Spectacular Hiking in Taroko Gorge: Zhuilu Old Trail
Hualien City, Taiwan
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Trip Type: Hiking & Camping
Duration: 9 hours
If you have a day in Hualien and would like for an adventure, the Zhuliu Old Trail is highly recommended as it offers a breathtaking bird’s eye view of the largest marble gorge in the world. You will appreciate scenic views of massive marble cliffs six hundred meters above sea level, and learn about interesting stories of Japanese and local aborigines that once lived on this trial. Since 2 special Hiking permits are needed from Taroko National Park and Mountain Entry Permit from the Police Department for this tour, a minimum of 5 days is necessary to obtain hiking permits prior to date of booking.
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If you have a day in Hualien and would like for an adventure, the Zhuliu Old Trail is highly recommended as it offers a breathtaking bird’s eye view of the largest marble gorge in the world. You will appreciate scenic views of massive marble cliffs six hundred meters above sea level, and learn about interesting stories of Japanese and local aborigines that once lived on this trial. Since 2 special Hiking permits are needed from Taroko National Park and Mountain Entry Permit from the Police Department for this tour, a minimum of 5 days is necessary to obtain hiking permits prior to date of booking.You will be picked up from your hotel in Hualien city between 7:40am to 8:10am (departure time from Hualien Train Station is at 8:30am). Your tour guide will ensure that you are appropriately dressed for the trail before heading down to a convenience store to get last minute necessities, such as water, snacks, that you might need or wish to enjoy along the hike. On the way to trailhead, mountain entry permits will be applied from the local police station.
At the starting point, you will be greeted by a beautiful suspension bridge which is not accessible if without a permit. The total distance of the hike is 6.2km (3.1km one way). The first thirty minutes of the hike is the most arduous as it spans 1.0km of steep steps, before we pit-stop at the old Japanese military outpost. Along the way, you can expect to see some wildlife such as exotic birds, monkeys, and mountain goats. You will continue to hike for another two hours before reaching the most spectacular part of the trail: the Zhuliu giantic cliff. This part of the trail offers the most stunning, spectacular paranomic view of the Taroko Gorge. Imagine yourself looking down from the top of Taipei 101(Taiwan’s tallest building), only this is different, as you take in the scenery before you and have the magnificent marble-walled canyon of Taroko beneath your feet. Be amazed and thoroughly in awe of the five-hundred meters long Zhuliu marble cliff’s beauty, charting for yourself one of the greatest hiking experience of a lifetime!
You will have your lunch at the Cliff Outpost with amazing view. After lunch, you will take the same route back to the trailhead. Once at the trailhead, your tour guide will take you back to Hualien City to enjoy a meal at a seventy year old Wonton soup shop at your own cost before dropping you off at Hualien train station. If you wish to browse around the night market after the tour, your tour guide can drop you at night market area for free as well.
At the starting point, you will be greeted by a beautiful suspension bridge which is not accessible if without a permit. The total distance of the hike is 6.2km (3.1km one way). The first thirty minutes of the hike is the most arduous as it spans 1.0km of steep steps, before we pit-stop at the old Japanese military outpost. Along the way, you can expect to see some wildlife such as exotic birds, monkeys, and mountain goats. You will continue to hike for another two hours before reaching the most spectacular part of the trail: the Zhuliu giantic cliff. This part of the trail offers the most stunning, spectacular paranomic view of the Taroko Gorge. Imagine yourself looking down from the top of Taipei 101(Taiwan’s tallest building), only this is different, as you take in the scenery before you and have the magnificent marble-walled canyon of Taroko beneath your feet. Be amazed and thoroughly in awe of the five-hundred meters long Zhuliu marble cliff’s beauty, charting for yourself one of the greatest hiking experience of a lifetime!
You will have your lunch at the Cliff Outpost with amazing view. After lunch, you will take the same route back to the trailhead. Once at the trailhead, your tour guide will take you back to Hualien City to enjoy a meal at a seventy year old Wonton soup shop at your own cost before dropping you off at Hualien train station. If you wish to browse around the night market after the tour, your tour guide can drop you at night market area for free as well.
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