What scenic spots in the Great Rift Valley recommend cycling routes in the Great Rift Valley?

In fact, there are quite a few scenic spots in Taiwan Province Province. The following small series is intended to introduce the recommendation of cycling routes in the Great Rift Valley in Taiwan Province Province, and where to rent a car, etc. If you are interested, you can continue reading.

It is a long and narrow valley plain that runs through the green corridor between Hualien and Taitung. Surrounded by green hills, the countryside is beautiful, with different landforms such as canyons, waterfalls, hot springs and meanders. It also has rich human resources, including prehistoric culture, indigenous culture and historical landscape reclaimed by ancestors. There are many bicycle lanes with perfect planning and diverse landscapes in the north and south of the valley, which is the best choice to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the East Rift Valley.

1. Mizuho Bike Lane

Mizuho Bike Lane → Berry Matie Station → Malangouxi Bridge → Fuyuan Railway Station (total length is about 9.7km).

Along the driveway, the mountains and rivers are full of quaint and charming Yuan Ye customs, including not only hot springs, pastures and gardens. The main line is rebuilt from the old railway, and can also be connected with the branch line of about 10- 12 km. Starting from Mizuho Railway Station, you can enjoy traditional old buildings, beautiful streams and rural scenery along the way, and you can also visit the famous Mizuho ranch and hot spring area.

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Berry MOS Railway Station: The Mizuho section of the East Line Railway was converted into an elevated railway due to the wind disaster, and the original ground railway was built into Mizuho bicycle lane. The original Berry Railway Station was used as Berry MOS Railway Station to provide rest and supplies for cyclists.

Malangouxi Bridge: When riding along the bicycle lane, you will pass Malangouxi Bridge, connecting Mizuho area and Fuyuan Butterfly Valley longitudinal valley scenic spot, with cherry trees on both sides along the way. In the cherry blossom season, the scenery is charming and amazing.

2. The bicycle lane in Dapochi by the swimming pool.

Main line: Chishang Railway Station → Chishang Rice Bag Museum → Dapochi → Jinyuan Tianbianhui → Daguan Pavilion → Yantan Wetland → Shenzhen Floating Waterwheel → Dapochi → Chishang Railway Station (about 8 kilometers long).

Wan 'an Branch Line: Jinyuan Tianbianhui → Wan 'an Park → Wanxin Road (Brown Avenue) → Daguan Pavilion (about 2.9 kilometers in length).

Wanxin branch line: big waterwheel → Chishang Bridge → Chishang Town Water Conservancy Park → Chishang Ecological Fishing Ground → Chishang Mu Ye Resort → Hakka Cultural Park → Chishang Farmers' Association Leisure and Sightseeing Rice Mill → Chishang Railway Station (about 6.5km long).

The rice and bento beside the pond with high ecological quality and Q fragrance are very famous in Taiwan Province, and Dapotang is the most representative scenic spot. Therefore, you can enjoy the quiet and leisurely rural landscape on the pond along the bicycle lane on the big slope pond, that is, around Dabo pond.

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Dapochi: It is a fault pool under the fault. Because there are abundant ecological resources of animals and plants here, there are trails and bicycle lanes around the lake, which are very suitable for ecological observation, bird watching, fishing, hiking and other leisure activities.

Fuzhen Reservoir: Ancient trains, large and small, seem to be mini ferris wheels and large waterwheels for decoration in leisure time. In fact, they will rotate with them during the busy farming season and when the floating water gurgles. Waterwheels, floating ponds and farmland form an idyllic beauty.

Brown Avenue: This is a winding field path. When the weather is clear, you can directly see the entrance of Nanheng Highway. With the beautiful scenery of the distant mountains, the reputation of the road to heaven is gone, and it has been used as the advertising shooting scene of Braun Coffee for many times, so it is also called Braun Avenue.

3. yufu bike lane

Yuli Railway Station → Yuli Bridge → Antong MOS Railway Station → Antong Hot Spring Area → Cheli Old Railway Station (about 9.5km long).

The yufu bicycle lane, which was converted from the old railway, is more fun to ride along the railway track, although the railway is no longer in address unknown and the original old railway track is changed into a bicycle lane. Not only can you enjoy the idyllic beauty in Yuli, but you can also enjoy a warm soup spring in Antong Hot Spring Area.

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Yuli Bridge: Ride to the old railway bicycle lane from Yuli to Dongli, and cross Xiugu Luanxi. The straight section makes it impossible for the world to speed up Mercedes-Benz. On the left is a 9-line Yuli Bridge, enjoying the charming scenery of Xiugu Lianxi and Yuli downtown under the central mountain range.

Lily field in Chikeshan, Yuli: The blooming season of lily is from August to September. Apart from the flower fields all over the mountains, even the roofs of every household are covered with lilies. Everything you see is the beautiful scenery of Huang Chengcheng.

Antong Hot Spring Zone: 1930, the Japanese built a police guest house and public bath here, which developed into a hot spring resort year by year. After the retrocession, private operators bought and operated it and changed it to Antong Hot Spring Hotel. Later, many operators entered one after another and operated it as a hot spring area.

