A jade coloured isle in the Blue Pacific, Green Island, or Liudau, as it’s locally known, is a 16.2 sq. km piece of jade-green land that rises from the Pacific Ocean just 33 kilometres east of Taitung. It is home to 3,300 islanders.
Composed of volcanic rock and having a heavily eroded coastline, Green Island possesses a fascinating variety of land and seascapes including odd rock formations, rugged cliffs, a white-sand beach, verdant pastures, dazzling coral reefs and a unique seawater hot spring. As well it has a quaint and easygoing lifestyle seemingly left over from the distant past. These resources are rapidly making Green Island the oceanic playground of Taiwan’s East Coast. An 18 km round-the-island road gives access to all the major tourist sites and makes it easy for visitors to tour Green Island by foot, bicycle, motor scooter or automobile.
- Food and Lodging Information:
Green Island Restaurant (traditional Green Island cuisine), near Nanliau Fishing Harbour: 9089) 672-652
Dungsheng Goat Meat Restaurant, near Jaur Hot Spring: (089) 672-067 - Lodging:
- East Coast: Most hotels are within Hualien and Taitung cities.
- Green Island: Sung Rung Hotel: (089) 672-515
- Green Island Hotel: (089) 672-244
- Orchid Island: Orchid Island Villa Hotel: (089) 731-611
- Orchid Island Hotel: (089) 732-032
- How to get there:
- Join in Tour (Booking From Travel Agency)
- Airlines: Ticket price: Taitung-Green Island, NT$602; Taitung-Orchid Island, NT$1,154.
Contact: Uni Air: Taitung, (089) 327-563; Green Island, (089) 672-526 Orchid Island, (089) 362-626
- Getting Around:
- Motor scooter and bicycle rental on Green Island
- Motor scooters: NT$500/day
- Bicycles: NT$150/day
- In addition to independent explorations there are tours that can be booked through local travel agencies.