Hengchun sea and grassland

Hengchun sea andgrassland

The diving experience ofthis trip to kenting sea area has left a much better impression than before. Inaddition to the accommodation in the newly built diving homestays, the mainthing is that the underwater ecological landscape is better than a few yearsago, especially the diving sites in the reserve.Thanks to the high-speed rail,the distance between the northernmost and southernmost parts of Taiwan has beenshortened. Even people living in Taipei can spend two days and a night on aboat trip to kenting and a half-day hike deep into the wilderness.

The average person'simage of the activity of the waters is probably still reserved for thesummer.In summer, the temperature in southern Taiwan is too high, in additionto water activities, the time suitable for outdoor activities on the land isactually very short, mainly sun exposure and heat, so in summer, the hengchunpeninsula in the mountains away from the water to see few people.Kenting areasightseeing activities are really based on the sea activities, so every summera large number of people.

More than 300 kinds ofcolorful coral reefs can be found in the waters of kenting, and more than 1,000kinds of fish live here.It is also one of the most popular diving destinationsin Taiwan due to its warm climate and convenient transportation.Compared to thenortheast corner, which is only suitable for water for half a year at most,kenting can descend almost all the year round.In fact, in addition to themainland of strong cold incoming days, kenting region for most of the day aresuitable for playing with water, and so to fall and winter is the best seasonto kenting region, rather than the typhoon threat, the temperature is morecomfortable, the average temperature around 25 degrees or so, wear protectiveclothing into the water is warm, and even into the water after more warm thanstanding in the air.At least the autumn and winter period of the crowd less inthe quality of accommodation and rest are higher.

And other islands,kenting ecological no less, although big lose visibility green island, lanyu,water quality, but still smaller than the northeast, ryukyu, etc, and thetransportation more convenient than those of isolated islands, and hen chungpeninsula land tourism resources are very rich, so be called qiu dong seasonbest dive tourism destination in Taiwan.

Surprise in the water

The density of fishingports in Taiwan is the highest in the world, and there are also a large numberof wave dissipating blocks along the coast of the island. In addition,abandoned fishing nets and garbage can be seen everywhere on the seabed, whichgradually destroys the Marine ecology and results in the loss of the conditionsthat had great potential to develop Marine tourism.However, as long as there isthe practice and determination to salvage, there is still a chance to recoverthe vitality of the seabed.

Under the efforts ofrecent years maintenance, although the range is very small, but this time a fewboat dives in kenting points are found to the bottom of the sea reef, and inthe "little black bears fault" and "north garden" dive siteall saw the number of fish, a taste for a long time have no visual impactfeeling, finally also have dive site in Taiwan to experience "fish,"the body is surrounded by fish on the up and down or so, in the line of sightis the fish, as if in a large aquarium, in addition to seba, Dan, and otherworld-class dive site, it is the first time I have been in Taiwan fish to feeldizzy.In addition to shoals of fish, it is also very easy to find turtles,flower branches, bean-ding seahorses and other kinds of Marine life of varioussizes, and there are several subterranean relief is also very big, in cliffs,caves, sand, independent reef and other types of terrain shuttle betweenfloating very happy.Always took a lot of coral, sea anemones, sea fans, such as"basic" content, this one is taken for a long time not see bluefintrevally fish yan, and a large number of black tail east, between the cave andcorals have more plenty of coral reef aquarium fish, rock crevices in light,also can often be found "potato eel (bare chest 鯙)", in addition to the time duration of the five meters decompression,other time is busy roads and constant composition, focus, adjust the flashoutput or press the shutter, etc.

Six gas cylinders werelowered in two days, with a depth of about 25 meters. It is not obvious thatthe deeper it is, the more interesting it is. Ecological abundance must berelated to ocean currents and topography.In these two days, the sea conditionis stable. Under the deliberate management and conservation, severalsubmersible points have abundant ecological landscape and diving ropes. All ofthem are very safe submersible points.

Brand new dive b&b

The "Taiwandiving" boat we took was not a small one. It was well equipped, withwater, snacks, large towels, and extra vests and headgear for those who feltthey were not warm enough.In addition to dive boat, "Taiwan diving"in the wall of the lake near the port of great light of community to build ahome stay facility hall, was opened in October this year to complete thepicture word three-story buildings, should be the latest accommodation kentingregion, here is completely designed to meet the needs of diving peoplebuild.

Accommodation is mainly 8 people and 6 people a bungalow type ofbackpacking rooms, and three 2 people suites, a total of 34 people can beaccommodated.In addition to the rooms, each floor has bathroom facilities andlarge balconies.The ground floor has a listening room, a classroom, arestaurant and a sales department. The outdoor area is even larger. There isopen turf and a landscaped garden.

"Diving" Taiwanexecutive Chen Qien is young people, from kaohsiung business professionaldiving and diving travel very careful, in addition to the meticulous executionprocess, due to the business concept innovation, so also attracted many youngcoach, a few years down every employee because everyone has their owncharacteristics, and separately to attract more fans from all over the worldwith students, whether teaching or diving tourism, the development has a stablegrowth of the two, because the old dive shop can't meet the demand, so Idecided to the back port of lake of great light in the neighboring communityland to build the holiday village,The staff's own paintings are usedextensively in the building, and the style is of course full of Marine charm.