4. Cycling track around Lei Yue Tan

Liyutan Tourist Service Center → Tanbei Qinshui Park → Liyutan Rest Point → Li Yushan Budaokou → West Coast Rest Area Wharf → Aquatic Laboratory (about 5.2km long).

The bicycle lanes around the lake can connect two bicycle lanes to Qixing Lake and connect the bicycle lanes in the elite area of Hualien City, which is convenient for cyclists to plan. It takes about 30 minutes to ride around the swimming pool. During the firefly season from April to June every year, you can see small lanterns flying all over the mountain.

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Tanbei hydrophilic park: a hydrophilic park with the theme of water, with vast green space and perfect facilities. There are 15 sculptures with different shapes in the park, which all contain far-reaching creative significance. Wandering in the green space between art and sculpture, enjoying the scenery and having a picnic is very relaxing and comfortable.

Dock in West Coast Rest Area: Visitors can dine here or take a boat trip to the lake. There are three-story landscape pavilions in the dock rest area, and the constructed wetland on the south side actually has the functions of sewage treatment and ecological conservation, which increases the water area and becomes a good place to observe small ecosystems.

Fishery Laboratory: There are many protozoans in the river, including hairtail and freshwater fish. You can also enjoy the ecology of beaches, lakes and swamps and outdoor aquaculture ponds, and overlook the scenery of Lei Yu Tan from the second floor.

5. Bicycle lanes around Guanshan Town

Guanshan Railway Station → Starting Point of Guanshan Bicycle Lane → Guanshan Town → Wangri Pavilion → South Exit of Qinshui Park → Main entrance of Qinshui Park (total length is about 13km).

The bicycle lane around the town goes all the way along the waterfront of Qingshan Bixi, a glimpse of the unspoiled field scenery, along the winding path of the hillside forest in Guanshan Town, and then along the downhill sections of Kandingxi and Beinanxi to the hydrophilic park. If you have spare capacity, you can also go to Guanshan City to taste the local food in Guanshan.

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Hydrophilic Park: The first eco-friendly hydrophilic park in Taiwan Province, which takes about 30 hours to cycle around the park. There are all kinds of facilities for playing with water and playing games in the kinetic energy hydrophilic area, and environmental education exhibitions such as artificial landscape pavilions, bird watching houses, artificial lakes and ecological islands are the main ones in the static energy hydrophilic area.

Guanshan Branch Police Historical Relics Museum: the only police tourist attraction in Taiwan Province, providing interpretation services. This Japanese-style building, built in 1932, has preserved about 2,000 precious police cultural relics, including police knives, early fire protection suits and patrol oil lamps presented by the Japanese emperor at that time, which greatly amazed the visiting Japanese police.

6. Longtian Bike Lane

Main line: Lvye Railway Station → Longtian Primary School → Agricultural Tribe Leisure Farm (about 6.2km long).

Branch line: Longtian Village → Luye Management Station → Luye Gao Tai → Wuling Green Tunnel (total length is about 15km).

Starting from Lvye Railway Station, ride along Glory Road through Longtian Primary School, and then walk along the long mountain climbing section to Lvye Gao Tai, where you can see the beautiful terraced fields in Lvye Valley. Next, on the way to Yongan Community and Green Tunnel, it was almost a gentle downhill.

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Gao Tai in Lvye: The flight site is located in the south of Gao Tai sightseeing tea area, with an altitude of 368m and a drop of150m. The geographical location is good, the four seasons are distinct, and the airflow is moderate. There is a landscape platform between the two flight platforms. This is the best place to enjoy paragliding and take a hot air balloon ride.

Longtian Village: Originally a Japanese immigrant village, a chessboard-shaped community and agricultural land, it still maintains a strong Japanese flavor. Orchid trees with small leaves are shaded by trees. Now the village has become a butterfly village, and many plants suitable for butterfly breeding have been planted.

Fulu Tea: There are nearly 400 hectares of tea gardens planted in Lvye Township, mainly spring tea and winter tea, mostly oolong tea varieties. Because of its warm and humid climate, good soil quality, long sunshine and good drainage in hilly areas, it is conducive to the growth of tea trees.

Bicycle rental: there is bicycle rental service next to Taitung Railway Station, which can be rented with accommodation hotels or homestays.

Public transportation: Take the Taiwan Railway to Hualien Railway Station and transfer to Taiwan Province Haoxing-Zonggu Hualien Line, and get off at various scenic spots along the way; Take the Hualien passenger train or Ding Dong passenger train in Hualien or Taitung to Shoufeng, LAM Raymond, Guangfu, Fuyuan, Mizuho, Yuli, R&F, Chishang, Guanshan and Lvye, and get off at the scenic spots along the way.

Charter flights to: Hualien-Kenting longitudinal valley line 10 hour/Kenting-Hualien longitudinal valley line 10 hour; Any city 10 hour; Hualien Hotel departs from Hualien 10 hour.