River Tracing South Taiwan
River traces in South Taiwan, shared by the community — GPS coordinates, photos, and firsthand write-ups.
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The destination, Aquatic Dragon Waterfall (蛟龍瀑布, 23.553465,120.766907), is 842 meters tall and the tallest in East Asia. The climbing ups and downs are fun and challenging. Some parts of the valley are steep and falling rocks can be expected.
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A perfect place to go river tracing. Tons of waterfalls and areas to practice climbing, and a near-endless supply of emerald blue pools perfect for swimming in. There are a fair number of people at the start point though we only saw one other group more than 300m up and no one after 500m or so. I should note that we went the morning after a big st ... orm and the water was moving quite quickly in some places. Another group we saw was forced to turn back as some of their members were not comfortable going further. Fortunately, their "leader" worked with us to set some ropes up and get us and himself across the worst of it. We wanted to make it right to the end of the river, however, were blocked around 200m from the final waterfall. We went up the mountain on our left and down to the road on the other side of it and walked out. This involved quite a few scraps and a pretty steep scramble. Either be prepared for some trailless Mountian bushwacking or have enough time to double back if you hit the endpoint we have as a GPS. The trail mountain wacked our way to can be found here 22.835964, 120.653911.
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Many waterfall and pools in this creek. Popular on weekends. OK for beginners.
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Water in the river is very beautiful. The river has beautiful pools and many fish. There is a trail by mountainside, which leads further up. *Dejia Waterfall 德佳雙瀑 22.77313,120.70888 * Pools: 22.77254,120.70891; 22.77472,120.71071 *Tianhong Waterfall 天虹瀑布 22.77974,120.70953
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Baolai Spring is a hot spring river that is full of hot springs. Qikeng is just across from the end of road. Shisankeng has a beautiful emerald green rock face and a very well built hot spring pool; it also has a big flat ground, which is ideal for camping. The way to Shisankeng is a little more challenging. Shisankeng also has space for camping. S ... hi'erkeng has been buried in the river bed for a long time. Wukeng is more suitable for jeeps because the hot spring source is small and an ideal pool can be built with a tarp and a pump. The road condition is bad from Xiaoguanshan Lumber Road(小關山林道) to the trailhead pinned on the page. Cars with higer chassis are suggested although one can still get here in a normal car. Road condition and the existence of some of the hot springs may change due to the volatile weather in Taiwan. However, Qikeng, Shikeng and Shisankeng are always there. An alternative route to Shisankeng is from an earth god temple(土地公廟 23.14164,120.79738). Park the car here and take the mountain trail all the way down to Baolai River. The part of the lumber road to the temple is even worse and only cars with high chassis can pass. The trail is steep and the dirt is loose. Hiking poles are suggested. Shidong 石洞 23.08558,120.72397 Wukeng 五坑 23.08775,120.73312 Qikeng 七坑 23.10175,120.75272 Shikeng 十坑 23.12076,120.78879 Shi'erkeng十二坑 23.12693,120.80625 Shisankeng 十三坑 23.12306,120.82734 Earth god temple 土地公廟 23.14164,120.79738
