City: Taichung
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Things to do in Taichung, Taiwan: The Best Forests
Among its many tourist attractions, Taichung offers a downtown shopping experience similar to that of Tokyo or Manhattan, a bustling nightlife, and a cuisine to please even the pickiest palate. Travelers come to this city to feast their eyes on the temples, markets, parks, and museums. Touring families often visit the Taichung National Museum of Natural Science to marvel over the exhibits or the Feng Chia night market to purchase local goods. But perhaps what Taichung is known for the most is Bubble tea, the most famous beverage in the region.
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1. Dasyushan National Forest Recreation Area
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4.5 based on 57 reviews
Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area nurtures a wide variety of wildlife and plants. It is internationally famous for bird watching in the middle altitude region. The red maples in autumn and winter, the starry sky on summer nights, the sea of clouds in the evening, the muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and Mikado Pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) wandering through the forests and along the trails, and thousand-year-old giant Taiwan red cypress are the most appealing scenes in the Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area.
Reviewed By Highland-Birder - Tain, United Kingdom
My wife and I spent several days in the Dasyushan Forest during our recent birdwatching tour of Taiwan ????????. This was the only area where we managed to see the endemic Mikado Pheasant along with many other Taiwan endemic species. There are plenty of recreation areas to park and and there is a visitor centre at the end of the main road into the park, there are plenty of clean toilet facilities within the park. A must for any visiting birder.
2. Wuling National Forest Recreation Area
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4.5 based on 12 reviews
The most impressive sightseeing spot in Wuling National Forest Recreation Area is the gorgeous mist-shrouded “Taoshan waterfall” found at the end of Taoshan trail. The diverse ecological features here include muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi micrurus), Formosan rock-monkeys (Macaca cyclopis), Mikado Pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado), Swinhoe's Pheasant (Lophura swinhoii) and Vinaceous Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus). The precious national fish, the Formosan landlocked salmon (Oncorhynchus masou formosanus), can be observed swimming below in the Chijiawan creek when standing on the Wuling suspension bridge.
3. Jiu Tian Black Forest
4. Basianshan National Forest Recreation Area
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4.0 based on 19 reviews
Basianshan, Alishan and Taipingshan are three major timberland in Taiwan. They reflect the history of forestry in Taiwan, from the prosperous age of forestry in the past with the widespread implementation of well-arranged artificial forests, cable cars, Shinto shrines and the historic relics throughout the whole mountain region. Nowadays, Basianshan National Forest Recreation Area is a wonderland for mountain birds. There are many trails with different types of scenery for short trips with light equipment. You can visit the beautiful Shiwen creek, cherry blossom forests, Tung tree forests, bamboo forests, etc., or you can take the stairs to the top of the Guguan 7 mountains. This is a great place to enjoy a green tour day trip or to stay overnight to enjoy the mountains and forests at night.
5. Moonlight Forest
6. Yung Yeh Leisure Farm
