One Day Hike around Taipei's Yangmingshan National Park
Description
Discover Taipei’s more natural side on this day trip to Yangmingshan National Park, the mountains and trails north of the city. Stroll through its lush forests, admire the impressive nature just minutes from urban Taipei and enjoy the spectacular views offered by its privileged location. In this day hiking tour with private transport and refreshing drinks at the end of the trail we propose you two different hiking routes to enjoy Yangmingshan National Park. All these hikes varies in duration, difficulty and starting points. We want to make sure that there is a hike that you will be able to enjoy!
Tour Options
Itinerary
NOTE: THE EXTENDED ROUTE STARTS HERE. We will start in Qingtiangang grassland with its water buffaloes. This flat area will serve as a warmup area to transition to our next section.
NOTE: THE STANDARD ROUTE STARTS HERE. Coming from Qingtiangang, we'll pass through another forest that includes the Lengshuikeng pond and the Jingshan suspension bridge. In the background we'll start to see our next section: Qixingshan mt.
Yangmingshan National Park is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and home to a big number of diverse fauna, flora and hiking trails which give access to several mountains. The most famous one and tallest in north Taiwan being Qixing mountain, with a height of 1,120 meters. In addition, Qixing mountain is the highest non-active (dormant) volcano in all of Taiwan. This national park, within the city limits, has an extension of more than 113 square kilometers. Due to this fact, it’s easy to find areas with geothermal activity, such as hot springs, steam columns that emerge from the ground and sulfur deposits while walking around the park. Its valleys, cherry blossom and numerous trails are also famous.
Coming down from Qixingshan mt. we'll finish the hike in Xiaoyoukeng, a post-volcanic geological landscape, famed for the fumaroles, sulfur crystals and spectacular landslide terrain. From here we'll take a 30 minute break while our hiking guide comes back with our private transport and refreshing drinks to go back to the city (and your hotel in Taipei).
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We'll meet in your hotel reception or your own pickup point within Taipei City.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not recommended for travelers not used to climb steps
Reviews(13)
This is a beautiful national park and the hike was spectacular! I’m so glad I decided to do this tour during my stay in the Taipei area. I highly recommend and would do it again.
Guide Cristian was phenomenal! He was super talkative and personable. The hike was definitely strenuous and is a great challenge! I highly recommend this tour for outdoorsy enthusiasts! The views were well worth it and just a wonderful park!
Yangmingshan National park is not far from Tapei and the drive up to the park is beautiful. It started to rain but we were still able to hike. Unfortunately it rained a little too hard so tour guide came up with a different plan. We still hiked and saw all the important points that was part of the tour. Its a beautiful park and worth the visit. Tour guide was very knowledgeable and was able to provide a historical background of the park and of Taiwan
It has been a very nice excursion and Cristian is charming, always considerate and attentive to us. Without a doubt, I recommend not only this excursion but also the other excursions that are available in holataipei. If in the future I return to Taipei, I will repeat.
This is the perfect day hike from Taipei. I opted for the extended route and it was challenging to me, but I am so happy that I did. The scenery and views were phenomenal and magnificent. My tour guide made sure that everything was perfect. I was not smart and did not bring any snacks and he gave me his food and water to make sure I was okay along the way. Where I’m from that’s called Southern hospitality. You will not regret this day hike.
We had a spare day in Taipei and Cristian took us (me and my two teenage boys) on a lovely hike to Qixing, the highest peak. Cristian was super patient and pleasant. Absolutely worth it, a fabulous day, highly recommend!
cristian was an amazing tour guide who took the time to walk us through what we needed for the hike the day before. he was also very reassuring as this was our 1st hike and we were thankful for the info he provided prior to the hike. the route that he took us on was indeed very scenic and it is apparent he has thought through and come up with the best way for hikers to take it easy but still go all the way to the top. given the very sudden closure of the suspension bridge, cristian was able to make changes and adapt to all the changing circumstances that allowed us to make it all the way to the top in the time he said we would. :) he is also very knowledgeable about all the various other hikes in taiwan and we are very much looking forward to joining him on another hike of alishan should we return to taiwan.
It was a wonderful day on Saturday. Thank you for being so upbeat and patient with all of us. It's a highlight of my Taiwan trip.
Good hike good guide good group! The guide is very knowledgeable and take care of all details. Many stairs and wild buffalos!
Cristian, our guide, had planned the adventure with accuracy and attention to details. With a pick up at 8h15 with a comfortable minivan, after only 40 min drive we were at the trail starting point out of the city in the middle of a beautiful tropical forest. The first 6,8 km are a mix of stairs and flat paved trail. We encounter a big group of wild buffalos taking a mud bath. The most challenging part is the climb up to the pick, that is reachable with a long sequence of hundred of stairs. Cristian is supportive and motivating. Up there a beautiful view of Taipei city all the way to the ocean. All along the trail, Cristian is enthusiastic to share his knowledge about the history of Taiwan its contradictions and contemporary challenges. At the end of the trail, Luke, the driver, was waiting for us and with a Short drive down, we were back in Taipei. 5/5 adventure with a kind a knowledgeable guide.
