Leisure or recreation farms in Taiwan are popular with both locals and overseas visitors alike. In fact, there are some 200 leisure farms across Taiwan (source: Why leisure farms in Taiwan are now the hot destinations). Usually a fully-functional farm, such leisure farms provide on-site activities and often lodgings for urbanites to get close to agriculture and nature.
Here is a list of 20 popular recreation farms in Taiwan to help in the planning of your next trip. They are group based on their location and listed in no particular order.
Note that the months indicated for fruit picking is indicative and obtained from the farm’s web-site. As these fruits are seasonal, it is best to call before visiting to avoid disappointment.
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Hsinchu County (新竹县)
1. Sheipa Leisure Farm (雪霸休闲农场)
Located near Sheipa National Park and at an altitude of 1,923m, Sheipa Leisure Farm offers views of Sheipa Mountains rising above the clouds.
Image credit: 雪霸休闲农场 Facebook page
The leisure farm offers accommodation of various room types for 2, 4 or 6 persons. Different DIY activities are offered for each season, at NT$150 to NT$400 per activity. Past activities offered include wood picture frame and drawstring bag making, mosquito repellent and fruit vinegar making. Tours are also conducted by their professional guides to explore the hidden beauties of the surrounding forests.
Waking up to a gorgeous sun rise among the clouds at Sheipa Leisure Farm:
Image credit: 雪霸休闲农场 Facebook page
For dining option, Sheipa Leisure Farm has a Cafe, a Chinese restaurant and a Western restaurant, serving dishes whipped up with fruits and vegetables fresh from the farm. Seasonal fruits and agriculture produce can be purchased at the Cafe.
Nature lovers can also explore the massive Sheipa National Park. The park covers an area of 76,850 hectares with 51 peaks of over 3,000 metres high. With the National Park being mostly wild and home to rare species, most of the area is not open to the public. The estimated time taken to travel by car from the farm to the National Park’s Guanwu Recreation Area is around 20 minutes.
Address: 新竹县五峰乡桃山村民石380-1号 | No. 380, Minshih, Taoshan Village, Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Tel: +886-3-5856192 / +886-3-5856193
Website: Sheipa Leisure Farm
Visit farm for: Spectacular views of Sheipa Mountains, farm grown fruits and vegetables, DIY activities, visit nearby Sheipa National Park Recreation Area
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Miaoli County (苗栗县)
2. Flying Cow Ranch (飞牛牧场)
Located in Tongxiao Township of Miaoli County, Flying Cow Ranch (飞牛牧场) is a popular leisure ranch (休闲农场) among Taiwanese and overseas tourists. The features of the ranch included on-site accommodation, food and beverage services, interaction with ranch animals and DIY activities.
Image credit: 飛牛牧場 Facebook page
Address: 苗栗县35750通霄鎮南和里166号 | No.166, Nanho Village, Tongxiao Town, Miaoli Country 35750, Taiwan
Tel: +886 3 778 2999
Website: Flying Cow Ranch
Visit farm for: Ranch animals (cows, sheep, goats, ducks, rabbits), animal feeding, milk products, DIY activities, milk-based hot pot
Read more about the ranch at Our Visits to Flying Cow Ranch.
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3. Mile High Café & Leisure Farm (云也局一休闲农场)
Established in 1983, Mile High Café & Leisure Farm is located within Miaoli County’s Jiang Ma Yuan Agricultural Leisure Area (姜麻圆休闲农业区), an area famed for its ginger production and ginger-based cuisine and beverages. The farm is situated at 700m above mean sea level with a good view of surrounding mountains.
Image credit: 田妈妈 云也局一休闲农场 Mile High Leisure FarmFacebook page
The leisure farm offers fruit-picking activities. Ginger can be picked all year round, while strawberry-picking is from December to March. Peach and bamboo shoots can be picked from March to May, while pear-picking is from June to August.
