Wulai Log Cart Museum

Northern Taiwan


Facing Wulai Waterfall, this snazzy little museum tells the story of Wulai's old log cart railway, which was only motorised in 1974. Prior to that, loggers pushed the heavily-loaded carts by hand. During the Japanese era, carts were converted to rail-mounted rickshaws to convey tourists to the waterfall.


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