Amazing places that you never want to miss in Nanao.

Nanao is a small town of Yilan city, Taiwan. But not because it’s a small town so you won’t have fun here, instead, Nanao has many places that could make you just want to stop everything you are doing for a while, just calmly watchin, admiring and enjoying the amazing beautiful views of these places.

Hiking on the Chaoyang National Trail.

Let's start from the higher ground, the Chaoyang National Trail. Chaoyang National Trail is located on the south of Chaoyang Community in Nanao Village. It has three entrances with around 2.2 kilometers long trail and 4 observation platforms along the trail so people can rest and enjoying the beautiful views of Suhua Coast, Wushibi Gorge, Dingqing Lake, Yuanyang Mountain....

It took me around 30 minutes from Nanao Natural Farm to Chaoyang National Trail by bicycle. There are lovely views on the way to the Trail. Our first plan was not hiking, we planed to go to the Chaoyang Fishing Harbor, but actually there is not much special things in the harbor, so we decided to hike the Chaoyang National Trail right next to the harbor.

The trail is quite narrow and natural, me and Mia need to walk slowly and carefully. there are many trees and bushes on the way, i suggest to bring mosquito rebel or spray because there are thousand of mosquito around, waiting and ready to bite.

There are many signs on the trail, telling information of the area, names of trees, animals that living on the mountain, which is very convenience for researcher of people who have interested in.

After hiking around 10 minutes, we reach an observation and decided to stop there because we were exhausted, but the result is definitely worth it, the view looking down the fishing harbor and the ocean is really beautiful.

Nanao Mystery Beach.

Nanao Mystery Beach 南澳神秘海灘, is a breath-taking beach in Nanao village, it only took me around 10 to 15 minutes to go there by bicycle.

Nanao Mystery Beach is a long large beach with black sand and rocks all along side the beach. I went there right before a big typhoon about to hit Taiwan so there are many big, high waves keep hitting the sore, together with the strong wind blowing the mist, creating an amazing awesome view that i have never seen before.

The view reminds me of a scene in Jurassic Park or Pirate Of The Caribbean movies.

Jinyue waterfall

Jinyue Waterfall 金岳瀑布 , is a small waterfall which is about 15 minutes driving from Nanao village. The waterfall is free entry for everyone and has a parking lot from the Bed & Breakfast right at the entrance to the the waterfall.

From the entrance of Jinyue waterfall, we walked around 5 minutes and arrived at the first part of the waterfall. It's a lower level from the waterfall with slower stream and people can swim there comfortably. But that is not the best part of Jinyue waterfall, we keep on going up to reach the waterfall, there is no stairs to walk normally, we have to climb up the rock to be able to reach the waterfall, it's quite dangerous but will be perfect for people who love adventure.

We have to climb sloppy rocks, but lucky that we had help from Gong Ge, a local in Nanao and also a friendly member of Nanao Natural Farm.

And when we arrived, the result is really worth our risk.

The waterfall created a small pool that people can swim, but need to be careful because the current is stronger. And because Jinyue waterfall is quite small so that it also safe for people who love to dive or even slide down from the top of the waterfall. We got a little bit unlucky because of there was big rain from the other day, so the stream was really strong, we was told not to dive for our safety, so we just swim and enjoy the cold clear water.

The most beautiful river bank.

The river bank of Nanao River is definitely a place that all people of Nanao will recommend tourist when traveling in Nanao village. The river bank is not marked as a destination on google map, it's near the Mystery Beach, turn left before you get on the bridge on Nanao South Road and then there it is.

The ending part of the river bank is the best, because it's also the end of Nanao River to the open sea. On the bank you can be able to see everything around: the ocean, the river, mountain, paddle fields and even tiny Nanao village far far away.

The river is quite dry with slow currents, maybe because of summer, so it's perfectly to walk down the river, put your legs into the cold water, look around the awesome views, or even lie down into the little crystal clear stream, watching the wide sky.

Just sitting there, enjoy the view.

Going to the river bank in daylight is awesome, but going to the river at night is even more awesome! There is completely pitch dark. If the weather is nice and the sky is clear, we can just lie down on the bank, looking up the night sky and see thousand of stars. Some people even bring their sleeping bag to stay overnight, watching the stars, the fire-flights and enjoy the fresh air, together with the sound of waves from the coast far away.