trails north of the city. Stroll through its lush forests, admire the impressive nature just minutes from urban Taipei and enjoy the spectacular views offered by its privileged location.
Yangmingshan National Park is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and home to a big number of diverse fauna, flora and hiking trails which give access to several mountains. The most famous one and tallest in north Taiwan being Qixing mountain, with a height of 1,120 meters. In addition, Qixing mountain is the highest non-active (dormant) volcano in all of Taiwan. This national park, within the city limits, has an extension of more than 113 square kilometers. Due to this fact, it’s easy to find areas with geothermal activity, such as hot springs, steam columns that emerge from the ground and sulfur deposits while walking around the park. Its valleys, cherry blossom and numerous trails are also famous.
Qixing mountain, with a height of 1,120 meters is the highest dormant volcano of the island.
Qixing mountain in Yangmingshan National Park.
Taipei city in the background.
In this day hiking tour with private transport and refreshing drinks at the end of the trail we propose you two different hiking routes to enjoy Yangmingshan National Park. All these hikes varies in duration, difficulty and starting points. We want to make sure that there is a hike that you will be able to enjoy!
If you would like to get detailed information about Yangmingshan National Park, its several trails and how to go there by public transport to enjoy them by yourself, please don’t miss this complete guide by our good friend Anusha.
This hiking tour is shorter and going straight to Qixing mountain peaks, the tallest mountain of Yangmingshan. Be ready to face never ending steps with the satisfaction at the end to conquer the highest point of Taipei and north Taiwan. We will stop in Lengshuikeng by visiting a pair of famous beautiful lakes and a suspension bridge. From there we will enter the trailhead and start our journey that will not only bring us to Qixing mountain Main, East and South peaks but also we’ll visit Xiaoyoukeng, a post-volcanic geological landscape, famed for the fumaroles, sulfur crystals and spectacular landslide terrain.
From here we’ll take a 30 minute break while our hiking guide comes back with our private transport and refreshing drinks to go back to the city (and your hotel in Taipei).
Xiaoyoukeng with its fumaroles.
Qixing mountain.
This route takes longer in distance covered and time spent hiking. We will start in Qingtiangang grassland with its water buffaloes. This flat area will serve as a warmup area to transition to our next section. We will discover the native flora, such as its bamboo forests, and we will enjoy the spectacular views that the several mountains offer. As with the STANDAR ROUTE, this hiking tour will climb Qixing mountain and we will end at the fumaroles of Xiaoyoukeng.
From here we’ll take a 30 minute break while our hiking guide comes back with our private transport and refreshing drinks to go back to the city (and your hotel in Taipei).
Yangmingshan rivers.
Water buffalo in Qingtiangang.
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