Donpo Return to Ancient TimeBatonguan Historic Trail & the Rainbow Trail

Tonpo, a small mountain village adjacent to the Yushan National Park, is well-known for its excellent hot springs. Situated along both side of the Chen-You-Lan Creek, the village enjoys spring-like weather throughout the year. Due to Tonpo is surrounded by mountains, the climate here is fairly mild in winter and rather cool in summer.

The Ching Dynasty (1644-1911) Batonguan Historic Trail stretches east across the main ridges of the Central Range and is the oldest cross-island road in Taiwan and a class-A National Historic Trail.

There is also the Rainbow Trail behind the Dongpu Hot Spring Area. Offering magnificent ecological views, this 1-km footpath is suitable for people of different ages.

Green-backed TitFaunaAnimal species account

Aside the rainbow trail is the mixed forest with fruit farm and secondary forest. During the fruit season, yellow tit, black-throated tit and green-backed tit will come to here for foraging.Lesser Scimitar BabblerRed-headed Tit

When you reach the rainbow waterfall, you could find the rare species little forktail, especially during the breeding season in spring.Little Forktail

If you visit Batongguan historical trail, you can sometimes discover five-striped blue-tailed skink or short-legged japalura hiding under the stone stairs.Short-legged japalura

FloraPlant species account

CategoryNumberFerm10Gymnosperm 1Monocotyledons 7Dicotyledons 82Total100

Taiwan cotton rose Bauhinia championii Taiwan Zelkova Griffith's Ash Palmate BegoniaTetrastigma umbellatumMussaenda Common Aspidistra Wild Spikenard Taiwan Tuber Fleeceflower Tong Oil TreeFormosanum ElderberryNanocnide japonicaComphor Tree Cork Oak Luzon ViburnumHimalayan Stachyurus Sweetgum-loving Scurrula Large-leaved Lindera Formosan BuckthornJelly FigLiquidambar formosana Wax TreeHeartleaf Drymary

Nanocnide japonicaComphor Tree Cork Oak Luzon Viburnum

Himalayan StachyurusSweetgum-loving ScurrulaLarge-leaved Lindera Formosan Buckthorn

Jelly FigLiquidambar formosanaWax TreeHeartleaf Drymary

Wild SpikenardTaiwan Tuber FleeceflowerTong Oil TreeFormosanum Elderberry

Taiwan cotton roseBauhinia championiiTaiwan ZelkovaGriffith's Ash

Palmate BegoniaTetrastigma umbellatumMussaendaCommon Aspidistra