Elephant Mt. Hiking Trail is a very popular and classical track to Taipei citizens. It is very close to the center of Taipei city. Less than 30 minutes, you can reach the top of mountain from the trail entrance. We think it is the best site to see Taipei 101 and whole Taipei basin. Additional, there are also lots of trail branch separated from Elephant Mt. you can challenge your energy.On the Sunday evening (July 26th), Brady from Australia, Bea from Spain, Julian from France, Ting from Taiwan and us had a simple and relaxing half day trip to the Elephant Mt. We were hiking, picnic, waiting the sunset and had a good time together. Even after the sun dipped below the horizon, it cannot stop us sharing travel experiences with each other and are also looking forward the night view in Taipei city.
After hiking, we went to TongHwa Night Market to experience Taiwanese style foot massage for relaxing our sore legs and feet. Afterward, go to eat Taiwan traditional gourmet & snacks to satisfy our stomach.
Please read more to see the beautiful view from Elephant Mt and what we do in our trip.
Elephant Mountain
Start from the trail entrance and follow the steep step path, you can see Taipei 101 building is always beside you. You will feel like every step you make, you are more close the the tip of 101 building.
After10~15 minutes, you can reach the first spot - Six Boulders Area. You can choice to climb on top of the giant stone to feel like you are the highest man in the world.
Keep moving and within 10 minutes, you will arrive the second spot - The summit of Elephant Mt., 183 meter above the sea...However, it is still lower than Taipei 101 which is 504 meter:P.
It is a perfect location to take a rest, enjoy the view and we choice to picnic here.
More and more visitor appear while sunset time approaching. It is also one of the popular place for photography lover.
Foot massage
Put your feet in the warm water is the first step for foot massage. Then, the massagist will start to relax your feet via kneading, pressing and knocking the acupoint on your feet. You might feel a little bit pain but it really work to relaxing your sore leg/feet and it could also make our internal organs more healthy base on traditional Chinese medical.
TongHwa Night Market
Just two MRT stops from Elephant Mt.(Xiangshan St.), a good place to have night life is TongHwa Night Market. Taiwan traditional gourmet can be gotten easily here. We tasted Steamed sandwich(Gua bao 割包), Taiwanese meatball(肉圓), Deep Fried Mushrooms(炸杏包菇), Tempura (甜不辣), Rice with Braised Pork (滷肉飯), Shrimp ball with pineapple(鳳梨蝦球), Fried Rice Noodle (炒米粉), Pig Blood cake soup (豬血湯), Thick soup of cuttlefish(生炒花枝羹), Milkfish belly soup(虱目魚湯), Oyster Omelet(蚵仔煎) and the last one is Snow ice as a happy ending for today's trip.
So many snack Brady, Bea and Julian had try!! You guess which one is their favorite?
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