Maolin National Scenic Spot

Maolin National Scenic Spot

Maolin scenic spot is located in Maolin District of Kaohsiung City, and in Fangshan District in the southeast of Kaohsiung City.

There are rich landscape resources, such as meandering, rock carving, mountains, valleys, waterfalls and so on. The main scenic spots are lover's Valley, blue water lake in Maolin Valley, Youqing Valley, Meiya Valley, Longtou mountain, etc. The most distinctive feature of Dona folk village is donali's slate house. You can not only experience the cultural customs of Rukai people, but also enjoy the beautiful scenery.

geographical environment

Maolin scenic area is located in Maolin District of Kaohsiung City. It is bounded by Yanping Township in the east of Liugui district and Dongxing Taidong. It is adjacent to sandimen Township in Pingtung County in the south, gaoshu Township and Liugui District in Pingtung County in the west, and Taoyuan District in Kaohsiung City in the north. In addition to the mountain scenery of high mountains, there are waterfalls, canyons, rich animal and plant landscapes and other special terrain and geology, which are suitable for tourists to do mountaineering, sightseeing, river tracing, butterfly watching, bird watching, natural ecology observation and leisure activities.

natural resources

The scenic spots in Maolin province include Maolin and wanshandona. Most of the residents are Rukai people. The main scenic spots of Maolin National Scenic Spot are lover's Valley, blue water lake, Youqing Valley, Meiya Valley, Longtou mountain, Eagle Canyon, Dona folk village, Dona hot spring, hot spring Canyon, Hongchen Canyon, Dona hidden waterfall, Dona azalea Valley and ghost axe palace.

"Purple Butterfly Valley" in Maolin scenic area is one of the two famous overwintering butterfly valleys on the earth. It is one of the two large-scale "overwintering butterfly valleys" in the world with "Monarch Butterfly Valley" in Mexico. Due to the extremely rare special phenomenon, it attracts great interest of ecological conservation scholars and international media. During the autumn and winter season from December to February next year, there are millions of purple butterfly in groups In the same direction and path, they fly to the low altitude sheltered valley of South Taiwan, forming an ecological spectacle that purple spot butterflies gather and fly in Maolin township of Kaohsiung City for winter. At present, more than 90% of the purple spot butterflies wintering in Maolin District of Kaohsiung are black brown, with four kinds of purple spots on their wings, including small purple spot butterflies, small purple spot butterflies and small purple spot butterflies In Maolin National Scenic Spot, the local overwintering purple spot butterflies are not only Taiwan's unique national treasure, but also a rare ecological miracle in the world. You can experience the strong and beautiful life of purple spot butterflies flying around Maolin View the scene

Main attractions

Longtou Hill

Located between Wanshan and Dona village, Longtou mountain is the most popular base of Maolin National scenic spot. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the zhuokou stream in the southeast, which meanders in a V shape. The terrain is separated by a ridge like a dragon's back, gradually descending and circling from the distance to a small hill in the area, as if the dragon is spitting beads, so it is also called Dragon spitting beads.

Dona Folk Village

Donari's slate house is the most distinctive one in the scenic area. Dona is a Rukai village. The nearby area is rich in sticky slate, so the villagers use local materials to build slate houses. Because the slate houses are windproof and rainproof, and are very cool and durable, they have always been the materials used by the Rukai people to build their homes, which has become the most distinctive cultural representation of Dona. You can not only experience the cultural customs of the Rukai people, but also enjoy the beautiful scenery. It's worth visiting.

Maolin District

Old Maolin tribe of Dona high suspension bridge in Meiya Valley

Hongchen Canyon Dona hot spring Maolin Valley

Longtou mountain and Shetou mountain Maolin National Scenic Area Management Office

Lover's Valley purple butterfly's Valley

Tourism information

Railway Information: 1. The West runs through the railway. Get off at Kaohsiung station and transfer to Kaohsiung passenger station to Liugui, pengnong, Bora, etc. (Maolin National Scenic Spot). 2. Nanhui Railway (from the east to Kaohsiung), get off at Pingdong station and transfer to Pingdong passenger station to Maolin or sandimen (Maolin National Scenic Spot).

Passenger information: 1. Pingtung ← → Dajin, Maolin. Arrive at the tourist service center of Maolin National Scenic Area. 2. Pingtung ←→ sandimen. Get off at shuimen station, and you will arrive at sandimen and the Aboriginal Culture Park (Maolin National Scenic Spot). 3. Kaohsiung ← → Liugui, pengnong and Bora (Maolin National Scenic Spot).

Address: 120 Saijia lane, Saijia village, sandimen Township, Pingtung County

Longitude: 120.63543746027

Latitude: 22.752200635032

Traffic information: 1. Pingtung ← → Dajin, Maolin. Arrive at the tourist service center of Maolin National Scenic Area. (Pingtung passenger transport) 2. Pingtung ←→ sandimen. Get off at shuimen station, and you will arrive at sandimen and the Aboriginal Culture Park (Maolin National Scenic Spot). (Pingtung passenger transport) 3. Kaohsiung ←→ Liugui, pengnong and Baolai (Maolin National Scenic Spot). (Kaohsiung passenger transport)

Ticket information: full ticket NT $80, half ticket NT $40