Located at the center of the island, Nantou is the only landlocked county in Taiwan. With the total area of 4106.436 square kilometers, it is the second largest county of Taiwan. Due to its fine water quality, warm weather, and fertile land, Nantou has abundant natural resources, as well as animals and plants. Thus, it has earned the name “Mother Earth of Taiwan”.
Nantou County covers one city, four urban townships, and eight rural townships. Its mountainous area makes it a tourist destination. The most popular recreation areas are:
Cingjing Farm and Lushan Hot Spring in Ren’ai Township
Sun Moon Lake in Yuchi Township
Sitou (Xitou) Forest Amusement Park in Lugu Township
Hehuanshan (Mt. Hehuan)
Yushan (Mt. Jade)
Nantou Flower Festival
Puli Township, also known as the “City of Flowers”, is famous for its beautiful flowers including Africa chrysanthemums, carnations, cleisostoma paniculatum, coreopsis, golden queen globeflower, philoxeroids, phalaenopsis, rape flowers, and roses. Also, the famous annual Nantou Flower Festival is held at Puli Township.
Specialties
Caotun Township: Betel nut, Rice, Tobacco
Chi Chi Town: Banana, Chi Chi (Jiji) Bike Trail, Gyoho Grape, Lychee with
small seed
Guoxing Township: Biwa Fruit, Green Plum, Nanbeigang River Hot Spring, Tea
Jiji Township: Grape, Guava, Sun Flower
Lugu Township: Bamboo Shoot, Flower, Tea
Mingjian Township: Nagaimo, Tea, Zuoshui Rice
Nantou City: Ginger, Tea
Puli Township: Chinese Mushroom, Puli Hot Spring, Shaoxing Wine
Ren'ai Township: High Mountain Tea, High Mountain Vegetables/Fruits,
Lushan Hot Spring
Shuili Township: Grape, Green Plum, Tea
Xinyi Township: Camellia Oil, Dongpu Hot Spring, Grape, Green Plum
Yuchi Township: Black Tea, Sun Moon Lake Bike Trail, Water Bamboo
Zhongliao Township: Banana, Longan, Orange
Zhushan Township: Bamboo Shoot, Tea, Sweet Potato, Tomato
Taiwanese Aborigines
Nantou is the hometown of Atayal, Bunun, Thao, and Tsou aboriginal people. The Atayal people are live in Ren’ai Township; the Bunun people are live in Ren’ai and Xinyi Township; the Thao people are live in Yuchi and Shuili Township; the Tsou people are live in Xinyi Township.
Suggested Tours:
Day One: Sun Moon Lake→ Puli Township→ Cingjing
Day Two: Green Green Grasslands→ Small Swiss Garden→ Mei-Feng Farm→ Wushe Scenic Area→ Lushan
