Beiguan Tidal Park

Northern Taiwan


This small seaside park has beautiful cuesta and 'tofu' block rock formations, as well as lookouts down the coast. Beiguan Tidal Park is halfway between Wai'ao and Dali, located around the Km127 point of Provincial Hwy 2. You can walk here in 20 minutes from Guishan train station.


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