One day hike around Yangmingshan

This hiking tour is shorter and going straight to Qixing mountain peaks, the tallest mountain of Yangmingshan. Be ready to face never ending steps with the satisfaction at the end to conquer the highest point of Taipei and north Taiwan. We will visit the Yangmingshan National Park Visitor Center, and from there we will enter the trailhead and start our journey that will not only bring us to Qixing mountain Main, East and South peaks but also we’ll visit Xiaoyoukeng, a post-volcanic geological landscape, famed for the fumaroles, sulfur crystals and spectacular landslide terrain.

Xiaoyoukeng with its fumaroles.

• 08:00 – Meet in MRT Jiantan exit 2 or in your hotel (must be located in Taipei City).
• We will ride a cab to the trailhead: Yangmingshan National Park Visitor Center.
• First section hike: Qixingshan East, Main and South peaks (highest dormant volcano in Taiwan and highest mountain in Taipei (1,120 meters)).
• Finish day hike in Xiaoyoukeng 小油坑 sulfur smelling fumaroles.
• Take public transport back to the city.
• 13:00 – Estimated return: MRT Jiantan.

This is the most complete and longest, in distance covered and time spent hiking tour of the following proposals. We’ll start far from most of the famous hiking trails at Fengguizui and from there we’ll start to to explore several of its paths and valleys on foot. We will discover the native flora, such as its bamboo forests, and we will enjoy the spectacular views that the several mountains offer. As with option A, this hiking tour will climb Qixing mountain and we will end at the fumaroles of Xiaoyoukeng.

Yangmingshan rivers.

• 08:00 – Meet in MRT Jiantan exit 2 or in your hotel (must be located in Taipei City).
• We will ride a cab to the trailhead: Fengguizui 風櫃嘴.
• First section hike: Dingshan Shitiling Trail (beautiful forest scenary).
• Qingtiangang Grassland 擎天崗 and its water buffalos.
• Second section hike: Lengshuikeng 冷水坑 passing over Jingshan suspension bridge.
• Third section hike: Qixingshan East and Main peaks (highest dormant volcano in Taiwan and highest mountain in Taipei (1,120 meters)).
• Finish day hike in Xiaoyoukeng 小油坑 sulfur smelling fumaroles.
• Take public transport back to the city.
• 17:00 – Estimated return: MRT Jiantan.

Like our option A hiking tour, this one is shorter but a little bit more challenging as we’ll be visiting Datun mountain peaks, with the second highest mountain in Yangmingshan National Park. These group of mountains are fun to climb because it involves the use of ropes in some sections of the hike to help us not slip on its slippery terrain. For this hike we’ll start next to one famous location in the the park called Erziping. From there, get ready to face several steps to the main peak of Datun mountain. After conquering the main peak, we’ll face several ascending and descending slopes to pass throught the other peaks of Datun mountain: South and West peaks.

Steps to Datun Main Peak.

• 08:00 – Meet in MRT Jiantan exit 2 or in your hotel (must be located in Taipei City).
• We will ride a cab to the trailhead: Erziping 二子坪.
• First section hike: Datunshan Trail to Datun 大屯山 Main 1092 m., South 959 m. and West 983 m. peaks (all of them considered as active volcanoes).
• Finish day hike in Qingtian Temple 新北投清天宮.
• Take public transport back to the city.
• 13:00 – Estimated return: MRT Jiantan.