• The Jiaming Lake National Trail of the Taitung Forest District Management Office (hereinafter referred to as the office) is located in the 16th, 17th, 19th, and 20th Forest Class Areas of the Guanshan Area. It is within the scope of the "Guanshan Wildlife Important Habitat" announced by the Wildlife Conservation Act.
• The main purposes are to conserve wild animals, maintain species diversity and natural ecological balance, and promote mountain hiking and eco-tourism. These directives are formulated in order to improve the operation, management and accommodation application of the mountain lodges and campsites attached to the Jiaming Lake National Trail, promote the fair use of public resources, and reduce the impact of various activities on the trail and environmental interference.
• Camping in areas other than designated areas is prohibited within the Jiaming Lake National Trail. The trails are equipped with:
• The Xiangyang Forest Recreation Area Campground is set up at the starting point, with a total of 13 campsites each for 4-person tents.
• There are two mountain lodges and the Jiaming Lake Mountain Lodge campsites along the route, including the Xiangyang Mountain and Jiaming Lake Mountain Lodges, each with 70 beds for mountaineers to apply for. In addition, the Jiaming Lake Mountain Lodge Campsite has a total of six 6-person campsites, which can provide a space for a total of 176 people.
• The accommodations in our mountain lodges and campsites are not for profit. If there are operational and management needs such as official forestry business, rescue training, academic research, or forestry promotion, our agency may reduce the number of people available for accommodations in advance or suspend the acceptance of accommodation applications.
• Accommodations at the Jiaming Lake National Trail Mountain Lodge, Jiaming Lake Mountain Lodge Campground and Xiangyang Recreation Area Campground must be applied for online. Phone-in and on-site reservations are not accepted.
• The charging standards for the Jiaming Lake National Trail Mountain Lodge, Jiaming Lake Mountain Lodge Campground and Xiangyang Recreation Area Campground are separately determined by this office.
• The Jiaming Lake National Trail is also located in a mountain preservation area. Tourists engaging in mountaineering activities who wish to enter important habitats with wild animals must obtain mountain lodge or camp accommodation approval and same-day return approval. You also need to apply for a mountain entry permit from the police department (except for the Xiangyang Recreation Area Campground). Our staff and the Forestry and Conservation Police will conduct inspections from time to time
• Applications for the Jiaming Lake National Trail Mountain Lodge, Jiaming Lake Mountain Lodge Campground and Xiangyang Recreation Area Campground should be processed in accordance with the following regulations:
• For various fees and refund regulations for mountain lodges and campsites, please refer to the "Taitung Forestry District Management Office, Jiaming Lake National Trail Mountain Lodge and Campsite Fee Standards".
• When applying for beds in mountain lodges and campsites, please check carefully. You are not allowed to apply for the Xiangyang Mountain Lodge, Jiaming Lake Mountain Lodge, Jiaming Lake Mountain Lodge Campground and Xiangyang Recreation Area Campground at the same time.
• Open application time: Applications are open from 2 months to 5 days before the accommodation date.
• Application methods and regulations:
• Jiaming Lake National Trail Mountain Lodge and Jiaming Lake Mountain Lodge Campground
• Number of applicants: Only one person per application form can submit the application, and the fields for filling in the personnel information are divided into 3 columns…
• Column 1: Applicant/Tour Leader (the system automatically inputs the information)
• Column 2: The team member column can be filled with up to 9 people.
• Column 3: Up to 2 people can be filled in as alpine porters (please send the application form and call us to inform, and attach photos of collaborative work such as cooking, porting, etc.)
• Applicants must be residents and cannot be replaced.
• Relevant application information (such as payment, bed number, accommodation invoice, etc.) can only be obtained by the applicant. Applicants must be the actual tour leader and check-in personnel.
• Those who work in alpine porter positions must be those who are actually engaged in cooking or carrying heavy loads. They must provide supporting documents before they can obtain the occupancy approval certificate. If the information provided is found to be false, the bed will be cancelled.
• Beds are obtained by drawing lots. Teams applying for continuous accommodation (one application form applies for multiple days) must draw daily beds. This office can approve Mountain Lodge accommodations.
• Application method:
• Stage 1: During the open application period, please go to the Mountain Lodge application website to apply. Successful applicants will be notified by email and the application form will be included in the lottery list.
• Stage 2: The application system will conduct a bed lottery at 3:00 pm on the 30th day before the accommodation date. The lottery result will be emailed to applicants. Each successful bed application that is selected will be notified by text message and published on the website. Those who were not drawn for a bed will also be informed. The application form will be included in the waiting list for the lottery, and the waiting list is unordered.
