Yangmingshan National Park

Yangmingshan National Park is one of the most attractive places in Taiwan, Taipei City. There are various route to travel to Yangmingshan. The route that we took was to take via the Metro/MRT to Jiantan station and you will see a bus stop directly outside the station. From there, you will see a queue in the morning for R5 bus to Yangmingshan (estimate 45 min). Don’t be surprise if you see a long queue, the frequency of the buses are quite high. There’s a standing queue (站位) and a seating (坐位) queue, do queue at the wrong queue if you do not want to stand for the entire ride. Once reached, there will be various routes for you to hike or take their buses up to the spot that you wanted to go. If you are unsure, you could check with the bus driver or local. They are very helpful! There are unique kinds of beauty every season of the year. Depending on the time of the year which we went during March. March is the cherry blossom season which was one of the best period to spot cherry blossoms in Taiwan at 花锺 (Take internal bus 130). Once you are done, if you would like to continue with the sightseeing, you would have to return to the bus station which takes about 20mins walk back. Once you are back, take the 108 bus to continue the tour to various spots in Yangmingshan, few popular places are 竹子湖 and 小油坑. Indeed, Yangmingshan should be on everyone’s bucket list when coming to Taiwan during cherry blossom season to see the beautiful flowers, waterfall, hiking and enjoy the scenery. #yangmingshan