River traces around Taoyuan, Taiwan

1. Gino

   River:

   宇內溪 / Yunei river

   Area:

   Taoyuan

   Region:

   North

   Start:

   24.791821, 121.391380

   A really nice trace within a day trip from Taipei if you wake up early. This is within my top 3-day trip traces from Taipei I would say. The first 20 mins or so isn't anything special, however, once you climb over around the "man-made waterfall" it gets gorgeous quite quickly. There are tons of waterfalls, clean water, great landscapes, cliff faces ... to the side of you, and you really do feel "in the wild". You will at a certain point reach a fork, we stayed to the right at the fork and continued on till the end. If you wanted you could try left though I am unsure what you will find. At the very end if it has been raining you will find one massive final waterfall. From there you are going to need to backtrack to around the waterslide. From the waterslide, there should be a trail on your left-hand side you can use to get out.

   

   Posted Nov 21, 2020
2. Gino

   River:

   寶里苦溪 / Bǎo lǐ kǔ xī

   Area:

   Taoyuan

   Region:

   North

   Start:

   24.717189, 121.346930

   Really great trace, one of my favourites that I have been able to visit in Northern Taiwan. The water is clean, and the entire area feels quite natural (sans the very start where people hang out). The GPS should take you to a bridge. You will be able to get down and start the trace via a path on the right-hand side of the bridge. In the very first ... area, it's possible you will run into people. Once you climb the ropes along the side to pass the first waterfall you should have the place almost entirely to yourself. You may run into various waterfalls that seem impassable, there is generally a trail located somewhere around them that will take you up and over them.

   

   Posted Oct 15, 2020