Photos

This is the satellite image of Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area. Can you see the green line? It is the path where we walked through Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area. The white part along the coast is the big waves. (台灣墾丁．Google Earth．Retrieved 2/5/2010 from http://maps.google.com.hk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=zh-TW&geocode=&q=%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E5%A2%BE%E4%B8%81&sll=22.38131,114.168639&sspn=0.608247,0.8)

This is the map of Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area. (#1)

It is also the coral tablelands. Here is the place after we walk along the coral cliff.

There is a narrow strip of land full of plants which can adapt to the windy climate in Lonkeng Ecological Reserved Area.(#3)

It is the close up of Beach Heliotrope (白水木) which is common in the Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area.

What's a dangerous place when the wind is gusty! We can only walk along the assigned path on boardwalks.Be careful of your steps.

This is the coral tablelands along the coast of the Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area.

(珊瑚岩礁．Miss Leung's facebook． Retrieved 2/5/2010 from http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31139&id=100000975965247 )

Afterwalking for 1.5m in the shrub, the view of the open sea clear.(#3)

Attachments: Result of the questionare

Reference:

Websites

1. Kenting National Park. Kenting National Park. Retrieved 2010/04/26 fromhttp://www.ktnp.gov.tw/manager/pageeditor/stations/CP/file/download/longkan.PDF

2. Kenting National Park Headquarters. Kenting National Park. Retrieved 2010/04/26 fromhttp://www.ktnp.gov.tw/manager/pageeditor/stations/cp/10023/protect04.aspx

3. 掌心. Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area in Kenting. Retrieved 2010/04/26 from http://www.mobile01.com/waypointtopicdetail.php?f=206&t=870771&r=3&last=9715082

4. Kenting National Park. 墾丁虛擬圖書館. Retrieved 2010/04/28 from http://www.ktnp.gov.tw/ktvlibary/04_5kindbook/3dwall/3dwall.asp?title_var=5&bull_txt01=4
(This website is highly recommended since you can read the books online!)

Books:

5. 王鑫 (2009). 墾丁國家公園地形景觀. 台灣. 墾丁國家公園管理處

6. 李武雄(中華民國八十一年九月). 墾丁國家公園地質景觀簡介. 台灣. 內政部營建署墾丁國家公園管理處

Conclusion:

In this project, we have learnt a lot about the natures in Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area. We studied about the formation of the coral tablelands features as well as the rich variety of the wildlife when gathering information. Moreover, we tried hard to use the GPRS system to convert the satellite images. Besides, we now understand how to construct a good questionnaire. They all are not an easy task. We experienced in it a lot.
After our evaluation, we believed that the geology is the most attractive to tourists. And among those unforgettable experiences, insects can win the largest number of votes. Nearly all interviewees like Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area. Most of them would like to visit there again.
In conclusion, most people are impressed by the geology and insects in Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area. It is reasonable that Longkeng is a attractive, scenery and educational tourist attraction.
Anyway, Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area needs tourists to protect and reserve, taking away only memories and photos. Then, the environment can be kept and this special place will always be an attractive place.

Evaluation and Explanation:

From the above, we can know that Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area is featured with unique erosional coral tableland landforms and ecology. But we wanted to know that which aspect and objects there impressed tourists most. Therefore, we constructed a survey about Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area for those who have joined the Taiwan field trip. During 28-30/4/2010, our group collected 28 pieces of Questionare.

For “Which aspect in Lonhkeng Ecological Reserved Area impressed you most?”, we found that geology was the most impressive. (41%) Next is climate (32%). Scenery got the third place (12%). Foral has been rated the forth (9%). The faunal occupies the least, with only 3%. We guess it is because we can hardly find any type of coral tablelands in Hong Kong. It is the first time we can see those special type of landform. Also, due to the coral tablelands, many amazing erosional land features with the dry chinook wind increase the attractiveness (#5).The climate is not too hot due to the wind. Very few interviewees agreed that fauna is the most impressive since we didn’t saw much wildlife. Most of them are plants and only a small number of birds and insects appeared in the reserved area. Therefore, we cannot remember them well. As a result, not many of them choose this choice.

From the chart ‘The least attractive thing in Longkeng Ecological Reserved’ and ‘The most attractive thing in Longkeng Ecological Reserved’ show that insects are the least and the most attractive among the 7 aspects. We guess the reason is that not everyone loves insects. Girls may afraid of them while boys may interested in it very much. Therefore, it get these oppositing rates but it is not contradictory. The waves is the second most attractive things. Since it is rare to see such a big wave in Hong Kong unless under typhoon, there are quite a number of them love the white and beautiful waves. The chinook wind is the second least and second most attractive things either. We guess this is because the chinook wind is special which can hardly be found in Hong Kong so it may be attractive. But it is not easy to withstand such a strong wind. One of our tour member felt sick in this tourist attraction. Therefore, it may not be so attractive to some of our interviewees. As a result, it is rated both the second highest and second lowest positions respectively. Generally, the rates are equally distributed. None of the choices get especially high rates. It may show that things in Longkeng Ecological Reserved are all attractive.

According to the chart ‘To what extent do you want to visit Lonhkeng Ecological Reserved Area?’. We find that everyone want to visit Lonhkeng Ecological Reserved Area since nobody choose 1 and 2. Most of the interviewees choose 4. It means that they want to visit there but there are no extremely strong intention . But this chart shows that Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area is attractive to tourists and most of the visitors like this place.

Description:

Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area is famous of its special topography and geology, as well as the large variety of fauna and flora plants.

Where is Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area?

Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area located at the southern tip of Hengchun Peninsula and inside the Kenting National Park. It is facing the Pacific Ocean and Bashi Channel (巴士海峽). Stretches of coral reefs were pushed on to the earth’s surface due to the internal movements of the earth. Together with the flavourable climate, the reserved area has abundant and rarely seen ecology. (#6)

(# 2)

What is coral tableland feature?

The southern tip of the park, where Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area located, was gifted the coral tableland feature. Along the coast, because of the destructive wave, the coral tablelands and lime stones were eroded away and the out hanging part was broken also. This helped to produce erosional landforms, such as coral cliffs (崩崖), sunken caves(陷坑), stalactites. (#1)

What makes Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area gifted with rich diversity of plants and creatures?

Longkeng has a tropical weather of 23 Degree Celsiusas of mean annual temperature and annual rainfall of 2,200 mm which produce a flavourable environment for plants and creatures. This unique climate and various landforms helped Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area to support the rich variety of faunal and botanic lives.(#2)

Enquiry Issue:

Our enquiry issue is “Attractiveness of Kenting National Park”.

Kenting National Park is the first reserved area set up in Taiwan. Therefore, it has rich natural resources and luxuriant lives which are attractive to tourists. Since we have visited Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area and this is an impressive place, we decided to put focus on it. Our specific focusing question is “What impressed you most in Longkeng Ecological Reserved Area?” Therefore, in the following, we will find out what it the most unforgettable experience or objects are in this reserved area.