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Xiao Yao Valley: Parking at Entry
2024-08-18: 4 Days accumulated precipitation 90mm. High waterlevel. The topography is roughly the same. After Typhoon Gaemi take some time to rebuild anchors for high waterlevel. Have a lot of fun. 4 guides 2 beg...
Comment: parked on the roadside
Access: From Kaohsiung --> Pingtung 7-ELEVEN '水門' store make supplies--> continue '瑪家'Majia --> park at roadside before the little bridge at the place name sign '山谷林植物園'.
Return: Climb 3m up to the bridge. Parking will pass by Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Cultural Park.

Xiao Yao Valley: Canyon Start
2024-08-18: 4 Days accumulated precipitation 90mm. High waterlevel. The topography is roughly the same. After Typhoon Gaemi take some time to rebuild anchors for high waterlevel. Have a lot of fun. 4 guides 2 beg...
Comment: Start under the bridge
Approach: Start canyoning from the bridge at the Majia GPS point. Immediately to the right next to the small bridge You can see waterfall on the roadside.This can be used to estimate the amount of water.

Xiao Yao Valley: Canyon End
2024-08-18: 4 Days accumulated precipitation 90mm. High waterlevel. The topography is roughly the same. After Typhoon Gaemi take some time to rebuild anchors for high waterlevel. Have a lot of fun. 4 guides 2 beg...
Comment: Climb the bridge to end
Return: Climb 3m up to the bridge. Parking will pass by Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Cultural Park.

Xiao Yao Valley: Parking at Exit
Comment: parked on the roadside
Access: From Kaohsiung --> Pingtung 7-ELEVEN '水門' store make supplies--> continue '瑪家'Majia --> park at roadside before the little bridge at the place name sign '山谷林植物園'.
Return: Climb 3m up to the bridge. Parking will pass by Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Cultural Park.

Wushan Great Canyon: Parking at Entry
2026-01-24: Very varied tour, it looks completely different at every waterfall. Partly narrow, partly very high, and since 2025 also a rock hole with an infinity pool 110m above the ground.
Access: From Kaohsiung --> Maolin 7-ELEVEN '茂林' store make supplies--> continue '茂林'Maolin --> park at Maolin Forest Road 5.5k before the gate (not after, unless you want to end the day at the police station).
Return: climb from canyon end(alt.660m to 970m). Back to the car.

Wushan Great Canyon: Canyon Start
2026-01-24: Very varied tour, it looks completely different at every waterfall. Partly narrow, partly very high, and since 2025 also a rock hole with an infinity pool 110m above the ground.
Approach: Hiking from Maolin Forest Road 5.5k to 19k (from alt. 740m to 1900m),then go down to the valley from alt. 1900m to 1240m. Camping in the valley.
Tour: Camping at Alt.1200m 1st drop L10m Alt.1190m 2nd drop L25m Alt.1180m 3rd drop HL8m+R25m Alt.1150m 4th drop 10m Alt.1120m 5th drop R55m Alt.1100m 6th drop L60m Alt.1050m 7th drop L7m Alt.990m 8th drop AL20+10+60+55m Alt.980m 9th drop R8m Alt.840m 10th drop HL10+10m Alt.830m 11th drop L10m Alt.810m

Wushan Great Canyon: Canyon End
2026-01-24: Very varied tour, it looks completely different at every waterfall. Partly narrow, partly very high, and since 2025 also a rock hole with an infinity pool 110m above the ground.
Return: climb from canyon end(alt.660m to 970m). Back to the car.

