East-rift-valley
Provincial Highway 9 is 476 km long and is the longest provincial highway in Taiwan. From Chishang to Taitung City, the highway runs the whole length of the East Rift Valley. Traveling down the highway, visitors can see rolling mountains and green fields on the both sides giving Provincial Highway No.9 the nicknamed the Green Highway. More attractions along the highway include the hot air balloon in Luye Highland, Mr. Brown Avenue in Chishang, the green rice paddies in Kaadaadaan, and the Walking trees in Luanshan.

Dapo Lake is a roughly 20-hectare natural wetland teeming with water plants, birds, frogs, and freshwater fish, ringed by another 20 hectares of embankments. Its mirror-still surface reflects the Central Mountain Range, best explored on the surrounding hiking and biking trails.
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Dapo Lake is a natural inland wetland A variety of water plants, birds, frogs, fresh-water fish and shrimps can be found here The pond is around 20 hectares with another 20 hectares of surrounding embankments and wetlands The sight of the Central Ridge reflected on the mirror like surface of the lake is breathtakingly beautiful There are also hiking and biking trails around the lake.
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Dapo Lake
Dapo Lake is a natural inland wetland A variety of water plants, birds, frogs, fresh-water fish and shrimps can be found...