Thirty years ago, whenthere was no recreational diving in Taiwan, chishon joined his father in thehigh-stakes underwater engineering business, building his career as abreadwinner and building a reputation in the industry and a rich experience inmaritime engineering.Qi 'en began to work with his father at the age of 16, andhe has traveled to all major ports, rivers and reservoirs in Taiwan.Many divingrings are invisible

Of course, it was not ajob for young people to enjoy until more than a decade ago, when recreational divingwas gradually developed in Taiwan.Recreational diving allows people to trulysee the valuable value of the ocean. Through diving activities and teaching,the more than ten years since the establishment of "Taiwan diving"hope to convey to everyone a different attitude towards life from the city,that is, simple life and rich life.This simple ideal is also the biggestmotivation to support qi 'en entrepreneurship.

Since 2011, "Taiwandiving" became my PADI instructor development center, after three years ofefforts, for my PADI five-star career development center in 2014, is engaged inthe training of coaches, let to the Marine enthusiastic friends, see the worldthrough the job, more hope that the world can borrow by many excellent coachesin Taiwan, to see the land and the sea in Taiwan.

Every year, "Taiwandiving" will launch a clean beach clean sea activity, providingparticipants with free use of gas cylinders, "we do not expect anything inreturn, it is completely from the heart of love for the ocean..."Saidchin.No wonder these two days I saw in the sea "Taiwan diving" theinstructor will carry the net bag, in the sea I also noticed that these severalcoaches will pick up the side of the garbage, waste and so on.As a diver,secretly decided to follow suit, the next time will participate in kenting netsea activities.

The open country

Kenting is not only aplace for ocean activities, but also a place with a unique landscape that isnot seen anywhere else in Taiwan, which may be unknown to many people.Thecentral mountains start from wuyan jiao in suao and extend to the sea at thesouthern end of hengchun peninsula. Although there are no high mountains inhengchun peninsula, the undulating mountains and wild landforms are quite openand extensive, and there is no dangerous landform.So if you go deep into theprairie hills where there are no roads, you can certainly find bison, but youcan't always find people.

If want to choose theroute that the vehicle can reach, cage zai pu prairie is a good choice.A largepart of the prairie is kenting ranch, top park is located in the club and thecoastline of manchuria, the terrain like a platform, wide plant grass, not farfrom here linhai, the wind in autumn and winter, grass and clouds dancing, willremind me of unsafe in the sea anemones and corals, right against the face ofthe wind was like a surge pushed the body, although must resist but feel easeagain, is really very healing scene!

There is an entrance tothe wind-blown sand, and a direct walk along the path will soon lead you to theprairie, where you can see blue sea and blue sky at the same time. If you wantto find such a scene, there is no other place.Along this dirt trail of abouttwo kilometers, you can reach the asphalt road at the other end of shedingpark. In fact, this road is not small enough for small vehicles to pass.

In addition to thecangzai Po grassland, mount menmaro is a little-known wilderness destination.Ihave been there once before by bike. The strong wind, the undulating terrain,the rugged landscape of the open grassland and the dagan mountains in thedistance are very classic scenes.

Menmaro prairie

Except in the middle ofwinter, most of the weather in this area is hot, so the low elevation of mountmenmaro is only suitable for autumn and winter.On a clear day without shade,the area is not normally active during the day for long periods, but the lightin the early morning and evening is excellent, making it the best time tophotograph mount menmaro.Whether it's for a hike or a bike ride, it's an idealand not far away destination.

The reason why thismountain is worth a visit is not the height of the mountain, but its complexand varied terrain and the vast grassland landscape, due to the greatfluctuation of the mountain;Steep slope, around the foot of the mountain and astream through, the landscape is excellent.It can be a bit hard to ride amountain bike to the challenge, but the thrill of hiking up the mountain orpushing a bike to the top, combined with the vast view, is very impressive.Inthe past, there was always a fleet of jeeps driving here, and the excessivemodification of bigfoot jeeps was the cause of ecological damage, so now allmotor vehicles are banned at the entrance, but cycling and walking arenot.Especially riding a bike down a steep hill, how cool it is!

"Door horse roshanis local Taiwanese had said:" touch mountain, where there is no way, herelandform of complex terrain, vegetation types, seen as the trees are almostXiangSiLin, casuarina staggered and disorderly growth, grazing and wild cattleownerless starts to run, also has long been a shepherd with cattle out ofcountless size fork in the road, so the path quite a mess.From the top of thetrees to the edges, the vision opened up, and the picture I saw was like a realscene in a painting.In the distance, the rounded hills rise and fall, and thewinding loess paths weave through the verdant meadows, but the trees aresparse, two of them growing independently in the open prairie, the husband andwife trees of the local population, like door gods.You can also see that alongthe path you can go down from other places to the stream bed below.Take a restin cool shade first, because field of vision landscape is too good, thehypnotic force is full below the blow that light wind divides, imperceptibledoze.

Menmaro mountain, with aelevation of 350 meters, is a shortcut for early manchu villagers to hengchuntown. The trails on the mountain actually weave around the prairie hills at thefoot of the big and small peaks.But if you want to go there, no matter what theseason must not forget the sun and water, at the same time to be careful of thebuffalo around, sometimes hostile to strangers oh.

PS:

There are two divingpoints in a boat, and each diving point is a gas cylinder, which can be playedfor about an hour. With the rest time between the second gas cylinder and thesecond gas cylinder, preparation, voyage, equipment cleaning, lavatory, etc., atrip to the sea is about half a day.