291, Fushih Village, Sioulin Township, Hualien County
Tel
(03) 8621100
Opening times
08:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Closed on the 2nd Monday of each month
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The Taroko National Park (太魯閣國家公園) was originally the tribal dwelling of the Truku people (太魯閣族), who moved across the Central Mountain Range and immigrated to the valley in the late seventeenth century.
The central attraction of the park is the Taroko Gorge, a long and narrow valley that extends for over 36 kilometers sandwiched between the mountain areas of Taiwan's Central Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean. The name “taroko” means “magnificient and splendid” which is exactly what it is; carved out of marble rock, the gorge has to be listed among one of the most beautiful pieces of natural heritage in the world. The gorge is often nicknamed “the marble gorge” due to the abundant supplies of marble found in the area.
The park was established in 1986 to preserve the natural environment as well as the indigenous culture of the area, which includes wildlife, historical relics and aboriginal inhabitants of the local tribes along the Taroko Valley. Owing to the environmental protection movement in the 1980’s, the park has received plentiful resources to help build a top-notch national park that is concerned with protection of nature and preservation of culture.
The park is situated at the junction of three counties, Hualian (花蓮), Taichung (台中) and Nantou (南投) and covers an area of more than 92,000 hectares making it the second largest national park in Taiwan.
Not to be missed sights at the park include: the Tunnel of Nine Turns (九曲洞), Eternal Spring Shrine (長春祠), Tianxiang (天祥), Swallow's Mouth (燕子口) and the Bridge of the Kind Mother (慈母橋).
