Rivers of Taiwan
Every documented river trace, most recent first. Pick a specific river from the nav to narrow the feed.
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The destination is the famous Kuhuatan (苦花潭)24.543001,121.019188. 1. Shortcut (24.542640, 121.020780): The trailhead is in the village. Cars are not allowed to get in the village on weekends. 2. From near Qifenzui Waterfall(24.54543,121.02779). Intermediate river tracing route. Beautiful pools and quite a few climb-ups along the way. The water is ch ... illing.
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Jianshanhu Waterfall(尖山湖瀑布). There's a fork leading to the bottom and the top of the waterfall just by the road. Good for bouldering around the pond.
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Easy and nice. It has several clean nice pools. Many butterflies and shrimp. There's a 4 meter waterfall at 24.96,121.9085 that you need to climb over. At the end of the trace is a 8-meter waterfall. If you go above the 8-meter waterfall, two really tall waterfalls are around the corner. The one on the main stream is around 20-25 meters tall, and ... the other one on the left fork is also around that height. We went around the waterfall on the right side(facing downstream) and did a little bushwhack, but it was quite easy in general. There's webbing and a rope on the other side but it looked very sketchy to climb up, so we didn't go up on the left side(facing downstream).
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Many waterfall and pools in this creek. Popular on weekends. OK for beginners.
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A short fairly easy river trace located within an hour of Taipei. The river and surrounding rocks contain tons of pretty colors. In the end, you will be rewarded with a beautiful waterfall sitting behind a perfect swimming pool. Great place for people without much experience to get a taste of river tracing. The first half of the trace is enjoyable t ... hough nothing special. The second half has some great views of the surrounding mountains and feels much more "natural". When you park you can either jump over the fence and find a way into the river on the other side, or you can cross the highway and enter from where the river meets the ocean. It is possible to climb past the waterfall I ended at. It would take some decent climbing skills though and falling would suck so a helmet wouldn't hurt.
