But natural disasters brought Luku down to earth. First came the September 21, 1999 earthquake. Though after two years of reconstruction tourism had returned to about 70-80 % of its original level, then last July Typhoon Toraji hit, with landslides blocking the way to Hsitou. Tea plantations have only begun reopening with this year's lunar new year (in February).
但一場天災卻將鹿谷打入谷底，九二一大地震之後，經過兩年重整，遊客原本已回流七、八成；去年七月底一場桃芝豪雨又釀成大禍，土石流橫竄，造成溪頭封山，到今年農曆年才重新開園。