Tengjhih National Forest Recreation Area，Cloud and Mist Wonderland Forest.
文章最後更新於 2024 年 8 月 18 日 by dolonglong
Due to typhoon damage, the Tengjhih National Forest Recreation Area was closed for many years, but after efforts to repair the relevant roads, it is gradually opening to visitors. Located in the southern mid-altitude mountains, it can be considered a summer vacation spot, and the clouds in the afternoon make it look like a fairyland, making it a great place to spend a day to experience this forest.
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Tengjhih National Forest Recreation Area
The road leading to Fujieda was severely damaged after the typhoon in 2009, and it took more than 10 years before the park was reopened to the public. When the park was first opened to the public, there was a limit on the number of people who could enter the park and reservations were required, making it difficult to get a chance to enter the park at first! At the end of October, 2023, the roads will be repaired and the park will be fully open without any restrictions on the number of visitors.
Located in the mid-altitude mountains, the forest has many cedar trees, and you can still see some of the sky at the beginning of the Sea of Trees Trail, but it’s harder to see when you enter the forested area.
Record of tourists taking photos.
At the beginning of the trail, there is a whole row of begonias, which should be transplanted from the park (otherwise they wouldn’t be so neatly arranged), I went there in November, which is not the season for begonias to bloom, so I only saw a few flowers, as shown in the second picture below, there are many trails in the park, and among them, there is also a begonia trail, but that’s the only one I didn’t walk on (I only arrived in the afternoon, and didn’t have time to finish it). I didn’t have time to finish it.
Shuhai Trail in Tengjhih(樹海步道)
The fork in the Begonia Trail mentioned just now is on the Sea of Trees Trail. There are four trails in the park, and I took three of them, but the Begonia Trail depends on whether or not I have the chance to come back in the future ~ because the trails in the park are distributed in a zig-zag pattern, so it’s not a smooth route.
The gradual feeling of forest on the Sea of Trees Trail will become heavier and heavier, and there will be less and less sky to look forward to.
Spruce Trail in Tengjhih(雲杉步道)
After a short while, you can reach the turnoff for the Spruce Trail, and you can feel the cedar forest at the beginning, and the trail between this section and the lookout is sort of organized and well-traveled.
There are also many small wooden chairs for resting in the middle of the day. It was already afternoon when my friend and I came here, so naturally we didn’t have time to take a rest, but if we had arrived at the park in the morning, we would have had plenty of time to do so.
Wooden horse-drawn carts from the early Japanese period, when camphor trees were the main resource here, and many logging tools from that time can be seen in the visitor center, along with an introduction to the history of that time.
The lookout is the highest elevation in the park, so the entire spruce trail is a climb, about 300 meters up is still acceptable.
However, there is also a slower gradient route on the Spruce Trail. In the photo, the right turn is the steeper route, while the straight route is the slower route.
The two separate paths will meet at the gazebo. At first I thought this was the observation deck, but after reading the sign, I realized that I still have to climb up, but it’s pretty much the same thing.
vantage point in Tengjhih(瞭望台)
The last mile to the lookout is accompanied by a row of tall trees, which I personally love 🙂 By this time, there was no sunlight in the background, and the fog started to rise in the late afternoon, so I was mentally prepared to see a white wall before arriving at the lookout.
The observation deck is about two stories high, because of the white walls, I could only take a few pictures of the environment, my left knee was a little bit uncomfortable that day, I rested here for more than ten minutes, but finally I could see a little bit of the blue sky and the mountains in the distance (but only for a moment).
Xishihua Trail in Tengjhih(西施花步道)
After the observation deck, there is a long section of Xishihua trail, originally uncomfortable feet, still considering whether to continue to walk, just as an aunt said that the back is very difficult to walk is not recommended to walk.
I went on with the intention of taking a short walk first, but when I saw the fog, I decided to keep going, thinking it would be nice to photograph this kind of foggy forest!
As I walked along the Xishi Flower Trail, I came to the site of the police station at the back of the park, and it was a very nice gentle downhill walk from the observation deck, and I realized that the aunt had said it was very difficult to walk, and I thought to myself, “Good thing I didn’t listen to him…it’s very easy to walk at all! It would have been a shame if I hadn’t.
The site of the police station is not a big place to visit.
After the ruins, there is a more obvious downhill section, but it is still a good walk. I was thinking that the auntie who said it was hard to walk should have been walking from the Xishi Flower Trail to the lookout point, and this direction is a climb, which is why he said it was hard to walk, right?¡±.
On the way there is a broken log, and you can smell the fragrant cypress odor when you get close to it, and it can accommodate about two people when you walk in～.
Personally, I think one of the features of the Xishi Flower Trail is that the roots of many plants cover the trail, and I took a lot of photos of the roots ~ resulting in more photos uploaded to this post than in the past… I think that the catch can be slid a little faster.
The Xishi Flower Trail gives people another feeling of quietness. Since most tourists will move around in the front part of the park, fewer people will walk to the back, so there are fewer conversations in the environment, and it’s really a relaxing walk.
It’s even more atmospheric with the afternoon fog.
The last small bridge on the Xishi Flower Trail, the sound of footsteps crossing the bridge is especially noticeable at this time.
Shuhai Rest Area in Tengjhih(樹海休息區)
At the end of the long sisal flower trail, you can see the gigantic bengen tree, which is not very far from the entrance, and there is no need to climb any ramps, the reason for the emptiness is definitely because it is about to be closed.
There are also many penjing trees in the park.
After circling around, we returned to the fork in the Spruce Trail. There were many people passing by here at first, and the tables and chairs placed under the straight cedar forest made it a place where many tourists gathered ~ and there were only a few people left on the return trip now.
The ginkgo tree in front of the Visitor Center is the yellowest focal point of the venue.
In the park, only the internal staff can drive or ride in the car, when I walked to the entrance with my partner, it was around 5 o’clock, which happened to be the park’s closing time, so I ended the day with an off-duty photo.
Route Map
Google Map:
The parking lot in Tengjhih Park is for park staff only. General visitors can park in the parking lots of nearby residents (one time charge) or take a shuttle bus from Sakura Park.
Taiwan car rental
（high speed railway station pick up the car）
