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Camphor Forest Trail
Updated:2020-08-31
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基本資料
步道長度: 2.40 km
步行時間: About 100 minutes
挑戰等級: Advance level
海拔高度: About 580m
步道簡介
◼️Entrance-A：Around the 19-km marker of Chiayi Country Road 129,GPS：23°20'13.2"N 120°40'59.1"E
◼️Entrance-B：Around the 20-km marker of Chiayi Country Road 129,GPS：23°19'57.9"N 120°40'55.1"E
At a total length of 2,400 meters, this trail used to be the road for tribal hunters to travel around. The two entrances are at the 19-km marker and the 20-km marker of Chiayi Country Road 129 next to Sinvi Niahosa Hunter Camp. Take the stairs up from the north-end entrance, the trail with log-shaped concrete stairs and stone pavement goes through the forest. It is slightly sloped but still a pleasant walk. Ferns, flowers in the bushes, and sycons from pine trees add to the richness of forest nature.
Follow the trail up and you will meet the industrial road a few times. After the first intersection with the industrial road, the trail leads into the forest again. Soon after that you will see a few tall camphor trees right next to the trail. Then you will reach a lookout where you can look around the surrounding camphor trees and enjoy the refreshing light aroma. In July and August, camphor fruits grow, attracting birds to visit. Going forward, the pavilion at the highest point allows you to take a break and enjoy the serenity all around. After the quick break, the trail leads downslope. The scenery slowly transitions into Ma bamboo and cedar trees, as well as secondary forests of broad-leaved trees. Fields that appear next have ginger and oranges grown by villagers. Here, you are very close to the intersection of the south-end of the trail and the industrial road.
After a section of the trail that overlaps with the industrial road, you will enter a group of camellia trees. Large camellia seeds hanging from the trees were grown without pesticides. The harvested seeds after processing including sun drying can be compressed to produce camellia oil. After walking another section of wooden stairs and boardwalk in the bamboo forest, you will arrive at the trail entrance next to the Sinvi Niahosa Hunter Camp.
◼️Entrance-B：Around the 20-km marker of Chiayi Country Road 129,GPS：23°19'57.9"N 120°40'55.1"E
At a total length of 2,400 meters, this trail used to be the road for tribal hunters to travel around. The two entrances are at the 19-km marker and the 20-km marker of Chiayi Country Road 129 next to Sinvi Niahosa Hunter Camp. Take the stairs up from the north-end entrance, the trail with log-shaped concrete stairs and stone pavement goes through the forest. It is slightly sloped but still a pleasant walk. Ferns, flowers in the bushes, and sycons from pine trees add to the richness of forest nature.
Follow the trail up and you will meet the industrial road a few times. After the first intersection with the industrial road, the trail leads into the forest again. Soon after that you will see a few tall camphor trees right next to the trail. Then you will reach a lookout where you can look around the surrounding camphor trees and enjoy the refreshing light aroma. In July and August, camphor fruits grow, attracting birds to visit. Going forward, the pavilion at the highest point allows you to take a break and enjoy the serenity all around. After the quick break, the trail leads downslope. The scenery slowly transitions into Ma bamboo and cedar trees, as well as secondary forests of broad-leaved trees. Fields that appear next have ginger and oranges grown by villagers. Here, you are very close to the intersection of the south-end of the trail and the industrial road.
After a section of the trail that overlaps with the industrial road, you will enter a group of camellia trees. Large camellia seeds hanging from the trees were grown without pesticides. The harvested seeds after processing including sun drying can be compressed to produce camellia oil. After walking another section of wooden stairs and boardwalk in the bamboo forest, you will arrive at the trail entrance next to the Sinvi Niahosa Hunter Camp.