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 Sharing itinerary when i went to Taroko Gorge with this informative tour guide. ITINERARY  09:00 Qixingtan - is not actually a beach but a cliff! And they also put fishing net there to catch fishes. 10:00 pass through traffic control point 10:55 leaving Swallow Grotto Trail Here u can see chief head. Another side of chief head, we can see an ape. At tunnel of nine turns trail, we can see salmon tries to jump over the waterfall And another one 11:40 leaving Tunnel of Nine Turns Trail 11:55 arrive Buluowan for lunch  Above is the buluowan map, it has suspension bridge and another trail. 13:00 guiding at Exhibition Hall 13:10 go for Shanyuan Suspension Bridge 13:40 go for Meander Core Trail  13:55 leaving Buluowan 14:05 pass through traffic control point Shakadang trail is quite long, but we did not finish all probably just walk 30 mins and back. Above is the most beautiful rock in shakadang trail as per my guide. 15:40 leaving Shakadang Trail As its not easy to build ...

Beautiful lake To go to Sun Moon Lake from Taichung: You may take bus 6670, schedule here . There is no need to buy extra bus ticket, can just use easycard (the public transport card that can be used in taipei too), the cost is around ntd 73. Bus route in English, click here  or below. There are various route, especially if you want to go to Formosan Aboriginal cultural village via sun moon lake ropeway, u need to go to ida thao pier, or take 6670 bus type A. The bus does not come very frequent, so pls do check your timing. If you want to take boat, one way is ntd 150/pax, round trip is ntd200, while if you want to go hop on off in the official ticket counter is ntd 250. The ticket to formosan aboriginal cultural center contains the sun moon lake ropeway, can buy from klook, its cheaper. I think it is worth to go to formosan aboriginal village as it is big, interesting and it also has fun rides like theme park at the spanish coast area, esp if you have kids, can go there 1 whole da...