Bamboo Forest Trails: Breathe Deep in Nature

Bamboo Creation Forest Park in the Deep Mountains of Yunlin
Located in Caoling Village, Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, the "Caoling Shibi Forest Therapy Base" is also commonly known as "Bamboo Creation Forest Park." It is Taiwan's first forest therapy base carefully crafted using bamboo forests, a treasure trove of natural beauty, and an ideal place for modern people to escape urban noise and return to nature.

Starting from the Gukeng Interchange on National Highway 3 in the flatlands, it takes about 80 minutes to drive to Bamboo Creation Forest Park. Along the way, you'll pass through Yunlin's flatland agricultural belt, winding mountain roads, and verdant bamboo forests. Visitors will begin to feel the fresh air of nature on their way up the mountain.

Bamboo Creation Forest Park is located in the Shibi area deep in the Caoling mountains, covering over 500 hectares. During its development, there was hope to promote "forest therapy" eco-tourism in the eastern Yunlin area, providing people with a space to breathe amid busy urban life. The park features various therapeutic facilities designed to achieve relaxation and stress relief through mindful walking and deep breathing. There are also spaces for meditation and yoga activities around the trails, available for public use or for participating in forest therapy activities organized by relevant organizations.


Shibi Bamboo Creation Forest Park is Taiwan's first forest therapy base created using bamboo forests


Bamboo Creation Forest Park is an ideal place to escape urban noise and return to nature

Creating a Forest Therapy Space with a Different Approach
The park has entrances on both the east and west sides, with the east entrance having more convenient external transportation and parking space for small vehicles. To reach this entrance, you can navigate to "Wuyuan Liangjiao" (Five Dollars and Twenty Cents). The name comes from the multiple bamboo pavilions nearby, which together have 52 corners - if interpreted as currency, it equals five dollars and twenty cents, making it quite an interesting naming method.

In Bamboo Creation Forest Park, most public facilities use locally sourced bamboo as building material, constructing multiple bamboo art installations. Besides the Wuyuan Liangjiao pavilion cluster at the entrance, other facilities are named Songzhu Plaza, Jingzuo, Diyu Xuan, Wind Stage, Breeze Cottage, Labyrinth, Meditation Terrace, Dome Bamboo Pavilion, and Xiaochai Xuan. The names are poetic and invite exploration.

Unlike typical artificial construction that builds extensively on natural land, Bamboo Creation Forest Park's design philosophy adopts subtractive design and appropriate capacity limits. Besides thinning the bamboo forest to make the originally overly dense bamboo forest more accessible, the design team planned the surrounding facilities with a capacity of 50 people. This makes the park suitable for individual visitors and small tour groups, avoiding excessive crowds that would burden the natural environment. This philosophy has also earned recognition through architectural design awards.

Walking uphill from Wuyuan Liangjiao to the endpoint Xiaochai Xuan takes at least 2 hours. Visitors can arrange their itinerary based on their physical condition and weather conditions, or turn back midway. Don't forget to bring water. By the way, there are numerous tea gardens around Shibi, as well as Songyue Coffee Estate, whose coffee beans have won world championship recognition. Whether bringing a pot of fine tea or coffee to savor in the mountains, it's a very enjoyable and leisurely experience.

Shibi Leisure Farm, near the coffee estate, has cherry blossoms blooming in February and March, attracting many visitors. On the return trip, you can also visit the Huashan Leisure Agriculture Area in Gukeng. It's a stronghold of Taiwan coffee, where visitors can participate in guided tours of coffee production and roasting, DIY coffee brewing experiences, as well as bamboo toy DIY and biodiversity exploration activities - diverse and interesting.


The Wuyuan Liangjiao pavilion cluster is located at the entrance of Bamboo Creation Forest Park


Facilities in Bamboo Creation Forest Park attract visitors to embrace bamboo forest therapy

Hualien's Fuli Also Has Captivating Bamboo Forests
Another place that has transformed bamboo forests into an emerging therapeutic destination is the bamboo forest in Luoshan Leisure Agriculture Area in Fuli, Hualien. Luoshan used to have large bamboo forests, and residents in earlier years used them as raw materials to make processed products like bamboo hats, which was one of the local economic sources.

However, after the industry declined, the bamboo forests were no longer tended to, growing too densely for outsiders to approach. The Fuli Township Farmers' Association felt it was a shame to let the bamboo forests go to waste, so they moderately thinned them and planned bamboo forest trails, creating another therapeutic attraction in the East Rift Valley. It can be combined with surrounding tourism resources such as Luoshan Waterfall, mud volcano tofu, and Taitung's Chishang rice village to attract visitors.


The bamboo forest in Luoshan Leisure Agriculture Area in Fuli, Hualien is a therapeutic attraction in the valley

Therapeutic Secret Spots in Bamboo Forests
Through proper planning and design, visitors can enjoy the blessings and benefits that nature offers in a way that least disturbs the mountain forests, achieving balance between humans and nature. These bamboo forests are not just places where martial arts heroes in films and novels train their legendary skills - they offer ordinary people abundant therapeutic feelings and refreshing restoration of body and mind. The effects might not be any less than the benefits of mastering martial arts!




Caoling Shibi Forest Therapy Base
Phone: 05-5523184
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Songyue Coffee Estate
Hours: (Recommended to call ahead)
Phone: 0937-292176
Website: Link 


Shibi Leisure Farm
Phone: 0965-808832


Huashan Leisure Agriculture Area
Address: No. 41, Huashan Village, Gukeng Township, Yunlin County
Phone: 05-5900488
Website: Link


Luoshan Leisure Agriculture Area
Address: No. 39, Donghu, Neighborhood 9, Luoshan Village, Fuli Township, Hualien County
Phone: 0976-533205
Website: Link