Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping & Eating
The plateau has a half dozen or so well-run B&Bs and an equal number of cafes and res-
taurants. Agricultural products are on sale at various shops. Fulu Tea, a type of oolong, is
the region's most popular product, and in many ways is the source of its modern prosper-
ity.
Frog & Pheasant B&B
GUESTHOUSE $$$
(Qīngwā Yǔ Zhìjī Mínsù; 0973-829 665;
www.travel123.com.tw/bnb/fp.htm
;
r from NT$3000;
)
Run by an Australian expat and his Taiwanese wife, this cheerful guesthouse sits down
on the rice growing tableland above the Beinan River. Rooms are large and set off an airy
bright living room. Call for reservations and directions as the place is a bit tricky to find.
There are 15% discounts midweek.
Zixi Garden Lodge
LODGE $$$
(Zǐxī Huāyuán Shānzhuāng; 089-550 617;
www.tzyy-shi.com.tw
; d/tw incl breakfast NT$3460/
4950, midweek discounts 30%; )
This enormous lodge sports wood-panelled rooms,
Chinese- and Japanese-style wings, and a mezzanine reading floor. If coming from the
north, turn right on County Rd 33 just past Km356. Zixi Garden Lodge is on the left
about a kilometre up from Hwy 9. Look for the wooden arch fronting the grounds.
Getting There & Around
Taitung train station to Luye train station and Gaotai, but it's best to have your own
transport.
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
COUNTY ROAD 197 & THE LIJI BADLANDS
This made-for-touring (bike, car or scooter) route skirts the Beinan River Valley as
its shores change from dense subtropical forest cover buzzing with bird and but-
terfly life to a fantastical muddy, barren moon-world of sheer slopes, deep ravines
and pointy ridges: and that's just on one side! On the opposite bank, the more dur-
able cliffs have been eroded into kilometres of craggy ridges and steep-sided out-
crops. The area goes by the name Little Huangshan, after the famous Chinese
landscape, while the moonworld is called the Liji Badlands.
