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The route to the fall starts at a popular swimming place just below the famous Wufengchi Waterfalls in Ilan
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It's necessary to ford the stream at the start of the route to the waterfall
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Following a route called the Shipan (stone slab) Historic Trail, the first half of the route to Yuemeikeng Waterfall is simple and very attractive
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An earth God shrine on the first part of the route to the waterfall
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The first half of the route to the waterfall is easy and quite civilized; luckily the junction for the trail to the waterfall is neither marked nor obvious, or the magnificent waterfall would have become hugely popular by now!
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There's plenty of pretty scenery along the route up to the waterfall
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Heading upstream towards the waterfall
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This small waterfall (falling into a fine, deep natural swimming pool) guards the entrance to the narrow, cleft-like ravine below the waterfall
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The entrance to the narrow ravine below the falls
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The narrow ravine below the falls
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The only way to approach the waterfall is by walking (and wading) up the streambed
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Scrambling up the gorge towards the waterfall
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Yuemeikang Waterfall, one of the highest and most impressive falls in northern Taiwan: and no one knows about it!