KENTING NATIONAL PARK 墾丁國家公園

KENTING NATIONAL PARK 墾丁國家公園

INTRODUCTION
Kenting National park, situated on the southernmost tip of Taiwan(the Hengchun Peninsula), consists of a total area of 32,631 hectares, 17,731 on land and 14,900 on sea. The peninsula's pleasant, oceantempered climate is the origin of the name Hengchun (恆春, Eternal Spring). Blessed with a vast array of physical features --- from bays, lakes, rifes, and coral reefs to grassy plains, hills, and primeval forests --- the park is rich in flora and fauna and in topographical and geological resources. The name 'Kenting' derives from the Ching Dynasty's recruitment, in 1879, of farmers to till the area --- it literally means 'plowman'. The park, as the peninsula, is surrounded on three sides by water --- the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Taiwan Strait to the west, and the Bashi Channel to the south.

THE SCENIC SPOTS OF KENTING NATIONAL PARK
1. Kweishan 龜山 --- Houwan 後灣
As visitors enter the park from Shinjie（新街）, the first landmark to meet their eyes is Kweishan, or Mount Turtle. Kweishan, a lowlying hill just 72 meters above sea level, gets its name from its shape, similar to a turtle's shell. Houwan, behind Kweishan, is a quiet little fishing village. Park headquarters plans to build a tourist service center here, complete with exhibit rooms, audiovisual equipment, and other explanatory material.
2. Hsiashuiku下水堀 --- Wonliton萬里桐 --- Hsunkuangtsui蟳廣嘴
The offshore coast from Hsiashuiku to Wonlliton, with its clear blue waters, belongs to an oceanic environmental protection area, and the sea bottom here is beautiful and ever changing. The coast from Wonliton to Hsunkuangtsui, which has been designated a future underwater park area, has a shallow, gentle slope teeming with numerous varieties of coral, which form one of the most abundant concentrations on Hengchun peninsula.
3. Guanshan 關山
Guanshan, also called Kaoshanyen（高山巖）, is about four kilometers form Hsunkuangtsui. The view from the top, 152 meters above sea level, is broad and vast.
4. Paisha 白砂
Paisha is about two kilometers to the right on the road south from Huanshan to Shanshuichuan. It gets its name from its pure white sandy beach, about 500 meters long and 40 wide. The area is suited year round for swimming, skin diving, sailing, and other kinds of water recreation.
5. Maobitou貓鼻頭 --- Leitashih 雷打石--- Houbihu後壁湖
About 3.5 kilometers from Paisha is Maobitou, or Cat's Tip, which gets its name from the shape of its coral reef coastline. Maobitou is the dividing point between the Taiwan Straits and the Bashi Channel. It and Oluanbi are the two most southerly points of Taiwan.
6. Lungluan Lake 龍鑾潭
Lungluan Lake is about six kilometers from Maobitou. Originally this low-lying area every rainy season turned into a land of lakes and pools, flooding surrounding fields and bringing devastation to farmers. Plans for building a reservoir were made as early as the Japanese Occupation but were never carried out. Then in 1948, after Retrocession, the R.O.C. government appropriated special funds and turned the lake into a reservoir. This not only bolstered water conservancy and irrigation but produced a beautiful scenic area as well.
7. Nanwan 南灣
Nanwan, or South Bay, a little fishing village, is also called Lanwan, or Blue Bay, for its deep blue waters. The soft, clean sandy beach stretches in an arc for some 600 meters and is ideal for swimming, sailing, and sunbathing. However, there is a strong undertow just offshore from the police station, so swimmers should remain within the designated swimming area.
8. Kenting Beach 墾丁海濱
Kenting Beach is about five kilometers from Nanwan. Chinese pioneers from Fukien Province began to settle here as early as the 1860s, and in 1877 the Ch'ing court brought in able-bodied recruits from Chaochow in Kuangtung Province to further open up the land. Kenting, which means 'Plowmen,' was named for those recruited laborers. In front of Kenting Beach is the Bashi Channel and in back is Tachienshan, or Mount Big Point. The beach is perhaps the most beautiful in all Taiwan. The deep blue sea gently laps the white sandy shore, and no dangerous reefs or sharks threaten swimmers offshore. Nearby trees offer cool and refreshing shade, while motels and restaurants along the coast provide food and lodging for tourists.
