Bat Cave

Beautiful mountain scenery and gurgling streams

It is said that the Bat Cave was an artificial irrigation canal built by the Lin family of Taiping during the Qing Dynasty (1862) to irrigate farmland. The canal spanned three mountains, where the water from the Toubiankeng Creek was diverted to the fields of Tudigongkan. The original Toubiankeng Creek flowed to Bat Cave, while the original irrigation canal gradually disappeared on the other side of the river across the eras, and the two ends have been reconnected by using the Hundred Bat Bridge.
At the end of 2020, the Taichung City Government extended the Taiping Bat Cave Trail by 460 meters to connect with the first phase of the trail, in order to construct an 880-meter-long circular eco-route. The two newly built “Fairy Rope Bridges” made of hemp rope are popular photo spots.
In addition to the beautiful scenery of the mountains, the Fairy Rope Bridges, the Hundred Bat Bridge and the Bat Cave along the way are highly recommended film settings.