Chigu Salt Mountain
Chigu Salt Mountain
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The Taiwan Salt Company has turned a four-story-high pile of salt into a tourist attraction.
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Neighborhood: Beimen Area II
This part is the more populous and busier district along the coast in western Tainan. It was one of the places where the Siraya people, Taiwan’s plains aborigines called home. Extending from Jiali, Soulangh Cultural Park is the centre of culture and art in the area. The exhibitions in the warehouses at the sugar refinery integrates local culture. The Ye Wang Koji ceramics in Jhensing Temple in Jiali District are listed as national historical monuments and have significance in terms of history, culture, and art. Sigang is rich in flax. The Grand Sigang Bridge that stretches over Zengwun River has gained the reputation as being the No.1 bridge in Tainan. The Sigang Procession is performed every three years and regarded as the No.1 procession rituals in Taiwan. The procession integrates both pestilence and procession rituals, and is a crucial religious ceremony in the coastal regions. The impressive procession reaches a climax when the king boat (a boat that is said to carry a king/god and rids a place of plague and evil spirits ) is set ablaze to scare off plagues. With regard to Cigu, it features white and soaring high salt mountains and Taiwan salt museum, which looks like a white pyramid. The ecology along the coast and the sand banks depict the changes in Tainan’s lagoons over the course of history. Cigu has abundant seafood and makes an essential habitat for black-faced spoonbills and migratory birds. To taste the freshest seafood, this is the place!
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Christina N
Redwood City, CA196 contributions
Dec 2012 • Solo
I think this is totally a tourist trap.

It really isnt much of a mountain, neither is it a hill, more like a "statue" or blob of salt in the shape of a hill. The view isnt great, the place is far out and difficult to get to... nothing much to do there too. I'd definitely not recommend it.
Written January 18, 2013
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percuzrawks
singapore4 contributions
I just came back from my trip to taiwan from 2 to 8 December 2007 and i must say i had a wonderful time there. One of my unforgetable attraction is the Chigu salt Mountain. To get there, you will have to go on a bus tour as the location is situated far away from the town area(about 3 hrs from taidung) This mountain is made up of salt and water and tourists are allowed to climb it with handrails provided so it wont be dangerous. From the summit of the mountain, you will have a spectacular view of the surroundings and it can be very windy from up there. Next to it lies a smaller mountain and people can climb it too. In this mountain, people can pick up the salt and throw it around. As for me, i took a few pieces of compressed salt back home to remember this place.

Do's:
Visit it from December to March as it would be much cooler.
Bring along your camera to snap those mountains.
Bring along winter clothings if you are going there during december.

Don'ts:
Go there on your own.
Written December 14, 2007
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Po-Han C
73 contributions
About 40 mins drive from Tainan city. There is a small mountain made with salt in the theme park. You can also try salt ice cream and ice stick. Other than that, there is nothing to see here.
Written February 14, 2015
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jastan87
Singapore, Singapore12 contributions
Dec 2017 • Family
Wasn't expecting much when I planned this but the view was spectacular!
Walk up the mountain if you can and you will be able to see the beautiful surroundings.
Be careful when walking as it can get rather slippery.
Written January 2, 2018
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Krista S
Chicago, IL21 contributions
Oct 2013 • Couples
I knew it was going to be a kitschy attraction but went anyways. Not worth the trip to come this far but some of the temples on the way on this bus route are definitely worth it.
Written July 1, 2014
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AnitaLi
Hong Kong, China30 contributions
Apr 2012 • Family
The mountain itself is just okay. It is now covered with dirts and no longer white in color. A few minutes walk to the salt museum nearby, you can find smaller but white salt mountain. My son enjoyed sliding down from the very small salt mountain very much. There were lots of salt evaporation ponds and let your feet have a salt spa.
Written May 4, 2012
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Kent_Adventure
Singapore, Singapore62 contributions
Dec 2018 • Family
This is one of the tourist bus last stop and also the waiting location for the tourist bus to return back to Tainan Railway Station.
The journey was Long and at this location nothing much to see except salt hills and some display made out of salt.
It is like sand castle sculpture using Salt.
It is Creative and nicely created to display.
It is inside a mini-museum layout that shelters the created salt display items.
Try walking up to the salt hill but it was very windy and cold.
When go to the top, can see the scenery further away.
There are some food stalls align in a row selling food and a shop selling local Taiwanese items including food.
Maybe can spend the time on other tourist attraction if time is limited for the trip.
As the bus trip to this venue is a little far from the Anping area.
Written January 1, 2019
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0rion
123 contributions
Feb 2018
Honestly! I had to spend 1h10 into the bus to get there! and the last bus left at 18:10! what for? for a mountain of "salt" black of air pollution... anyway, it's my opinion, but nothing very amazing there!
Written February 26, 2018
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TravellerSand
Singapore87 contributions
Oct 2017 • Friends
Spend long journey for a hill not even a mountain.
Nothing special.
Time is better spend else where!
Written November 29, 2017
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yuunanase
Hong Kong, China80 contributions
Nov 2016 • Friends
Looking at the photos, there seems to be a whole salt manufacturing factory, but in fact, it is a bit of a run down place, which the main attraction is the salt mountain which you can walk on. Unfortunately, that mountain is under maintenance. There is a little house beside the mountain, which is the first house made by salt in taiwan. There are a couple of other exhibitions, like salt sculpture and shops which sells salt products and food. You can ride a train to go through the park. Really not much to expect from the park, nothing too interesting there.
Written November 24, 2016
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