Bayan Hot Springs

• By dokuya
• 15 December, 2014
• 4 Comments

Bayan Hot Springs was a recent goal of mine to find.  It is located on the east side of Yangmingshan National Park.  The trail starts near the Bayan Hot Spring Resort.   To find the hot spring you have to ignore warning signs, gates and cross a stream.   The signs are: 1. Hazardous Area No Entry. 2. No Entry into this Dangerous Area.  Violators with be fined NT 15,000, 3. Rock Slide Area not Entry.  The stream can be crossed in one of two ways, wading or stepping from rock to rock.  I did it both ways.  There were sandbags fastened to the rocks that made it relatively easy and that is what I would recommend.  Where I waded across it was deeper than I expected at mid thigh.   Once you get past all of these hurdles you will join all of the other people who did the same.  I was there on a Monday and there were a lot of people, weekends must be really packed.

The hot springs is really interesting.  There is one waterfall of steaming hot water and there is another waterfall of cold water.  The streams come together and in the various pools you can get a whole range water temperature.  They have a curtain as a make shift changing area.  It is really a nice place.