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Alishan is not worth it for a short visit. Taroko National Park is. The gorge is fantastic and has a number of short and long hikes...

@Everbrite, were the jeeps running up to the lake (or the lookout technically) in May?

Some of your itinerary is too ambitious. Day three: can't do it all as it's slow getting around by bus. Even with a car you'd be hard...

Don't try to ride from Taipei to Hualien. It's not very pleasant to deal with speeding gravel trucks on the narrow highway, there are...

Oh, I should add that a lot of these will be really difficult to do in July because of the temperature. All day hikes in 37 degrees and...

Taiwan abounds in day hikes, especially the up and down kind. ...

One week is fine. It's usually 3 days to ride down from Hualien to Taitung, though you can extend this by taking the roads that connect Hwy...

The South Cross Island Hwy is impassible so don't even consider that....

Lonely Planet Taiwan has a good long description of how to get there. Be careful in that area though. Lots of landslides and road damage....

Yushan can only be climbed in a single day now, as the cabin at Paiyun is still not ready. But to get a permit for that you need to show...

Not sure if the Ruili-Fenqihu hiking path is re-opened so you better contact the Alishan National Scenic Administration office. In any...

Both are very over-rated though I guess I would choose SML as you will get your high mountain and forest scenery in other places. The...

Assuming you want to start in Taipei you need to take the 110 down to Sanxia and then the 7B down to the 7 (the north cross island hwy)....

I was up there on the weekend and saw the buses. First one rolled into Tatajia around 10am. They are small shuttle buses. ...

It's about 4 hours to Hualien from Taipei, and that's if the Suhua Hwy is even open at the moment (I think it's back open but there was a...