[Taipei hike]Old Tianmu Hiking Trail/ Anti-網美天母古道賞猴趣

Craving a hike in Taipei but sick of the Instagramable spots? Let me show you Old Tianmu Hiking Trail which has more than 80 years of history.

在台北的你是否按耐著體內蠢蠢欲動的爬山魂,因為太!多!網美了~

讓我偷偷告訴你這擁有超過80年歷史的天母古道吧!

This hike took us around 2 hours, and as a person who workouts regularly, I have to say~phew! It was quite tiring.

這次健行花了我們大約2個小時,以一個有在規律運動的人來說,呼~真挺累的呀!

Let’s do this!

Before we start the hike let me tell you a bit more about this trail.

(no rush, there are 1300 steps waiting for you~)

還有1300階等著我們,就讓我講一點天母古道的小知識吧

About Tianmu hiking trail
關於天母古道

This trail was constructed since the Japanese colonial period. In the middle of your hike, you will find a Long Black pipe accompanying. This pipe used to convey water from Yang Ming Shan Mountain to Tianmu neighborhood.

古道在日治時期建成,健行途中你會發現旁邊有個黑黑的長水管。這水管以前是用來把水源從陽明山運到天母社區供居民使用。這也是為什麼天母古道也叫水管路古道。

From the entrance or during the hike you might find that there are some signs with monkeys on it.
Which means there are chances that you might have them accompanying you! I wasn’t that lucky though…

在這裡,夠幸願的話還能見到台灣獼猴的蹤跡喔!

After the “Stairs challenge”, it is this lovely Gravel path, don’t they look adorable?
I really enjoyed the walk here.