【 Type of attraction open for tourism 】

• Length of trail: The entire trip extends some 83km. At this time, the leg of 27km between Tunyuan and Jiabeng Mountain remains in its flavor under the Japanese Occupation.
• Time required for the trip: About 2-3 days.
• Difficulty: Medium difficulty. Special care shall be taken as part of the trip sees collapses.

【 Management 】

• Environmental limit: Part of the trip passes by the Danda Wildlife habitat.
• Intensity of development/Type of facility: To keep the area as this is, the area should be banned from major exploration and only local repairs shall be provided to the trail at this time. When necessary, number of tourists shall be kept under control, as this is a Type 2 National Trail.

Initial trekkers in the area were the Taroko group of the Sedekeya Taiyan Tribe. The growing population of the group and frequent fighting with other groups over space forced them to migrate from Renai in Nantou County along the main line of the Central Cordillera, the Hehuan Branch on the westside of the Chilai Mountain northeast. The trip took them eastward along the and the trip passes through Sanzhai Creek before reaching Jiamin Village and Shuiyuan Village, which are the east sector of the Central Taiwan Cross Island Highway we know today. During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese built the trail for the Taroko tribe in 1914 and it began from Wushe in the west and crossed over upstream of the Zhuoshui River and Hehuan Mountain before taking the Liwu Creek along the Dayu Peak and eventually linking the road leading to Xincheng in Hualien and the trail was known as the Taroko Trail, which covers the entire trip of the Hehuan Cross Mountain Historic Trail . Today, this historical Historic Trail is merged in the Central Taiwan Cross Island highway. Cultural sites along the trail are the Bulowan Tribe remains in the Zhuilu sector, the Japanese Police Stations at Badagang, the Cliff and Zhuilu.

Nengao Cross Mountain Historic Trail begins at Wushe in the west and it travels up along the Talo Creek and crosses the Central Cordillera Nengao at the intersection of Nantou County with Hualien County before reaching Hualien along Wugua Creek, where the 83km trip ends up. A shortcut linking both sides of Taiwan in early days, this was the broadest and best of all police trails built by the Japanese. Today, it is a popular trail among all Cross Mountain Historic Trail s. The trail passes by the 3,262m Nengao Mountain. Back in the years of the Japanese Occupation, for the letter Gao (for tall), Nengao Mountain was ranked with the Jade Mountain (Highest Mountain) and Snow Mountain (Second highest mountain) as the 3 highest mountains in Taiwan.

The trail was first opened by the Baleiao group of the Sedeke Branch of the Taiya Tribe who, by accident, found during hunting that the sector was habitable. When settled down there with part of the population, they traveled frequently between Puli and Hualien for trade with the Amei Tribe in hualien, making themselves highland traders. During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese built the Nengao Cross Mountain Trail in 1917 on top of the Nengao Cross Mountain Historic Trail . An access that the Japanese used to keep the local tribes under control. When TaiPower engineers expanded the pedestrian path in 1950, they erected 127 tall towers with retainers at every 10km, making the facility the so-called Great Wall of Power. Cultural remains along the trail are the retainers at Kuailin, Yunhai, the Nengao Monument, the Tongmen Power Plant and the Jianfan Tunnel among others.

The Nengao Cross Mountain Historic Trail is located at between 1,689m~3,263m above sea level and the sector is rich in a large variety of woods ranging from arctic species, coniferous ecosystem species and broad-leaved coniferous species. Major species are Jade Mountain bamboo, azalea, Taiwanese hemlock spruce, juniper and camphor. Fauna species are muntajacs, boars, flying squirrels, white-faced flying squirrels, red flying squirrels and Taiwanese monkeys as well as South China skunks.

The migratory Taiya Tribe first built the Nengao Cross Mountain Historic Trail more than 200 years ago. It turned to become a garrison trail during the Japanese Occupation and is a historical trail in Taiwan.   By Guo, Y. Yuri	The Nengao Bridge by Tianchi is the highest suspension bridge in Taiwan.   By Guo, Y. Yuri
¦ Trekking by the Nengao Historic Trail allows one to go up the Nengao North Peak (Nanhua Mountain), one of the top 100 high mountains in Taiwan. By Guo, Y. Yuri   By Guo, Y. Yuri	A view of the Nengao Historic Trail By Guo, Y. Yuri   By Guo, Y. Yuri
The Yunhaibao Line Station at 2,360m above sea level offers a wide view over the Lushan Tribes and the Nengao Main Peak and others nearby.   By YOU Yuping	The Light Coated 8 Slopes Monument under the Nengao North Peak offers striking view of the wide variety of peaks.   By Guo, Y. Yuri