9. Kenting Ranch 墾丁牧場
This area was originally a settlement of the early Chinese pioneers, but because its dry, windy climate is unsuited to crop raising, it was turned into a ranch in 1904. Since 1958 it has been administered by the Taiwan Provincial Government's Hengchun Livestock Experimental Station. which experiments with sheep and cattle breeding, livestock medicine, and the propagation of forage grasses.
10. Chingwashih 青蛙石
Chingwashih, or Frog Rock, is 61 meters high. Viewed from the observation tower in the Kenting Forest Recreation Area, it looks just like a great green frog about to jump into the sea, and so gets its name. The calm little bay nearby is a fine place for water sports and recreation.
11. Tachienshan 大尖山
Tachienshen, or Mount Big Point, is 318 Meters high. Its appearance varies with the angle and distance from which it is viewed. Up close it looks like a great stone slab, but as seen from Oluanbi it rises boldly out of the surrounding country side and has acquired the epithet of the King of the Southern Peaks. It is the park's most prominent landmark. A footpath from Kinting Ranch leads up to the top, which affords a magnificent view of the ranch's free pasturelands, and the ocean near Nanwan.
12. Kenting Forest Recreation Area 墾丁森林遊樂區
This area, originally inhabited by one of the tribes belonging to the Paiwan aborigine group, was planted during the Japanese Occupation with some 513 species of tropical plants and named the Kenting Tropical Botanical Garden. In 1967 it came under the administration of the Taiwan Forestry Bureau and was renamed Kenting Forest Recreation Area.
13. Sheting Nature park 社頂自然公園
Sheting Nature Park is situated adjacent to the Kenting Forest Recreation Area and covers an area of 128.7 hectares. The trees that grow on the coral outcroppings here have been shaped by the northeast winter winds into bonsai-like creations that make the visitors marvel at the amazing artistry of Nature. The park is also blessed with an abundance of flora and fauna, limestone caves, broad grassy plains, and unusual coral formations, all of great value and interest. Because many of the 329 species of plants that grow here, such as Aristolochiaceae and Rutaceae, are favored by them, the area is home to over 50 types of butterflies, and their gaily colored wings can be seen everywhere fluttering in the breeze. The park is an ideal spot for butterfly fanciers and serious lepidopterists alike.
14. Chuanfanshih 船帆石
About four kilometers south along the newly opened road past Sheting Nature Park , one comes upon a giant boulder set upright in the sea. From a distance it resembles a sailing ship just under way and so gets its name --- Chuanfanshih, or Sail Rock. Up close it suffests to some a profile of former U.S. president Richard Nixon. Chuanfanshih is about 18 meters high. It is actually a piece of older coral that long ago rolled off the nearby tableland down to the sea.
15. Oluanbi park 鵝鑾鼻公園
Oluanbi, famous for its lighthouse and the site of a bronze statue to the late President Chiang Kai-shek, was established as a park on December 25,1982. The park covers 59 hectares of varied and unusual topograghy, with ridges, caves, and curious formations of limestone and coral shaped by wind, waves, sunshine, and rain. Hiking trails crisscross the area like a labyrinth connecting 18 viewpoints of exceptional interest. The scenery is magnificent -- brilliant sky, blue ocean, green trees, white sand, rugged coral reefs, and the distant peak of Tachienshan towering over the tableland covered with flowering sisal.
16. Fengchuisha 風吹砂
Fengchuisha, or Windblown Sand, an interesting stop on the way to Chialoshui, is about seven kilometers from Oluanbi. The neighboring areas are all coral rock. Only here has a mixture of sand red soil producing a natural 'sand river.' Summer rains wash the sand northeast, eventually forming a 70-meter 'sand cascade' from the tableland into the sea. Winter winds blow it back again southwest.

