Sun Moon Lake is a highlight for everyone visiting Taiwan.

748 m (2,454 ft) above sea level, temperatures are more moderate than the coastline.

In 2020, the number of annual tourist visits was 4.65 million people. Yet it didn’t feel crowded to me.

Surrounding the lake are biking and hiking trails for visitors. 

I did both.

Cycling around is about 30 km + side trips. I stopped at most of the side trip attractions. Several temples.

The highlight was seeing indigenous Formosan macaques at play. They are much shyer than the macaques I’d seen in S.E. Asia.

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Highly recommended.

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