Kenting's best-known landmark ¨C a still-functioning lighthouse built in the 1880s ¨C is at Eluanbi Cape, the southernmost end of Taiwan's Central Mountain Range and inside Eluanbi Park. The park, open 24 hours, is a part of Kenting Forest Recreation Area and is served by a separate entrance. Eluanbi Park has hiking trails running through vines and past huge coral rocks, as well as a coastal walkway and lookout points.
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This historic battlefield site is worth the steep 45-minute ascent more for its excellent views than for its historical remains. These include a memorial¡
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This historical site is a collective tomb of 54 sailors from Ryuku (today¡¯s Okinawa), killed by indigenous Paiwan in 1871. The incident, which occurred at¡
Kenting Forest Recreation Area
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Once an undersea coral reef, this forest area is now a quirky landscape of limestone caves, narrow canyons and cliff walls strangled with the roots of¡
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This well-protected expanse of scrubby hills and open grasslands is a favourite with picnickers, hiking families and ecotourists. A pathway runs through¡
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Just so you can say you've been to Taiwan's southernmost point, there's a stone marker showing exactly that. It's about 1.2km southeast of Eluanbi Park¡
Shuangliou Forest Recreation Area
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The park offers an easy day hike with two trails to some gorgeous waterfalls and wooded hills. The 1500-hectare park is a monsoon forest that was¡
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The admission fee buys you a half-hour tour-bus ride (and back) along a 2.5km-long stretch of coral coastline, as the driver explains to you the monikers¡
Nearby Kenting National Park attractions
1. Taiwan's Southernmost Point
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Just so you can say you've been to Taiwan's southernmost point, there's a stone marker showing exactly that. It's about 1.2km southeast of Eluanbi Park¡
4.56 MILES
This well-protected expanse of scrubby hills and open grasslands is a favourite with picnickers, hiking families and ecotourists. A pathway runs through¡
3. Kenting Forest Recreation Area
4.71 MILES
Once an undersea coral reef, this forest area is now a quirky landscape of limestone caves, narrow canyons and cliff walls strangled with the roots of¡
6.38 MILES
The admission fee buys you a half-hour tour-bus ride (and back) along a 2.5km-long stretch of coral coastline, as the driver explains to you the monikers¡
14.12 MILES
This historical site is a collective tomb of 54 sailors from Ryuku (today¡¯s Okinawa), killed by indigenous Paiwan in 1871. The incident, which occurred at¡
6. Shimen Historical Battlefield
15.62 MILES
This historic battlefield site is worth the steep 45-minute ascent more for its excellent views than for its historical remains. These include a memorial¡
7. Shuangliou Forest Recreation Area
22.13 MILES
The park offers an easy day hike with two trails to some gorgeous waterfalls and wooded hills. The 1500-hectare park is a monsoon forest that was¡