TRANSPORTATION 交通
1.墾丁列車Kenting Express
高鐵左營站30mins高雄車站25mins高雄機場50mins東港25mins枋寮60mins恆春15mins墾丁15mins鵝鸞鼻
High Speed Rail Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Donggang Fangliao Hengchun Kenting Oluanbi
Zuoying Station Station Airport
班次Interval: 00:00~04:00 45~50分一班 40~50 mins
04:00~24:00 6~20分一班 6~20mins
票價Fare: （行駛一般道路 VIA Provincial Road）高雄車站Kaohsiung Station---墾丁Kenting: NT$298
（行駛快速道路 VIA Expressway ）高雄車站Kaohsiung Station---墾丁Kenting: NT$342
行程Duration:（行駛一般道路 VIA Provincial Road）高雄車站Kaohsiung Station---墾丁Kenting: 175mins
（行駛快速道路 VIA Expressway ）高雄車站Kaohsiung Station---墾丁Kenting: 130miins
＊ 由國光客運、高雄客運、屏東客運、中南客運四家客運公司聯營。
Buses co-operate by Kuo Kuang Bus, Kaohsiung Bus, Pingtung Bus, and Chung Nan Bus.
聯營中心Bus Information Inquiry  :（07）2357841
國光客運Kuo Kuang Bus  : (07)2384880、2352616
高雄客運 Kaohsiung Bus  :（07）2371230
屏東客運恆春站 Pingtung Bus（Hengchun Station）  :（08）8882900、8891464
中南客運 Chung Nan Bus  (07)2358955
＊ 高鐵左營站發車時刻配合高鐵列車到站時間。
Buses departing from Zuoying Station arrange according to High Speed Rail arrival time.
＊ 恆春為墾丁國家公園交通轉運中心
Hengchun is the hub of transportation in Kenting National Park
2. 屏東Pingtung-------恆春Hengchun-----墾丁Kenting
07:15 10:20
08:30 11:50
14:00 16:50
15:45 18:40
票價Fare: 屏東Pingtung-------恆春Hengchun NT$242
屏東Pingtung-------墾丁Kenting NT$269
國光客運屏東站 Kuo Kuang Bus （Pingtung Bus Station）: (08)7338574


3. 屏東Pingtung--- ----潮州Chaojhou-------恆春Hengchun
05:50 06:00
07:40 08:00
10:00 10:00
12:00 13:00
13:45 14:20
14:50 16:25
20:10 17:40
18:30
票價Fare: 屏東Pingtung-------恆春Hengchun NT$242
行程Duration: 2hrs
屏東客運恆春站 Pingtung Bus（Hengchun Station）  :（08）8882900、8891464
屏東站 Pingtung Bus（Pingtung Station）  :（08）7324103
4. 台北Taipei-------恆春Hengchun-----墾丁Kenting 行程Duration: 7hrs
23:30 13:40 中南客運：(02)25551118、(08)8862519
5. 恆春Hengchun----------墾丁森林遊樂區Kenting National Forest Recreation Area
06:10 06:40
07:30 08:00
12:20 12:50
16:15 16:45 屏東客運恆春站 Pingtung Bus（Hengc hun Station）
17:25 17:55 ( :（08）8882900、8891464
6. 恆春Hengchun---墾丁Kenting---鵝鸞鼻Oluanbi---水蛙窟Shueiwaku
05:50 06:25
12:10 12:45 屏東客運恆春站 Pingtung Bus
17:15 17:45 ( :（08）8882900、8891464
7. 墾丁街車Kenting Shuttle
◎ 橘線Orange Line: 每日行駛，30分鐘一班。 It runs evey 30 minutes, daily.
鵝鸞鼻Oluanbi-----船帆石Chuanfanshih -----墾丁Kenting -----墾管處旅客中心National Park Service Center -----南灣Nanwan -----恆春Hengchun -----台灣牛Taiwan Niu-----海洋生物博物館Marine Biology Museum-----悠活Yoho Hotel
◎ 藍線Blue Line: 假日及寒暑假行駛，40分鐘一班。It runs every 40 minutes on holidays and summer vacation.
恆春Hengchun-----瓊麻館Sisal Exhibition-----後壁湖遊艇碼頭Houbihu Harbor-----貓鼻頭Maobitou
◎ 綠線Green Line: 假日及寒暑假行駛，60分鐘一班。It runs every 60 minutes on holidays and summer vacation.
恆春Hengchun---出火Chuhuo---七孔瀑布Waterfall---佳樂水Jialesuei
票價Fare: 上車投幣，基本票價$25，依里程計價(以$5元為累進單位) ；或在屏東客運恆春站購買
一日券，票價150元，可當日不限次數搭乘墾丁街車。
Prepare coins for the bus ride. Bus fare starts from NT$25 and changes according to the travel distance. One-day pass (NT$150) is available at Pingtung Bus Hengchun Station.
屏東客運恆春站 Pingtung Bus（Hengchun Station）  :（08）8882900、8891464

