Yangmingshan National Park Introduction
Yangmingshan National Park is the closest national park to Taiwan's metropolitan area, featuring diverse landscapes and rich ecology that nurture many precious conservation species. If you are lucky, you might spot the endemic bird species of Taiwan—the Formosan Blue Magpie—here. The park is filled with various flowers such as plum, cherry, peach, apricot, azalea, and camellia. Every spring, the cherry blossoms bloom, drawing large crowds to the mountains for flower viewing. After the cherry blossom season, around mid-March, the calla lilies at Zhuzihu start to bloom, making it a popular activity for tourists to experience flower picking and take home a bouquet of calla lilies. A representative attraction in the park is a flower clock made of various seasonal flowers, and you must take a picture there when you visit Yangmingshan! In addition to the flower clock, popular spots like Xiaoyoukeng, Yangming Shuwu, Lengshuikeng, and Qingtian Gang are also not to be missed if you enjoy hiking and nature walks. Moreover, the Yangmingshan area boasts rich geothermal resources, with various hot springs offering different qualities of water. In the Beitou area, many hot spring restaurants line the streets, so don’t forget to enjoy the unique sulfur hot springs if you pass through! With beautiful spring flowers, summer cool retreats, autumn pampas grass and maple leaves, and winter hot springs, Yangmingshan offers different scenic beauty and fun experiences throughout the four seasons, waiting for you to explore!
