The best driving roads in Taiwan

The five to build a trip around

Our ranking, icons first, with the reasoning on the table. All 7 roads follow below.

1. 1

   Taroko Gorge Central Cross-Island

   8Taiwan · World Icon

   A road threaded through a marble canyon: tunnels, overhangs and cliff galleries stacked above the Liwu River.

   11 mi25 min
2. 2

   Suhua Coast Qingshui Cliffs

   9Taiwan

   Highway 9 cut into the cliffs between Su’ao and Hualien, at Qingshui clinging to a rock face that drops roughly 800 metres straight to the Pacific.

   43 mi1 h 31 min
3. 3

   Hehuanshan Wuling Pass

   14甲Taiwan

   Taiwan’s road network tops out here: Wuling pass at 3,275 m, on the paved climb from Cingjing Farm over Hehuanshan to Dayuling.

   3,279 msummit
4. 4

   Alishan Highway

   18Taiwan

   Highway 18 climbs out of the Chiayi plain through tea slopes and cedar forest to Alishan above 2,000 metres, 200 corners with the fog drifting in and out of the trees.

   2,197 msummit
5. 5

   North Cross-Island Baling

   7Taiwan

   Highway 7 crosses the mountains from Daxi toward Yilan, its quiet middle stretch buried in deep river gorges and cedar forest past the Baling suspension bridges.

   1,046 msummit

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