Diakulavas Lower Sec.: Canyon Start

Diakulavas Lower Sec.: Canyon End

Diakulavas Lower Sec.: Parking Entry and Exit

Diakulavas Lower Sec.: Intermediate Canyon Exit

Dragon Creek 龍溪: Canyon Start

Dragon Creek 龍溪: Overnight stay

Dragon Creek 龍溪: Canyon End

Dragon Creek 龍溪: Parking at Entry

Dragon Creek 龍溪: Parking at Exit

Yila: Parking at Entry

Yila: Canyon Start

Yila: Canyon End

Yila: Parking at Exit

Gaopo Creek Goat 高坡溪: Canyon Start
2025-05-12: Lots of water beautiful short canyon, try not to get caught by locals

Gaopo Creek Goat 高坡溪: Canyon End
2025-05-12: Lots of water beautiful short canyon, try not to get caught by locals

Antlers creek 鹿角溪

Antlers creek 鹿角溪: Parking Entry and Exit

Jinyue Falls
2026-01-09: A few nice rappels and jumps, but you spend a lot of time just rappelling blocks.
2026-01-09: Replaced a few bolts, most were ok. A few dodgey bolts in canyon

Jinyue Falls: Parking Entry and Exit
2026-01-09: A few nice rappels and jumps, but you spend a lot of time just rappelling blocks.
2026-01-09: Replaced a few bolts, most were ok. A few dodgey bolts in canyon
Return: Exit creek on RR and walk back to car

Temple canyon
2026-01-10: Very cool canyon, the whole tour with the 2 canyons and overnight stay at the hot springs is already a mega experience.
2026-01-10: Replaced 6 bolts, none were found

Temple canyon: Parking at Entry
2026-01-10: Very cool canyon, the whole tour with the 2 canyons and overnight stay at the hot springs is already a mega experience.
2026-01-10: Replaced 6 bolts, none were found
Access: You will need to apply for a permit to enter this area, as all canyons in Taiwan, bring a drill, bolts, ect as typhoons commonly knock out bolts.
Return: End at base camp and either walk out the 4 hours or camp the night with hot springs.

Song Feng
2026-02-01: Worthwhile tour, I would do it again if I go to Taiwan again.
2026-02-01: Rebolted most drops, great canyon, low water

Chya Kan
2026-01-16: Very elaborate tour, not as continuous as other top canyons in the world, but the individual sections are really awesome.
2026-01-16: Really committed hard trip with many hand lines, horizontal abseiling and technical bolting, previous took 14 days we took 5 full days, go in being prepared to put up to 80 bolts in and more including...

Dalun
2026-01-12: Exciting thing if you like to deal with white water situations. We placed a fixed rope in the basin of Angels Falls to make it easier for the first person to get out. Unfortunately, the tributary has...
2026-01-12: Rebolted all, angel falls in main river can be very hard to swim out of, come prepared, have enough drills and bolts batteries and skill to deal with very high flow

Hidden Dragon
2026-01-07: Short but beautiful. You do walk for a relatively long time for such a small experience.
2026-01-07: Short but easy canyon to do for a half day warm up

Ghost Axe
2026-01-24: Short but impressive canyon, we did it after the upper Wushan canyon with an overnight stay. It would be ideal to do Wushan at the top as a day trip, and then do Emerald + Ghost Axe as a day trip.

Fei Long (lower)
2026-01-22: Those who like to make technical 5-12m jumps will enjoy the canyon, otherwise it offers nothing too special.

Shili
2026-01-28: Really cold creek, if we had wanted to jump, the experience would certainly have been better, but not really in this cold. Too much effort for the creek, especially in view of the fact that there is r...

Ci'en
2026-02-03: Unfortunately, we were given very inaccurate information and set off along the road at an altitude of 2000m. There are only 2 waterfalls up to 1500m. We ran out of time in the canyon, so we skipped th...

Ci'en: Parking Entry and Exit
2026-02-03: Unfortunately, we were given very inaccurate information and set off along the road at an altitude of 2000m. There are only 2 waterfalls up to 1500m. We ran out of time in the canyon, so we skipped th...
Access: The Central Cross Island Highway that goes through Taroko has many closures, one of them is at night (after 17:00), some of it is due to Work in the gorge section (only opens in 2-3 short intervalls during the day). Best is to head into it as early as possible, as it will be a long day.
Return: The canyon ends in the bigger river. There it's important to keep an eye out beforehand for the way up again, as there is no real track, and it's very steep. Also once you get onto the "ridge walk", expect it to be tough. Bring gloves and long sleeves because of the cutting grass.

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