The only Hoshino village for stargazing all-year-round in Taiwan.
Kentington owns an area of 40 hectares, and therefore we are able to accommodate 1,000 guests at the same time. The Milky way and Meteor showers are visible all-year-round.
Introduction
Located in Manjhou, the hometown of pasture, Kentington is a beautiful village encircled by mountains and green trees covering an area of more than 40 hectares. We have 250 fine wooden cottages made of imported logs and a country club which occupies more than 6612 square meters.
In Kentington, you are far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, embraced by mountains and waters and relaxed in beautiful scenery. Get on a bicycle, shuttling through paths between our cottages, feel the breeze, listen to birdsongs and find pleasure in nature in all seasons.
The land of pasture in southern Taiwan is a great vacation destination with sunny skies, blue landscapes, and lush greenery.
Reassuring Accommodation
- Comprehensive real-name registration for admission to enter Kentington
- emperature checking/ Alcohol sterilizing.
- Independent A/C system in every cottage.
- Upgraded sterilizing and sanitizing in every cottage.
- Regular cleaning and sterilizing in public areas.
- Offering separate dinning option.
- To-go boxes offered by restaurants.
- Independent dinning for every cottage.
Reasons to stargaze in Kentington
No peripheral light pollution. No smog or haze damage in winter.
Kentington is surrounded by hills that light pollutions from streets are blocked and there is no smog or haze to affect clear starry sky in winter.
Upgraded 1,000 Hoshino lightings to reduce light pollution
We upgrade our lightings in Kentington to Hoshino lightings to reduce light pollution in Kentington to achieve the standard of International Dark-sky Association (IDA).
Eco-landscape
We are located in the town of feeding grass in southern Taiwan, a nice place for vacation to enjoy sunshine, blue sky and prairies.
Not far from Mt. Nanren Ecological Protected Area in Kenting National Park, we are committed to love and care our environment. We insist to do hand-weeding, no herbicides and no pesticides on our 40 hectares land to protect diversity and variety of nature.
Top 10 Meteor showers in Kentington
- 01/10-01/10 The Quadrantids (QUA) meteor shower
- 04/16-04/25 The Lyra meteor shower
- 04/19-05/26 The Eta Aquariids meteor shower
- 07/13-08/26 The Perseid meteor shower
- 07/21-08/23 The Eta Aquariids meteor shower
- 09/07-12/10 The Taurids southern/ northern meteor shower
- 10/04-11/14 The Orionids meteor shower
- 11/05-11/30 The Leonids meteor shower
- 12/04-12/16 The Geminids meteor shower
- 12/17-12/23 The Ursid (URS) meteor shower
Eco diversity and variety
Vigorous eco system is fully presented when you stay with us in Kentington, guests can be so close to nature and have so much fun during their stay.
Neighbors singing at night
Flowing through Manjhou town, the Gangkou River trickling around Kentington. Moist grassland and clean water attract amphibians to live with us. These lovely neighbors can be quite energetic at night and holding alternative night parties that are so different from the ones in urban jungles.
Frogs
Frogs are active in spring and summer, ornate rice frog, white -lipped treefrog and golden rice frog are our little neighbors. There are abundant species live in this area, the chorus of frogs is like a symphony of nature at night. Sometimes you can even feel the stereo full of vitality around you when stay inside the cottage.
Frog croaks can be very loud and clear at night in some area of Kentington, it is easy to hear after rain if you are lucky!
Land crabs
You might see banana crabs strolling on paths or fresh water crabs waving their claws in summer nights at Kentington when land crabs extend their heads out of their holes for food. August is land crabs’ spawning season and mother crabs would hold the eggs till incubation because birth of new lives is important to land crabs.
Land crabs often appear on paths near the hillsides in Kentington at night, please watch your step and not to step on them!
Foodie roommate
Some lovely roommates might stay with you in your cottage. By eating mosquitos and insects, they are favorable roommates for human. These insect-catching little helpers are part of natural food chain to maintain the nature’s balance.
Gecko
Mosquitoes and insects are attracted by indoor lightings while geckos have been waiting for them in cottages, ready to enjoy their meal and deworm for human guests. In Taiwanese, we say geckos live in south of Jhuoshuei River make sounds whereas geckos live the north of Jhuoshuei River don’t. In Kentington, you might hear male geckos make sounds when defending enemies or courting.
Geckos excrete whenever they have eaten food, don’t hesitate to contact us and let us do the cleaning for you at any time.
Bat
Most bats eat insects, they are afraid of human but sometimes bats would burst into cottages by accident when chasing after insects. As mammalians, bats averagely give birth to 1 baby per year and thus they are quite precious. Bats represent blessing in Chinese culture. Bats are beneficial for guests since they eat mosquitoes and insects.
When bats accidently burst into the room, you can gently wave a towel to guide them to the open window and fly out.Be careful not to damage their fragile wings.
Visitors from the sky
Kentington situates between mountains and waters, the natural environment around us grows and multiplies without an end, and therefore we are favored by distinguished guests from the sky to rest with us and to hunt for food in this area.
Gray-faced Buzzard
The gray-faced buzzards with a gray-brown head will migrate south for the winter every year, they fly through Hengchun peninsula every October so they are also called National Day birds in Taiwan. Gray-faced buzzards eats birds, small animals, insects and fish. The number of gray-faced buzzards fly though Taiwan is the second most while the number of Chinese Goshawk is the first. Gray-faced buzzards can be spotted in Kentington.
When visit Kentington in Autumn, you can enjoy not only the cool weather but also the stunning silhouette of gray-faced buzzards hovering in sky.
Grey Treepie
Grey treepies mainly live at lower altitudes, these arboreal birds are often spotted because of resonant chirps. Grey treepies fly slowly and like to gather in groups. They are omnivorous, insects, lizards, nectar and fruits are main food sources for grey treepies. They raise their long tail and jump forward when hunting for food on the ground, you may see them around in Kentington.
Grey treepies often make hoarse squawk when stay on trees so they are called “kah-kah-a” in Taiwanese.