鸞山森林博物馆（森林文化博物馆） — Attraction in Yanping

If you go to visit Taitung, you never miss Luanshan Forest Cultural Museum(LFCM). We made a reservation through the LFCM official website about 2 months ago. The day, we drove our cars to gather in front of the Luanshan police office. Then, under the guide Pa-li who was one of LFCM leaders, and his assistants' leadership, we experienced lots of interesting activities such as visiting the tree which was able to walk, DIY BBQ, drinking Bunun tea and Bunun rice wine, praying Mountain God, exploring the mountain and forest, having delicious traditional Bunun lunch, pounding mochi, planting a tree, and finally, practicing sining Pasibutbut to pray for the earth. During this period of time, the guide Pa-li was so intelligent and humor that all of us not only felt very happy but also learned a lot of information about the history of the LFCM, the culture and value opinion about Bunun, and the most important thing was that we humanbeings must respect our mother Earth and take actions to save our only one Earth as possible as we could. To sum up, it was a very interesting, exciting and unforgettable nice day. If you go to visit Taitung, then I strongly recommend LFCM to...

An incredible 5 hour experience of traditional aboriginal culture of the mountain people; we walked on moderately vigorous trails to the famous Walking Tree, and to terraced levels of the "cultural museum" to try roasting a skewer of mountain pork, to make offerings to the forest spirits in the "ancestral hall", and then to hike a 30- minute rigorous climbing trail through old-growth forest. Visitors squeeze through narrow rock fissures and steep faces with the assist of rope ladders and hand grabs. The tour culminates in the grand finale, a great feast in the "dining hall" where long tables are filled with a bounty of dozens of meat and meatless dishes featuring hunted and foraged ingredients on the mountain. A demonstration of pounding steamed sweet rice into mochi ends the tour on a sweet note. Our guide was humorous and knowledgeable - an excellent host to a large tour group of mixed ages. There are comfortable resting areas in the shade for those who opt out of the rigorous hike. Bathrooms on the lower terrace are clean, with an amazing view of the mountains. The entire experience was thoughtfully curated and...

Good experience. Our guide was Xie Lao Ban or his family given name Haisu. He is funny as hell but you need to understand mandarin to appreciate the jokes, hopefully you have a good translator with you. Amazing “walking trees” are worth a look. Our guide said it is likely 500 yrs old. There was a short hike involving scrambling up rocks and squeezing between narrow tree roots which is fun. But we were stuck behind some older folks that took group photos every few steps. It was kind of annoying since it stops forward movement for everyone behind them. I would recommend trying to avoid going at the same time as those groups if you don’t like being around loud people who take photos constantly. Prepared lunch was really delicious especially the vegetables. Everything was cooked using wood fire since it’s laborious to bring propane tanks up the mountain. Remember to bring a bottle of 小米酒 (rice wine)& bag of 檳榔(betel nuts) it is a part of the tribe’s ritual greeting to...