Tri-Mountain National Scenic Area Headquarters

The Baguashan Ecology Visitor Center is close to the Baguashan Great Buddha statue. The visitor center mainly introduces the grey-faced buzzard that pass by the Baguashan mountain range on their way north or temporarily rest here around March each year. 

The grey-faced buzzard is a raptor with a high prey drive and an end consumer at the top of the food chain. When the weather gets warmer in the north in spring, these birds fly back from the south to their breeding grounds in early April; on the way north, they stop at the Baguashan Scenic Area to rest, which is way they are called "Southern Buzzard," "Qingming Bird," and "Tomb-sweeping Bird" (Tomb-sweeping Day is around the same time as their migration).

The external walls of the center are embossed with an enlarged steel grey-faced buzzard, based on the paper relief sculpture by local artist Jen-wen Wang. This decoration allows visitors to clearly capture the grey-faced buzzard theme before entering; it is also a popular Facebook check-in spot for all ages.

The first floor of the internal space includes a big buzzard lantern, an interactive wall of travel information on Baguashan, an AR play zone, a 720 degree VR flight experience, a raptor zone, and an audiovisual room. The second floor features a grey-faced buzzard display room, an ecology and culture special exhibition, a Baguashan geology display room, an introduction to the common plants of the Baguashan scenic area, a Formosan rock macaque display room, Story time with Ms. Butterfly, and a common insect zone.

The center also offers travel counseling, video screenings, guided tours for group tourists by reservation, tourist information brochures, and environmental education excursions. You are most welcome to visit with your family and friends and get ready to embark on a local ecological journey.​​​​​​