Hengchun Beach Introduction
Starting from the 168.5 km mark of Suhua Highway, at the entrance of the He-ren Trail near the Heren Boundary Marker in Taroko National Park, you can walk about 200 meters down the path. After crossing a section of forest trail, you will arrive at Heren Pebble Beach. The first thing that catches your eye is the various sizes of stones scattered on the beach; these stones originally fell from the cliffs due to landslides and rolled down to the shoreline. Next, you will see a large expanse of clean, smooth pebble beach, composed of the crushed marble and gneiss brought down by the waters of the northern Liwu River and Qnagan River (Heren River). The south side of the pebble beach features a broad and flat sea-eroded cave. Further south, there are massive gneiss cliffs with several large quartz veins running through them, which are quite rare in Taiwan. At the southernmost end of the pebble beach, you will find several narrow openings, one of which has completely penetrated the rock layer.