ACCOMMODATION 住宿
1. Caesar Park Hotel Kenting 凱撒大飯店
: 6 Kenting Road, Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮墾丁路6號
: (08)8861888
2. Kenting House 墾丁賓館
: 101 Gungyuan Road, Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮墾丁里公園路101號
: (08)8861370~5
3. Howard Beach Resort Kenting 墾丁福華渡假飯店
,: 2 Kenting Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣墾丁路2號
: (08)8862323
4. Chateau Beach Resort, Kenting 夏都大酒店
,: 451 Kenting Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County屏東縣恆春鎮墾丁里墾丁路451號
(: (08)8862345
5. Kenting Youth Activity Center 墾丁青年活動中心
: 17 Kenting Road, Hengchen Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮墾丁路17號
: (08)8861221
6. A-gong Resort House 雅客之家
: 237 Kenting Road, Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮墾丁路237號
(: (08)8861272
7. Kenting Toong Mao Gaoshangcing Hotel 墾丁統茂高山青飯店
: 271 Kenting Road, Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮墾丁路271號
: (08)8861234~8
8. 鴻賓山莊
,: 130 Kending Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County屏東縣恆春鎮墾丁里墾丁路130號
(: (08)8861003
9. Syuhai Hotel 旭海客棧
,: 312 Kending Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮墾丁里墾丁路312號
(: (08)8861063
10. President Health World統一健康世界
,: 230 Oluan Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County屏東縣恆春鎮鵝鑾里鵝鑾路230號
(: (08)8851078,8851088
11. The Swanlake Resort Hotel 墾丁天鵝湖飯店
,: 500 Nanwan Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮南灣路500號
(: (08)8891234
12. Kenting OK Hill Hotel 歐克山莊
: 1000 Chuanfan Rd, Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮船帆路1000號
(: (08)8861601
13. Yoho Beach Club & SPA 墾丁悠活渡假村
,: 27~8 Wanli Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮萬里路27-8號
(: (08)8869999


14. Chinatrust Hotel, Kenting 墾丁中信客棧
,: 1180 Henggong Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County屏東縣恆春鎮恆公路1180號
(: (08)8896589
15. Kenting Holiday Hotel 墾丁假期渡假中心
,: 966 Henggong Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮恆公路966號
(: ( 08)8899999
16. Luxury Hotel 富悅大飯店
,: 18 Lane 117, Hengnan Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮恆南路117巷18號
(: (08)8898888
17. Kenting Maldives Hotel 馬爾地夫大飯店
,: 6 Lane 40, Shengbei Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮省北路40巷69號
(: (08)8898999
18. Jyunwang Hotel 君王大飯店
,: 123 Hengnan Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮恆南路123號
(: (08)8892201,8892636
19. Hengchun PTC Intern Hotel 恆春工商實習旅館
,: 38 Kending Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County屏東縣恆春鎮恆南路38號
(: (08)8891937
20. Herng Chuen Farmer Holiday Hotel 恆農假期渡假飯店
,: 6 Alley 2, Lane 11, Hengnan Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County屏東縣恆春鎮恒南路11巷2弄6號
(: (08)8896060
21. Sinsin Hotel 新新大飯店
,: 108 Jhongjheng Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮中正路108號
(: (08)8892722
22. Longde Hotel 隆德旅客之家
,: 143 Jhongjheng Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮城北里中正路143號
(: (08)8892701
23. Wangfei Hotel 縣城旅遊之家
,: 152 Jhongjheng Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮城北里中正路152號
(: (08)8892801
24. Hengbin Hotel 恆賓旅社
,: 129 Jhongshan Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮城西里中山路129號
(: (08)8892636
25. Hengchun Hotel 恆春大旅社
,: 41 Jhongshan Rd, Hengchun Town, Pingtung County 屏東縣恆春鎮城南里中山路41號
(: (08)8892101