Cueifong Circular Trail

A very long single-lane drive up the winding road. Please don't drive if you are not a good driver. A nice short hiking walkway to reach the viewing area of the lake. Wheelchair friendly. Very misty when we got there around 3 pm and we couldn't see the lake. But mist cleared away after 15 minutes or so. Very beautiful when the sun was shining. Watch out for small tour vans carrying tourists that might suddenly stop on the road and let the tourists out to take photos of the setting sun on the way down the hill. 4 tour vans suddenly stopped in front of us and held up the traffic. Very dangerous as these are single-lane roads.

Main trail is closed until December2025. East entrance can access only lake view platform. West entrance open 1.1km, closed from lookout.

For me, the highlight of the trip up Taipingshan was the Cueifong Circular Trail, which is the world's first "Quiet Trial" certified by QPI (Quiet Parks International). But unless you are mentally prepared, don't expect to walk the entire Circle Trail there, which will take 3 hours! The view of the lake was blocked by a heavy fog. But someone in our group managed to capture the lake on his handphone when the fog cleared momentarily. PS: Don't worry. There are humans around.

Amazing park! I love the forest it is like a dream when you walk the trail. The view was phenomenal. Taiwanese do a great job preserving the nature they have I really respect that. Very strict rules for following the trail. Only bad thing for me was that I couldn't see everything and a certain part of the park was closed because there was a really old woman living there or something like that. Anyway hope she is well Buddha bless her.

Loved the silent trail. It was truly surreal, serene, peaceful and so tranquil. We walked from West Entrance to the East Entrance and it was about 3.7km and took us 2.5 hours with a 15min pit stop for a short lunch break. Recommend to park at the earlier West entrance and end at East so that sun would be behind you and you get to see the Cueifong lake early on, and then end up with the restroom at the East Entrance where you can wash your hiking boots. You can then walk back another 1km+ back to the West entrance where you parked. Buffer some time to enjoy this! It was one of the best tranquil walks we ever walked thus far in our life.

Amazing experience. One of the best hiking trail I’ve experienced. Foggy afternoon when I visited this place. Hope to come back next to see the lake. Going up to 2000m of hiking is a memorable experience.

It is a great place to visit in Taiwan; however, it is not easy to reach via public transportation. The only resort nearby is extremely hard to reserved. It even does not have all day electric because they used only generator for certain time only. Due to only building with electric at night, there is no light pollution. Cueifong lake circular trail is easy for almost everyone. I recommend you stop by early morning to watch the sunrise at Xiangyangshan where is very close to this trial and walk this trail afterwards, and stop by again afternoon because you will see very different scenes between morning and afternoon. There are several view points where you can stand and wait. The foggy lake is very beautiful when it is covering and uncovering with cloud. There are parking space and clean restrooms at main entrance, you can also park at back entrance if you don’t want crowded.

One of The best trails in Taiwan! Takes about 2.5 hours. Better take the west entrance for more descending steps! Enjoy the ancient forest and mountain lake!