We came neither for its fumaroles nor the calla lilies for which the area is famed (they're not in season) but rather for the view it provides of the Hsiaoyukang fumarole. (The Palaka Highway is another good spot for viewing it.) Drifting from its surface hole to the fault up above, Hsiaoyukeng's clouds of steam can be seen very clearly.
到竹子湖並不是因為這裡有噴氣孔，它有名的海芋花期已經過去，而是這裡是觀察小油坑噴氣孔景觀視野最佳的角度之一（另一個在巴拉卡公路上），從爆裂口底部到上方的斷層，以至嬝嬝圍繞的白煙，都可看得一清二楚。