Beautiful Taroko Gorge & Hualien revisited after the 2024 lanslides and earthquake.

Beautiful Taroko Gorge & Hualien revisited after the 2024 lanslides and the big earthquake. We went there on December 23rd 2025. Taroko National Park (Chinese: 太魯閣國家公園; pinyin: Tàilǔgé Gúojiā Gōngyuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-ló͘-koh Kok-ka Kong-hn̂g) is one of the nine wonders in Taiwan and was named after the Taroko Gorge, the landmark gorge of the park carved by the Liwu River. The park spans Taichung Municipality, Nantou County, and Hualien County and is located in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. The Taroko Gorge forms one of only three river-carved gorges in the world cut entirely through pure marble ranking alongside Bhedaghat Gorge in Jabalpur, India and Trigrad Gorge in Bulgaria. In 2024, a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Taiwan's eastern coast, resulting in widespread devastation and significant loss of life. Landslides obstructed Provincial Highway No. 8 at Taroko Gorge, trapping hundreds of individuals. The landscape of Taroko Gorge, was scarred by the aftermath of the earthquake mainly due to the landslides that occurred. Due to the earthquake and floods later in 2024, much of the park remains closed as of 2025 Ref : Wikipedia.