1. Donpo Return to Ancient Time— Batonguan Historic Trail & the Rainbow Trail

2. Tonpo, a small mountain village adjacent to the Yushan National Park, is well-known for its excellent hot springs. Situated along both side of the Chen-You-Lan Creek, the village enjoys spring- like weather throughout the year. Due to Tonpo is surrounded by mountains, the climate here is fairly mild in winter and rather cool in summer.

3. The Ching Dynasty (1644-1911) Batonguan Historic Trail stretches east across the main ridges of the Central Range and is the oldest cross-island road in Taiwan and a class-A National Historic Trail. There is also the Rainbow Trail behind the Dongpu Hot Spring Area. Offering magnificent ecological views, this 1-km footpath is suitable for people of different ages.

4. Green-backed Tit Fauna Animal species account

5. Aside the rainbow trail is the mixed forest with fruit farm and secondary forest. During the fruit season, yellow tit, black-throated tit and green- backed tit will come to here for foraging. Lesser Scimitar Babbler Red-headed Tit

6. When you reach the rainbow waterfall, you could find the rare species little forktail, especially during the breeding season in spring. Little Forktail

7. If you visit Batongguan historical trail, you can sometimes discover five-striped blue-tailed skink or short-legged japalura hiding under the stone stairs. Short-legged japalura

8. Flora In the beginning from Donpo Township to rainbow trail or Donpo hiking trail are the dry farming land or destroyed field. Peach and plum tree are the main crop. When keep on walking along the trail, you can see the pristine forest. CategoryNumber Ferm10 Gymnosperm1 Monocotyledons7 Dicotyledons82 Total100 Plant species account

9. Taiwan cotton rose 、 Bauhinia championii 、 Taiwan Zelkova 、 Griffith's Ash Palmate Begonia 、 Tetrastigma umbellatum 、 Mussaenda Common Aspidistra Wild Spikenard 、 Taiwan Tuber Fleeceflower 、 Tong Oil Tree 、 Formosanum Elderberry Nanocnide japonica Comphor Tree Cork Oak Luzon Viburnum Himalayan Stachyurus Sweetgum-loving Scurrula Large-leaved Lindera Formosan Buckthorn Jelly Fig 、 Liquidambar formosana Wax Tree 、 Heartleaf Drymary

10. Nanocnide japonica Comphor Tree Cork OakLuzon Viburnum

11. Himalayan Stachyurus Sweetgum-loving Scurrula Large-leaved LinderaFormosan Buckthorn

12. Jelly FigLiquidambar formosana Wax TreeHeartleaf Drymary

13. Wild SpikenardTaiwan Tuber Fleeceflower Tong Oil TreeFormosanum Elderberry

14. Taiwan cotton roseBauhinia championii Taiwan ZelkovaGriffith's Ash

15. Palmate BegoniaTetrastigma umbellatum MussaendaCommon Aspidistra