River traces located around East Taiwan
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River:
合流溪 / Heliu creekArea:
YilanRegion:
EastStart:
24.42377,121.70887Heliu Creek is a beautiful creek with countless pools and is a must for river tracers. The pools are pristine and emerald, and many of which are able to be jumped into. Quite a few pools have waterslides, and an abundance of natural bouldering walls can be found along the creek. Near the end of the trace is a 6-meter waterfall and its huge pool. Aft ... er the waterfall is there a short gorge that connects to the Ending GPS on this post. The creek intersects with Nan'ao Old Trail, and it takes 1 hour from the trailhead to the river. Parking spaces are around the trailhead. Heliu Waterfall (12M): 24.42974,121.69213 -
River:
壽豐溪 / Shoufeng riverArea:
HualienRegion:
EastStart:
23.82166,121.42905A small stream with two waterfalls. The first one is around 20 meters tall with a pool, and the distance is 5 minutes from the road. The second one is farther, and the direct route—on right side(facing downstream), and some part of the trail requires concentration and carefulness—to it takes around 30 minutes or more. Another option is to cut to the ... creek early to enjoy climbing in the creek. -
River:
猴洞坑溪 / Houdongkeng creekArea:
YilanRegion:
EastStart:
24.85316,121.77506Below the trail: Huiyingu Waterfall: 25M: 24.85212,121.77476 8M Waterfall: 24.85187,121.77459 Above the trail 25M waterfall: 24.85411,121.77531 -
River:
萬里溪 / Wanli riverArea:
HualienRegion:
EastStart:
23.72487,121.36979This tributary is by Wanrong Hot Spring (NOT Molishaka), also called Yuanyanggu Hot Spring, and thus has a lot of outcrops popping out of the valley and creating special colorful walls, and a tiny hot spring pool can be found on the way. The distance of this river trace is short yet somehow challenging, which involves a few techniques such as boosti ... ng, climbing, swimming across pools, and a short rappelling on the way back. The gorge in the end has the vibes of Lisong Hot Spring, but there is not a hot spring pool. There are a 6 meters waterfall, which is difficult to trace up, and an emerald pool by a colorful wall. After the waterfall are 2 much taller waterfalls with one of them being 20 meters tall. This creek is advised to be visited only in dry seasons, when the main river, Wanli River, is much less likely to flood than in summer, when the rainy season is, and it takes several days for the water level to descend after each medium rain, not to mention frequent and violent afternoon downpours in summer. -
River:
萬里溪 / Wanli riverArea:
HualienRegion:
EastStart:
23.7189,121.37636First waterfall: 23.71886,121.37544 Second waterfall: 23.71878,121.375 Third waterfall: 23.71818,121.3736
