【Highlights】
 

• Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area, in Taiwan’s central region, is home to diversified ecological resources. It is home to notably rich birdlife, and the chances of encountering the Swinhoe’s Pheasant, Taiwan Bamboo Partridge, and members of other Taiwan endemic species are high. 
• Dasyueshan, at an elevation between 2,000m and 3,000m, is home to giant Taiwan Cypress and Taiwan Red Cypress trees. Throughout the year thick cloud and mist linger, and when walking through the forest visitors can feel that they are immersed in phytoncides.
• Once an important forestry center in central Taiwan, many forestry-related remnants have been preserved. Dongshih Forestry Culture Park, for example, preserved many early days timber processing sites for the visitors to reminisce. 

 
【Itinerary】

Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area is located in a deep-mountain forested area in Taiwan’s Taichung City, about a two-hour drive from the urban center. The park has a rich forest ecology, with four forest zones: subtropical, warm, temperate, and cold. Each possesses its own unique arboreal ecology, providing a good habitat for wildlife. This is one of the best birdwatching areas in central Taiwan, with good chances of sighting Mikado Pheasant, Swinhoe’s Pheasant, and Taiwan Bamboo Partridge. The fauna ecology of the Dasyueshan forest nights is also rich, with appearances by Formosan Reeve’s Muntjacs, Formosan Serows, White-faced Flying Squirrels, and other denizens of the forest.
  
     
Dasyueshan was one of central Taiwan’s most important forest areas in days past. After logging operations ceased, the Forestry Bureau energetically engaged in cultural transformation and preservation efforts. What was the biggest lumber factory in East Asia in the 1960s was transformed into the Dongshih Forestry Culture Park, where precious historical relics and ecological resources from the forest products industry have been preserved.