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    +886-836-25630

  • Address

    Ren’ai Vil., Nangan Township, Lienchiang County 209, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

The long and complex history between Taiwan and China is what makes Matsu and Kinmen famous. Today, war seems less likely than it once did, but many military facilities that endure from a bygone era have become tourist destinations worth visiting today. Just like you wouldn’t go to Kinmen without visiting Zhaishan Tunnel (翟山坑道) in Jingcheng Township (金城), you cannot go to Matsu without visiting Beihai Tunnel (北海坑道), the most magnificent tunnel on Nangan Island (南竿). The wall of the tunnel is made of hard, strong granite and was built using crude construction methods, mostly being excavated by manpower, along with dynamite. Once you know this, such a great feat of engineering as Beihai Tunnel might seem uncanny. In fact, because this tunnel was built out of strategic necessity, most locals on Matsu didn’t know about it until it was made into a tourist site relatively recently.

The Beihai Tunnel is located on a hillside near Dahan Stronghold (大漢據點) on the south coast of Nangan Island. A footpath runs alongside the grid-shaped waterway in the tunnel. At low tide you can walk down the 700 meters long waterway, which takes about 30 minutes in total. At high tide, the footpath is submerged by water so you will need to take a boat cruise with a specialist guide instead. At the entrance of the tunnel, there is a monthly tide table that you should take particular note of when you visit.

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