Hualien Nanbin Park 花蓮南濱公園

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Hualien's Nanbin Park is one of the most accessible beach location in Hualien. It also features a night market and a large grassy park and bike path to enjoy the oceanside views. It is definitely worth a stop on your next trip to Hualien.

Background:
In the 1800s, Nanbin Park was the first area that Han Settlers landed their boats, and began to farm the local land. Later, the harbor was moved further south where it was less windy.
Nanbin Park covers about 1 KM of coastline near Hualien City.  It includes a bike path, camp ground, palm trees, a playground, sand pit.
At night there is also a small night market here in the parking lot.
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Hours:
24/7

Price:
Free

How to get there:
By car/scooter: From central Hualien, take highway 193 south along the coast until you get to Nanbin Park. Looking for a scooter rental in Hualien? You can search KKday here or Klook here to look for options. You can also check out our scooter rental guide here. 
If you are looking for car rentals in Hualien, you can also search Klook here or KKDay here. You can also check out our car rental guide here. 
By bus: Sadly there are no bus stops near Nanbin park. The closest bus stop is at Dongdamen Night Market. You can book tickets to travel to Hualien via inter-city bus on Klook here.  
Book tickets via the normal train (TRA) on Klook here.

Where to stay?
Most of the accommodation you will find is near the city center.  If you only want to visit Hualien City and Taroko Gorge, you can consider booking a hotel near downtown, walking or cycling around the city, and taking a bus to Taroko Gorge. 
We have stayed at and recommend Dream Taiwan Homestay (Agoda / Booking.com / Expedia / Hotels.com), a high quality hostel for the money in downtown Hualien, Farglory Hotel (Agoda / Booking.com / Expedia / Hotels.com), right next to Farglory Ocean Park with amazing views of Hualien, and Goldenflower B&B (Agoda / Booking.com) in Yuli right next to Sixty Stone Mountain.
You can find out where to stay in our Taiwan hotels guide or search for the best hotel deals in Taiwan here.
You can also book Wifi and SIM cards for Taiwan on Gigago here.  
Need travel insurance? Compare prices on Insubuy here. 

Tours: 
You can find more tours and activities in Hualien such as Surfing, Paragliding, SUP / Paddle Boarding, Kayaking, Canoeing, River Tracing, and much more on Klook here or KKday here. 

Map:
​Please see below:

Our Journey:

I have been to Nanbin park about 3 times. The park is really well made and is a nice place to bring kids. However the beach is rocky and not really made for playing in the ocean.

For an overview of the area, see our video above. 

Or check out our 360 degree spherical panorama above. 

The main parking lot at the entrance turns into a night market every evening, so there are often decorations here. It appears on this day there was also a concert. 

Marry me sign, as if that will boost Taiwan's rock bottom birth rates. 

Even though the beach is rocky, there is a giant sand pit here and pirate ship playground to play on. But it can get really hot. 

You can make your way further down to the boulders along the beach.

Or you can bike along the ocean here for a few kilometers. 

View looking south.

View looking at the ocean. 

The park goes further north and becomes Beibin Park. 

View of the rocky shores at Beibin park. 

Looking back down south with a dirty lense. 

Last view of the giant ship docked outside the parl.

Grass turns into giant boulders at this park. 

View down south.

Another view of the playground. 

Arches in the middle of the park. 

View of the small night market that opens up at night, Nanbin Night Market 南濱夜市.

Another view of the night market. 

View of the ocean from above. 

More drone photos in the gallery above. 

You can find more tours and activities in Hualien such as Surfing, Paragliding, SUP / Paddle Boarding, Kayaking, Canoeing, River Tracing, and much more on Klook here or KKday here. 

You can also check out our full guide to Hualien here, our full guide to Taroko Gorge here,  our full guide to Taroko National Park here, and our full guide to Taiwan’s East Coast here.

You can also check out our full travel guide to Taiwan here. 

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