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Highways & Byways: Where pheasants lurk
The Jhukeng River Trail in Chiayi County’s Meishan Township is a bird watchers paradise and hikers along the 3.3km path are rewarded with the Longgong Waterfall
By Steven Crook / Contributing reporter
In a region awash with options for hikers, Jhukeng River Trail (竹坑溪步道) is sometimes overlooked. This may be because getting to it usually involves, once you’ve come off Freeway 3, driving for well over hour on narrow, twisting roads into the uplands of Chiayi County’s Meishan Township (梅山).
Faced with a long drive and an unfamiliar path, I did the sensible thing and asked a friend, Richard Foster, to join me. I knew Richard would neither keep me waiting nor force me to move at a faster pace than I’m comfortable with. It was his first time to Jhukeng River Trail, too.