The park offers an easy day hike with two trails to some gorgeous waterfalls and wooded hills. The 1500-hectare park is a monsoon forest that was landscaped in the 1960s, during which species from other parts of Taiwan were transplanted here, like Formosan ash, acacia, Chinese pistachio, camphor and mahogany.
Shuangliou Forest Recreation Area
Pingtung County
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