Taiwan has very great transport system because of the use of Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR). It takes 1 hour to reach Taichung from Taipei station. Sun moon lake is located 1-hour bus ride from Taichung railway station bus stop. I took early morning train from taipei and reached sun moon lake within 2.5 hours.
Cycling is the best way to explore the lake. The total length of the cycling trail is around 30km. There are lots of bicycle rental place along the sun moon lake. Most parts of the roads are flat but some parts of the roads had steep ascents and descents. You need to be physically fit in order to complete the entire path.
The four major attractions along the cycling path are long feng temple, Sun moon lake national scenic area, cien pagoda, Formosan aboriginal cultural village and wenwu temple. You can see beautiful views of the cien pagoda from the cycling trail.
There is also a cable car ride to that Formosan aboriginal cultural village but I didn’t do the activity. I was only at sun moon lake for half day and I gave cycling around the lake as my priority. It takes around 4 hours to cycle around the sun moon lake. I started early morning and finished cycling around noon time. The best time for cycling is either at sunrise or sunset time. I took a bus to Taichung railway station in order to catch my train to Kaohsiung.
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