The garden is home to a hundred indigenous trees over a millennium old, including Formosan red false cypresses and Taiwan hinoki false cypresses. Each tree is named after a famous person contemporary with the birth year of the tree, adding a note of historic interest for visitors.
Whale and Dolphin Watching Surrounded by submarine hot springs that emit steam all year round, Guishan Island is a rare sight in the Pacific. The sea area here is a favorite haunt for whales and dolphins. The dolphins can often be seen jumping and spinning above the water in groups like ballet dancers, presenting a spectacle far different from what one sees at marine parks.
Night Market Snacking Taiwan has a plethora of popular snacks, from soy-marinated foods and stuffed starch ball desserts to oyster omelets and Chinese angelica mutton soup. There are also plenty of shops here selling inexpensive clothes and shoes. Cold and Hot Springs For a relaxing hot spring soak, visitors to Yilan County can choose between the lowland hot springs of Jiaoxi Township and the carbonic acid cold springs in Su'ao Township, one of only two cold springs in Southeast Asia.
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Watch for macaques; we spotted a whole troupe of them on this hike! Still, the namesake capital of Yilan is one of the gateways to Yilan County, and has enough cool things to do for travelers to consider spending a day or even overnight there. Another popular thing do in Yilan is to try some traditional Taiwanese ice cream.
On the plus side, it is very local, and prices are cheap, cheap, cheap. If you happen to be spending the night in Yilan, this will give you something to do in the evening. Where else will you get a chance to see a huge hand holding pearl milk tea made of LEGO bricks? Besides the Jiaoxi and Yilan City centers, there are plenty of other things to do spread out around them. Beginning near Fulong Beach in New Taipei City, the trail climaxes at a section of high mountain grasslands watch for buffalos!
The most popular time to walk the trail is in autumn, when the silvergrass blooms and paints the hillsides along the hike a silvery gray. Wai Ao is the best place to try surfing in northern Taiwan, especially for beginners. You can hire surfboards right on the or from one of the several surf shops behind the southern surfing end of the beach.
You can even book a surfing lesson before you arrive. For the best surfing beach in southern Taiwan, see my guide to Dulan, Taitung. The museum delves into local Yilan topography and history. The multi-award winning Kavalan Whisky Distillery is one of the most well-known sights in Yilan. Come here to join a free distillery tour Mandarin only , which includes one sample at the end.
See here for an English tour , which even includes blending and taking home your own bottle of whiskey. You can also visit the distillery on this day tour from Taipei.
To get there, you can take bus only 7 per day from Yilan Train Station about 30 minutes or hop in a cab. The brewery adds unique touches to their brews with local Yilan ingredients for example kumquat IPA or smoked plum marzen , and their handsome taproom is worth the trip. The large, bright greenhouse is filled with all manner of local flora, perfect if you are looking for something special to take back to your apartment in Taipei I got a carnivorous flower!
Bus the same one that goes to Kavalan Distillery also continues on to here. I found it when I went on a weekend trip to Yilan with a cram school I was working for at the time. It is exactly what it sounds like; a pumpkin farm aimed at domestic tourists. Besides admiring the rather picturesque rows and tunnels of pumpkins, kids can do a few DIY activities, and eat or drink!
I had to try the pumpkin coffee, and it was actually pretty good! Luodong township is the second largest urban center in Yilan County. Some people also like to take an express bus from Taipei to Luodong and then hop on the train to Hualien from there as a faster or less crowded way to reach Taroko Gorge from Taipei or coming back. Here you can expect the typical crowds and variety of snacks that you would find at any of the great night markets in Taipei or elsewhere in Taiwan. You can find many of these house rentals here or Booking or here on Agoda.
It is built around a large pond where logs were once floated in off the river to store. As Yilan is a leisure-focused destination, there are dozens, perhaps even hundreds of cafes across the county, including several cat cafes.
The cafe features pretty standard food and drinks, but the real draw is all the kitties to pet. South of the Lanyang River, the plains surrounding Luodong are dotted with attractions. More so than north of the river, you are going to need your own transportation to get around here, although some of the sights do have infrequent bus services or slow trains from Taipei. Most of Yilan County is actually made up of mountains, which visitors can most easily access at Mingchi National Forest Recreation Area 39 and Taipingshan Both facilities cater to school groups and will appeal mainly to visitors with kids, with a number of displays and activities on offer.
The huge, nearly year-old, government-run facility is devoted to preserving and promoting traditional arts in Taiwan. Here you can learn about traditional arts such as Taiwanese opera, woodworking, and jewelry making. You can also buy Taiwanese crafts and sample local foods. There are various workshops and hands-on activities, and many sections have beautiful settings worthy of backdrops for photos.
See here to learn about other waterparks in Taiwan. Getting to Dongshan River Park: take bus from Luodong Station, which only departs three times per day. Brown Avenue is one of the best places to do this. The bikeway is named after the Mr. Take the regular train to Dongshan Station one stop south of Yilan , hire a bike, and off you go! The kilometer-return easy ride takes in beautiful rice paddies, and the Wushierjia Wetlands.
The scenery is incredible, so do consider getting a good cycling camera for your bike! You can even make your own bubble tea in a DIY activity.
You could consider visiting here by bicycle from Dongshan Mr. Brown Avenue see 27 above. You can pay a small fee to enter for the day; we once dropped in en route to Nanfangao 31 just to go for a swim in the stream. Here on the east coast of Taiwan, right at the point where the Yilan plains meet the rugged coastal mountains of Hualien , carbonic acid mineral water bubbles out of the ground.
There are a few facilities in town where you can enjoy the water, some for a fee, and some for free. Most of them are pretty run down, though. You may remember Nanfangao from the news, when on October 1, , a bridge across the harbor suddenly crashed , killing six people.
This is a true Taiwan dining experience! This is also a popular stop for anyone driving down the coast from Yilan to Hualien. The train line passes by on an overpass practically right above the cold water pools. Without your own vehicle, you could walk here from Dongao train station, which is a 2. Now we jump over to the area lying to the west of Yilan, at Meihua Lake 34 and Sanxing 35 , before heading up into the mountains of southwest Yilan County.
These lovely cabins are in a perfect location for exploring all of the following attractions, with a pretty setting near the river.
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