Kenting National Park in the southern tip of Taiwan is a seaside coastal area with many attractions to explore. It was also my very first experience of riding an electric mini scooter without a licence!
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| My rented mini electric sccoter |
On the first day of exploration, I rode my electric scooter to the first stop, Southernmost Point of Taiwan. Next destination was Longpan Park. It is a seaside cliff with scenic views of the sea and waves from above. However, as it is an open space with some grassland, the hot sunny weather could be too much on the skin without a big hat.
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| Seaside view of Southernmost Point of Taiwan |
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| Entering Longpan Park |
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| Longpan Park |
After some distant ride, I arrived at a river mouth are called Gangkou with hanging bridge to walk across the river to explore the opposite surrounding beach.
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| Gangkou beach |
Next destination was Jialeshui. It is famous for its rocky beaches with unique formation that can resemble animals and objects beyond imagination. There is even a free shuttle bus ride along the beach toward the end of the park where ocean waves could be seen hitting the magnificent rocks graciously.
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| Can you see the sea lion rock? |
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| A lion head on the sea? |
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| Is it an animal or human face? |
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| Jialeshui |
After Jialeishui, I proceded to Eluanbi Lighthouse and Park, where mini trekking can be done around the park to spectacular ocean viewpoints.
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| Countryside view along the journey |
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| Eluanbi Lighhouse |
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| Isn't it a unique tree? |
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| Viewing platform from Eluanbi Lighthouse park |
In the evening, I explored the internal attraction called Chu Huo, where eternal flame was seen in the isolated secluded area.
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| Chu Huo |
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| Eternal flame from the ground |
The final stop was Hengchun town, which I did not have much time to explore as the sky was getting dark and I was worried of my electric battery life to ride back to Kenting town around 40 mins away.
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| Hengchun at night |
The attraction in Kenting town itself is the night market, where street food can be found.
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| Crowded night market in Kenting town |
The next day, I explored a paid park. There was a guide who lead us through the coastal park with astonishing seaside scenery and a walkway with stairs leading down to the rocky beach with stunning views.
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| A walk along the coast |
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| View from the end of walkway |
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| An isolated scenery |
On the way back to Kenting town, I passed by Chuanfanshi, a famous seaside with the iconic sail rock that looked like a human head.
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| Chuanfanshi |
In the afternoon, I paid a motorbike rider to bring me up the mountainous road to Sheding Nature Park, where there were trails and cave to walk through and explore with some distant mountainous sceneries.
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| Entrance of Sheding Nature Park |
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| On the way to viewing point |
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| View from the top |
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| A walk in the park |
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| A walk through the caves |
In summary, Kenting has many attractions to explore and definitely worth a visit.
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| Kenting town at daylight |
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