???? TRIP TO LALASHAN, with VERY OLD TREES and a CUTE CAT (北橫拉拉山)
Lalashan is a scenic area with mountain vistas, ancient trees, and yummy honey peaches. We stayed one night at the HeFong Villa. A good guesthouse with friendly owners and superb scenery.
HeFong Villa (和風山莊)
Add: No. 160, Zhongxin Rd., Upper Baling, Hualing Village, Fuxing District, Taoyuan City
(桃園市復興區華陵村上巴陵中心路160號)
Tel: (03) 391-2757 / 0978-050-927
Website: i-tsuey.okgo.tw
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From Travel in Taiwan (11/12, 2016) article:
Author: Rick Charette
Lalashan
The route up Lalashan (Mt. Lala), County Highway 116, starts just past (east of) the village of Lower Baling, and ends far up on the mountain at the Lalashan Forest Reserve, on the way passing Upper Baling, an Atayal village. In the Upper Baling area you’ll travel along a sharp ridge, with deep mountain valleys visible on both sides in spots. “lala” and “baling” are both Atayal terms; the first means “beautiful,” the second “giant trees.”
On the way up, stop at the attractive stone-facade Lalashan Visitor Center, not far above Lower Baling, where there is text and video information (with English) on the area’s flora, fauna, and geography. Also visit the small nature center just before the forest reserve, which offers information on the reserve’s trails, biology, and geology. An entirely different world awaits in the reserve, where a marked boardwalk trail meanders 3.7km up and down the mountainside past 22 sacred trees. In this magical ancient-cypress cluster all are least 500 years young; the most senior sprouted 2,800 years ago, and the tallest soars 55m high. [Note: At time of writing the boardwalk was being rebuilt, with the main part of the area closed; phone (03) 391-2761 for enquiries about the latest status of the reserve.]
Taiwan’s “Sacred Trees”
During the Japanese era, Taiwan’s natural resources were systematically mapped and exploited. Narrow-gauge railways were built up into the rugged mountains in many places for extraction of its high-grade wood resources, and today a number remain – notably the Alishan Forest Railway – all popular tourist attractions. Fortunately, in numerous remote locations small stands of great trees escaped the axe, and these have also become popular tourist attractions, invariably either called shenmu (“sacred/divine trees”) or jumu (“giant trees”).
HeFong Villa is a B&B perched high on the Lalashan ridge above Upper Baling, Lalashan’s largest settlement, with an unobstructed view over the mountains to the west. The sunsets here are spectacular. The villa’s exterior reminds me of the big, rambling clapboard-siding farmhouses back in my home area, eastern North America. The high-ceilinged, spacious, simply furnished rooms are done in wood, chalet-style. Each has a small private fenced-in porch out front with a picnic table that has a barbecue grill fitted in the center; all needed equipment/utensils are supplied. Across the courtyard garden, stretched out along a slope with the owner-couple’s honey-peach orchard below, is a lovely wood-built viewing deck with picnic tables – a grand choice for enjoying your complimentary breakfast and a fresh-brewed coffee (NT$100) from the cute coffee/juice bar. (Rooms start at NT$2,500; Chinese breakfast included; bring your own towels.)
English and Chinese
Atayal tribe 泰雅族
Dahan River 大漢溪
Divine Trees Garden 神木園
jumu 巨木
Lalashan 拉拉山
Lalashan Forest Reserve 拉拉山自然保護區
Lower Baling 下巴陵
Ma-Kau Ecological Park 馬告生態公園
Northern Cross-Island Highway 北部橫貫公路
Primeval Forest Trail 原始林步道
Upper Baling 上巴陵
11 - Taiwan LaLaShan Hiking 拉拉山 Dji Osmo + Mavic pro
We went hiking to LaLaShan [拉拉山] in Taiwan.
The video was recod mostly with a Samsung s8 and Dji osmo mobile 2, the drone is a mavic pro.
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