• Stage 3: For those who are not selected in the lottery and are on the waiting list, the system will draw lots for available beds at 3 pm every day from 4 days to 29 days before the accommodation date, and the lottery results will be emailed to drawn applicants. The drawn applicants will be notified via text message and published on the website. There is no priority on the waiting list.
• If you need to modify the contents of the application form, please do so before the drawing.
• After the bed/camp spaces are drawn, no more people can be added even if some people cannot make the trip for some reason; this is to comply with the principle of fairness. Personnel are not allowed to be changed except for the tour leader (guide) – the tour leader can only be changed once per application form. If the team members are unable to make the trip for some reason, they can only apply for a partial refund according to the refund process (unpaid → deletion // paid → refund, limited to 2 people at most [the number of group members who cancel will determine how much is refunded]).
• If more than 2 people on the application are to be removed, please cancel the application form and reapply for the lottery.
• If you want to partially reduce the number of members after being selected for the Mountain Lodge beds and have not yet paid, please click "Edit" to reduce the number of members. After reducing the number of members, remember to click "Print Payment Slip" to obtain a new payment invoice.
• Persons who are not on the approved accommodation list or who do not bring documents will not be allowed to stay.
• Xiangyang Recreation Area Campground…
• Each application form can apply for the number of campsites according to the needs. Each campsite can accommodate up to 4 people. Priority application will be given to obtain the campsites first.
• Application method:
• Stage 1: During the open application period, please go to the Mountain Lodge application website to apply. Successful applicants will be notified by email. Drawn applicants for campsites will be notified by text message and announced on the website.
• Stage 2: For those who have not been selected and are on the waiting list, the system will carry out backup operations for vacant campsites from 4 days to 29 days before the accommodation date, and the application form for confirming the drawn campsite will be notified by text message and announced on the website.
• Mountain lodge bed and campsite number announcement and dispatch time: The system will provide the bed number / campsite number for the check-in team 3 days before accommodation.
• Mountain lodge and campground payment regulations: The payment deadline for those who win the bed / campsite is 5 days (if the winner is drawn within 9 days of the accommodation date, the payment deadline is instead 2 days). If you exceed the deadline, it will be deemed to have given up your spot, and the system will automatically cancel the check-in qualification.
• Those who pay via bank transfer must make the payment before 3:30 pm on the bank transaction day. Note: if the payment is made after 3:30, the fee will not be credited to the account until the next day, not the same day.
• ATM, Internet and credit card payments must be completed 24 hours in advance of the deadline.
• For the payment account number, please log in to the Mountain Lodge application website for membership inquiry or go to the mailbox to inquire (limited to those who pay via online banking // ATM // credit card).
• After the bed is drawn, if there any change needs to be made to the application form, a new payment invoice will be generated. Applicants are asked to log in to the Mountain Lodge application website for membership inquiries. The system will not notify you by SMS or email. The bed approval certificate number will be announced 3 days before the accommodation date, so please log in to the Mountain Lodge application website to check if you haven’t received confirmation.
• Cancellation regulations for mountain lodges and campsites:
• If you are unable to stay or the number of people staying is reduced for some reason, the applicant should go to the Mountain Lodge application website to cancel the itinerary and delete the number of people. Some deletions are limited to 2 people at most, and the first day of the stay will be used as the starting date for calculation of refunds. The fee amount, bed cancellation and refund regulations are as follows:
• Calculation standard for the starting date - for single-day and multi-day stays, the starting date is the day of the stay.
• If the order is successfully canceled 8 days before the start date, the paid amount will be refunded in full.
• If the cancellation is successful between 4 and 7 days before the start date, 50% of the paid amount will be refunded.
• If you cancel one or more beds within 3 days before the start date and do not show up on the accommodation day, the amount paid will not be refunded.
• After the application spots are drawn, if you need to reduce or increase the number of days, change the accommodation days or increase the number of people, you will need to cancel the application form and reapply.
• The information of the above applicants will be handled by this office in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations on personal data protection.
• Mountain lodge check-in and check-out time regulations: The opening time for entering the mountain is 7 am, and the time for leaving the mountain is before 5 pm. Please register at the service station before entering and leaving the mountain.
• Check-in time - Check-in is open after 1 pm.
• Check-out time - Please complete bed check-out before noon.
• Check-in time for Xiangyang Recreation Area Campground - Please complete check-in before 5 pm.
• Those who have been approved for accommodation should bring their mountain lodge bed / camping approval certificate and photo identity document to have their identity verified by our staff and the Xiangyang Police Station. Before entering the mountain, you need to watch the mountain climbing safety and traceless mountain forest videos. After entering the trail, your camping location and itinerary are not allowed to be changed without authorization.
