Taipei recommends 6 romantic trails of Bamboo Lake to enjoy the sea taro.

Taipei recommends 6 romantic trails of Bamboo Lake to enjoy the sea taro.

The annual Bamboo Lake Sea Taro season is about to start. Bamboo Lake is internationally famous for its taro flowers. It has won the LivCom International City Award for the most livable Community, and it is also a designated place for foreign guests to visit. The Geodetic Engineering Office of Taipei City works Bureau specially recommends six stream trails hidden in Bamboo Lake. Citizens might as well take advantage of the blooming season to come to Bamboo Lake, away from the urban area and enjoy a trip of white sea taros.

Taipei City said that under the premise of giving priority to the safety of hillside land, the near-natural construction method to retain biological habitat space, and to build a number of circular riverside trail systems, connecting the entire Bamboo Lake area, to create a win-win situation with both the effect of soil and water conservation and the development of local agricultural tourism.

The big location is recommended for those who want to enjoy large sea taro fields, magnificent views of small oil pits, egrets and small terraces, you can go to the "Top Lake Ring Trail" located in Dinghu District, and watch it around the stream. The path is smooth and easy to walk, suitable for all ages. The walking time is about 20 minutes. If you are interested in the water wheel or ecological pool left by the early farmers, you can go to the "Sea Taro Ring Trail" located in the Lower Lake District, the walking time is about 20 minutes, and you can also go to the arc swimming area to enjoy the cool stream.

If you want to listen to the gurgling waterfall to play with rocks, hills and terraces, you can go to the "Literature Trail" located in Shuiwei District, which takes only 10 minutes to walk; if you want to climb and overlook the hillside and sea taro terraces, you can go to the "Loop Trail at the bottom of the Lake". The walking time is about 15 minutes The longest trail is the "Bamboo Lake Ring Trail", which connects the East Lake, Ding Lake, Shuiwei and Xiahu with a ring of mountain trails and roads from Hutian Bridge. The walking time is about 50 minutes. You can enjoy the pleasant scenery of Bamboo Lake along the road. In addition, "Taro Love Road" scenic spots, with different seasons can enjoy sea taro flowers (March-May), love flowers (April-June), hydrangea (May-August), each time there is a different surprise, walking time is about 15 minutes.

Cao Changzheng, director of Hutianli in Beitou District, said that Bamboo Lake is located in the Datun Mountain system in the Taipei Basin, with an altitude of 650 meters. It has a comfortable and pleasant climate all the year round, and has a volcanic landscape rarely seen in the world. The ecology of primary animals and plants is rich, and it is a typical rural settlement. Local residents have worked together with the Beishi government for a long time to develop diversified scenic spots. Activities such as "Sea Taro season", "Hydrangea season" and "Sunflower season" each year attract a large number of tourists to make a pilgrimage to the mountains, and they can even stay in the evening from April to May to enjoy the glowing light of fireflies.

Huang Tingzhao, chief of debris flow prevention and control, said that sea taro blossoms every spring, strolling between wild streams and sea taro fields, experiencing the fun of picking sea taros by hand, accompanied by stunning cherry trees along the way, full of extreme mountain scenery, relaxing and exhilarating. It is mainly located in the area that maintains the effectiveness of ecology and rest through the integration of local needs and the renovation of streams and ditches, so that agriculture and tourism in the Bamboo Lake area can flourish. It is very suitable for family members to come here for leisure and recreation.

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