Taitung Tea Region
The daylily hill at Taimali, where you drink tea looking at the Pacific. On a clear day the ridge shows you Green Island and Orchid Island. Cherry blossom in winter, fireflies in summer, hot springs at the foot of the hill.
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Itineraries3
- Jinzhenshan, day route ADay tripVisitor centre → the Sanhe coast → the Millennium Dawn park → an indigenous workshop → the Sunrise garden → the Jinzhenshan farmThe Millennium Dawn park is one of the places where Taiwan’s main island saw the first sunrise of 2000.
- Two days: sunrise and hot springsTwo days possibleDay 1: the day route, then a night up here with a tea dinner. Day 2: sunrise and cloud on Jinzhenshan → the Duli mountain walk → the Jinlun hot springsThe firefly path at Qingshan farm runs about 300 m; the ridge trail is around 2 km with pavilions and lookouts.
- Luye Gaotai: tea gardens under the balloonsDay tripLuye → the Gaotai plateau at Yong’an → tea gardens and the grass slope → the deck over the rift valley → tasting Fulu tea at a tea house → the Ercengping water bridge → backGaotai is where the balloon festival happens — balloons in summer, and the rest of the year a grass slope with tea gardens on it. Fulu tea comes in early: its spring crop runs more than twenty days ahead of the west coast.
Sights and trails
About two kilometres with pavilions along it. Climb for the Pacific, and on a clear day Green Island and Orchid Island are both there.
A long gentle slope facing the rift valley, and the launch point for paragliders. On days without balloons it is nearly empty — sit on the grass and the whole valley and the Central Range are in front of you.
⚠️ During the balloon festival there is no flying on Tuesdays. Tethered rides run at dawn and dusk; midday winds keep the balloons down.
Sodium bicarbonate springs at the foot of the hill — exactly what you want after the trail.