Alishan National Scenic Area
Good to know
- Best time to go
- Late March–early April (cherry blossoms); October–November for clear skies
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A high mountain recreation area in the Central Range at approximately 2,200 metres, Alishan is most celebrated for its sea of clouds at dawn and for the historic narrow-gauge forest railway that climbs from Chiayi through subtropical to temperate forest zones. Sacred cypress forests, cherry blossoms in late March, and a viewpoint at Zhushan that faces the sunrise over a tier of mountain ridges are its defining features.
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