Image credit: 田妈妈 云也局一休闲农场 Mile High Leisure Farm Facebook page
Mile High Leisure Farm offers accommodation of varying capacity from 2 pax double room to 8 pax Japanese style tatami room. Visitors who love the great outdoors can choose to sleep in a tent within their campsite.
Complete the visit by trying their signature ginger cuisine in their Café, such as 姜母鸡 (‘ginger chicken’), 姜母鸭 (‘ginger duck’), and ginger-flavoured beverage like 姜汁撞奶 (ginger milk tea).
Address: 苗栗县大湖乡栗林村薑麻圆6号 | No. 6, Jiangmayuan, Lilin Village, Dahu Township, Miaoli County 364
Tel: +886 3 795 1530
Website (in Chinese only): 云也局一休闲农场 Mile High Café Leisure Farm
Visit farm for: Fruit-picking (strawberry, peach, pear, ginger and bamboo shoots), Ginger cuisine and beverages
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4. Shan Ban Giao Leisure Farm (山板樵休闲农场)
Shan Ban Giao was originally an art studio specialising in wood craving. These days, it operates as a leisure farm on an area of 6.5 hectares where massive number of herbs grown and where visitors can paint their own masks or learn wood carving. They have a wood craft museum too, where masks and wood arts are displayed, showcasing local art and characteristics.
Accommodation comes in the form of forest wooden house which accommodates 2 person per room (pictured below) or camping on the grounds. They have minsu rooms too for 2 or 4 person per room.
Image credit: 三义山板樵休闲农场 Facebook page
The farm offers half day, 1 day and 2 day packages or create-your-own package, all of which includes craft activities. Besides their signature masking painting and wood carving activities, visitors can also experience farm life, explore nature, go fire-fly watching (during season). They also organise guided tours to local attractions such as Long Teng Bridge (龙腾断桥) or Shengxing Train Station (胜兴火车站).
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Shan Ban Giao serves Hakka cuisine for meals. In addition, afternoon tea set of freshly baked vanilla cookies and vanilla-flavoured tea or coffee is available at the farm.
Address: 苗栗县三义乡双连潭138号 | No. 138, Shuangtan Vil., Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Tel: +886 37-875766
Website （in Chinese only) : 三义山板樵休闲农场
Visit farm for: experiencing farm life, wood craft DIY and museum, fire-fly watching, surrounding nature and local tours
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5. Zhuo Ye Cottage (卓也小屋)
Experience traditional Taiwanese farm life at Zhuo Ye Cottage where old granaries are converted into air-conditioned guest rooms, with a touch of luxury.
Image credit: 卓也小屋度假区 Facebook page
Try your hands at indigo dyeing by taking up their DIY courses and create your own tote bags, t-shirts, pillowcase and many more. The dye is derived from assam and indigo plants native to the area.
Image credit: 卓也小屋度假区 Facebook page
Besides getting your hands blue, visitors can walk along the meandering little paths within the cottage and soak in the atmosphere. Guests can also partake in fire-fly watching and flower viewing. There are little animals such as frogs, rabbits and koi fish within the farm, which will delight the little ones.
Zhuo Ye Cottage restaurant serves vegetarian food from farm and local grown fruits and vegetables.
Address: 苗栗县三义乡双潭村崩山下1之5号 | 367 Kueishan, T’Ai-Wan, Taiwan
Tel: +886 3 787 9198
Website (in Chinese only): Zhuo Ye Cottage 卓也小屋
Visit farm for: Indigo dying DIY activities, traditional Taiwanese style accommodation and experience
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6. Hualu Flower Leisure Farm (花露休闲农场)
For all the flower lovers out there, you have to visit Hualu Flower Leisure Farm (花露休闲农场). The 3.2 hectare farm is rich in vanilla and floral vegetation, organically grown without using chemical pesticides.
