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Taiwan: Taroko National Park 太魯閣國家公園 Lodging/Hotel – Leader Village 立德布洛灣山月村 (Taiwan Travel Review Series)

We tried 2 different hotels within Taroko National Park 太魯閣國家公園. The first night was spent at Leader Village 立德布洛灣山月村. From the stay, I learnt that there are mainly 2 types of tribes – 1 in the mountains and 1 on flat lands/sea (like Amei tribe), and Bruwan (布洛灣), meaning “echo,” used to be a tribal village of the Taroko mountain tribe aborigines.

The rooms were fairly basic, reflective of its tribal village roots and did not have heating. However, thankfully, they had a heating pad on bed so we didn’t freeze in the wintry mountains.

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Simple, tribal room decor

Simple, tribal room decor

Beds on floor, with heating pads on the bed

Beds on floor, with heating pads on the bed

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Learnt that many of the these traditional tribes are Christians as they were evangelized to by the early missionaries

Leader Village 立德布洛灣山月村 gives a good flavour of traditional tribal village experience, with nightly cultural dance shows. Also, one wakes to an amazing mountaineous view with Taroko National Park. Tip: to eat breakfast, you have to greet the staff with “Maluku”, which means good morning in their tribal language!

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Panoramic view of Leader Village 立德布洛灣山月村

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View from our room, Leader Village 立德布洛灣山月村

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Plum Blossoms outside our room

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View from breakfast area

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