If you want to breath phytoncid, take a look at our plan for you now! If your leg muscles is not a good, or only intended to stay for half day, please study "half-day trip," if you're going to spend one day to enjoy the breathing of phytoncid, then read about the “One day trip” of it

Half Day Trip:
Start from Maokong cable station forward to the Zhanghu trail entrance, to walk this trail, where vision is vast, full of trees and rich of ecology, the place is very suitable to absorb phytoncid. In the forest, accompanied by temperament to walk thru corridor and enjoy melody facilities, while watching the trees around, while looking at the animal & plants in the forest, you will find that there are lots of life thrived, forest fresh air, full of green sense, you will find the open mind when you walk in the trails.

After the Zhanghu trail then toward to Zhang Shan Temple, it’s about ten to fifteen minutes by walk to reach, you can reach the Dragon Trail entrance, along the trail descended these, it’s a beautiful scenery vision, full of trees along the way, then downhill with views to the National Chengchi University.

Travel Plan
Maokong Station ----- (about 5 minutes) ----- Zhanghu Trail (1.5 hours) ----- (about 15 minutes) ----- Dragon Trail (40 minutes) – Chengchi University

One day trip:
Come from Maokong cable station to Camphor trail, the characteristic of Camphor trail is countryside feature, but there are still a lot of trees, particularly there is a group of a century old camphor tress near the old house, you can enjoy the Phytoncid which provided by the group of trees which total ages more than thousand years old, also study the tree trees, enjoy the feeling of old trees surrounded. Next, along the loop trail upward to the Zhanghu trails enjoy the beautiful forest scenery of the Zhanghu trail, then around back to Maokong Station.

If you want a challenge, you can challenge the Galaxy Cave trail, downhill from XinDian, watch the beautiful Forest Falls, it will walk from Zhanghu trail and connect to the Galaxy Cave trail directly, to complete a day trip, remember to bring lunch with you.

If you want to stay at Maokong further a while, after around back to able station, you can walk to Maokong Crossing trail where vision is excellent, it’s with uphill challenge, there are tea planation and laurel along the trail which is rich of ecology.

Back to Maokong station, you can have lunch in the vicinity stands of the roadside, the snack is delicious. To the direction of potholes, there is a restaurant “4th brother (Spring)” which is strong recommendation of my grandmother, you can taste the tea dishes there. If not hungry and just eat snack, there are many action café for choice, in addition, there are some people like to taste the snacks of Maochading tea house or eat the milk bread of TienEnGon temple.

After enjoy the food, we recommend the trail of Tea Develop Centre which beneath the Stamping Pavilion, forward to the pothole then along the annular trails through the Health trails go back, this is “ecologic road” recommended by Public Works Department because of rich ecology and less artificial facilities, natural scenery will be much complete, the circle will be taking time but the amount of exercise must be very adequate. Return from the Health trail, we can take a rest at Tea Develop Centre for a cup of tea the back to Maokong station.

Travel Planning:

Stroke I:
Maokong cable Station ----- (about 5 minutes) ----- camphor trail (1 hour) ----- (about 10 minutes) ----- Zhanghu Trail (about 1.5 hours) --- - Galaxy Cave Crossing trail (2.5 hours)

Stroke II:
Maokong Station ----- (about 5 minutes) ----- camphor trail (1 hour) ----- (about 10 minutes) ----- Zhanghu Trail (about 1.5 hours) --- - (about 5 minutes) ----- Maokong uphill trail (1 hour) ----- (approximately 20 minutes away, can be planned 1.5 hours meal snack) ----- Tea Develop Center trail - ---- ---- potholes health trail (tea annular region about 2 hours) ----- tea promotion Center (30 minutes) ----- (20 minutes) ----- Maokong cable station