• People who apply to enter the Jiaming Lake National Trail to engage in mountaineering activities are required to bring their own meals, tents, sleeping bags, oxygen bottles and medical supplies for personal health needs.
• When typhoon warnings are issued, forest fires or other emergencies, the Department may issue additional emergency measures to prohibit entry. During this period, those who have been approved to enter the trail will have their original mountain lodge bed / campsite approval certificate and mountain entry permit automatically invalidated. Those who have already entered the trail area should evacuate as soon as possible in accordance with regulations. The office will proactively refund the paid fees, but no application for extension or another accommodation period is allowed.
• The Jiaming Lake National Trail is a legally declared "Important Habitat for Guanshan Wildlife". Except for approved academic research, it is strictly prohibited to harass, capture, and kill wild animals, collect specimens, destroy the original state of the trail, or interfere with the lake water ecology. Violators will be prosecuted in accordance with Articles 41 and 42 of the Wildlife Conservation Act.
• There are many wild animals in the Jiaming Lake National Trail area. In order to avoid affecting their foraging behavior, there are no trash cans. Visitors should carry out their own garbage, kitchen waste and food to jointly maintain the natural ecology.
• Reminders for entering the trail:
• Do not throw away rubbish and waste randomly.
• Camping, barbecuing, making noise, carrying broadcasting equipment or playing music outside designated areas is prohibited.
• Road conditions in mountainous areas are unstable and rockfalls or landslides are prone to occur. Please do not stay around or take photos in dangerous areas such as rockfall areas or landslides. Wild animals such as Taiwanese black bears, sambar deer, venomous snakes, and yellow-throated martens are often found in mountainous areas. Please take precautions and pay attention to your own safety at all times. Animals such as Taiwanese macaques and emperor pheasants often appear along the trail. Please keep your distance and do not interfere with or feed them.
• You should travel together and do not walk off alone, deviate from the route or take shortcuts.
• Water sources are scarce in mountainous areas, so please conserve water. Please use fire carefully when cooking to prevent forest fires. If a forest fire occurs due to this, according to Article 53 of the Forest Law, the person will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention, or a fine of not more than NT$300,000 and compensation for losses.
• The construction of a mountain lodge is not easy. Visitors are kindly requested to work together to maintain the facilities, public property and environment of the mountain lodges.
• If a team entering the trail meets the following circumstances, their application and stay at the mountain lodges and campsites under our jurisdiction will be suspended:
• Those who make loud noises in the mountain lodge or campsite and still do not improve despite being dissuaded will be suspended from the application process for three to six months, depending on the severity of the case.
• Applicants who misappropriate other people's identity card numbers will be suspended for one year.
• If the approved check-in team enters the trail without checking and stamping at our service station, the entire group will be suspended for one year.
• Anyone who illegally takes unapproved tourists to stay in the Mountain Lodge will be suspended for one year except for the illegal stayer and all members of the hostage group.
• If you change the camping location without authorization after check-in is approved, the original paid fee will not be refunded, and the accommodation fee for the changed camping site must be paid again including a 50% handling fee (calculated on the total accommodation cost) will be charged. In case of special circumstances, this department will handle the matter on a case-by-case basis.
• Without having applied to stay, if the management staff agrees to let a group move in based on the on-site check-in situation, in addition to paying the accommodation fee within the time limit, an additional 50% handling fee (calculated based on the total accommodation fee) will be charged, and the entire team will be suspended for one year; if the accommodation fee is not paid within the time limit, those individuals will be permanently suspended.
• Anyone who is discovered to be pretending to be an alpine porter to obtain a bed or campground spot, will be suspended from the application process for three years and must bear relevant legal responsibilities.
• Anyone who deceives or forges certificates to check in, or camps on the trail without applying, will have the entire group suspended for three years and will be held legally responsible.
• If the above situation occurs three times or more within three years (inclusive), application rights will be permanently suspended.
• If it is found that anyone is staying in a mountain lodge without a mountain lodge bed / camping approval certificate and a photo identification document, the entire group will be permanently suspended and will be required to bear relevant legal responsibilities.
• If improper use of fire or electricity causes a disaster, all group members will be permanently suspended and will be liable for related damages.
• If you use illegal programs to apply on or interfere with the application system, damaging to the rights and interests of others or to the system itself, all group members will be permanently suspended and must bear relevant legal responsibilities.
• The "all group members" mentioned above include the actual check-in list and the people on the application list.

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