Image credit: 花露休闲农场 Facebook page
Visitors get to learn about herbal plantations through participation in farming processes. DIY workshops are conducted for visitors to create their own lotions, perfumes and soaps using essential oils. There is also an on-site essential oil museum that showcases the story of essential oil in Miaoli and see the ancient kiln used to refine citronella and camphor oil in the olden days.
The gardens are open from 9am to 5pm on weekdays (close on Wednesday) and 9am to 6pm on weekends. The leisure farm’s castle-like minsu has limited rooms, so book early if you want to enjoy a night amongst the floral vegetation.
Image credit: 花露休闲农场 Facebook page
In line with the theme of the farm, their restaurant serves herbal and floral recipes among others. Most of the dishes are made from freshly harvested ingredients from the farm.
Address: 苗栗县卓兰镇西坪里西坪43-3号 | No. 43-3, Xiping, Xiping Village, Zhuolan Township, Miaoli County 369
Tel: +886 4 2589 1589
Website: 花露休闲农场
Visit farm for: Flower viewing, essential oils and DIY activities
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Taichung County (台中县)
7. Wuling Farm (武陵农场)
Wuling Farm was first set up in 1963 by the Veteran Affairs Commission. Initially, its main job was to develop agriculture in the mountainous area and resettle veterans as farmers. Slowly, the farm also worked towards tourism development.
Image credit: 武陵农场 Wuling Farm Facebook page
High up at an altitude of more than 2,000m, Wuling Farm enjoys cool climate throughout the year. Different season brings along different colours to enthrall visitors. Spring brings along the pink and white of peach, plum and apple blossoms. In summer time, fruits ripen on rows and rows of fruit trees. Visit during the harvesting months of July to October to experience the fun of plucking the fruits fresh from the trees. The abundant Cosmo flowers bloom during September. And as winter approaches, soak in autumn colours of Maple leaves in November and December.
Image credit: 武陵农场 Wuling Farm Facebook page
The farm conducts North Valley guided bus tour (NT$150/pax) to the tea plantation trial, the Farmhouse Historical Relics’ Museum, Shei-Pa Visitor Center, and the Formosan Landlocked Salmon Ecological Center. Join the South Valley guided walking tour to visit Chiang Kai-shek Guesthouse, Eco Park (Butterfly museum), and the Tea Saloon to get souvenirs. You can also take the farm as a base to visit nearby attractions, such as Hehuan Mountain (合欢山) for star gazing and snow viewing.
For the hiking enthusiasts, there are 6 hiking trails at Wuling Farm; the longest is the Taoshan Waterfall Trail which is 4.3km per way.
Note: Officially Wuling Farm is in Taichung City. But do note a car journey from the city to the farm will require navigating the mountain roads and hence will take more than 5 hours. It is easier to set off for the farm from Yilan with a car ride taking around 2 hours.
Address: 42495台中市和平区平等里武陵路3-1号 | 424, Taiwan, Taichung City, Heping District
Tel: +886 4 2590 1259
Website: Wuling Farm
Visit farm for: Sea of blooms during the different seasons, fruit-picking (peach, pear and apple), museums, hiking trails
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8. Rollin Farm (若茵农场)
Rollin Farm is a Bed & Breakfast (B&B) and restaurant nestled in Snow Mountain Region, 1100 meters above sea level.
Watch the sea of clouds merge with the horizon as you relax on the lily pad patio and sip coffee. Be amazed by the beauty of nature during sunrise and sunset or star gaze at night.
Image credit: 若茵农场 – RollinFarm Facebook page
The farm can help in the planning of activities near the farm, such as river trekking, fruit-picking, bamboo harvesting, frog & beetle observing and glowing mushrooms. There are also day trip options to Dongshi, Taichung, Guguan and the mountain.
The restaurant serves both traditional Taiwanese and international cuisine 3 meals a day.
Address: 台中市和平区中坑里雪山路1号 | No. 1 Xueshan Rd, Heping District, Taichung City, 424
Tel: +886 4 2597 1218
Website: Roll In Farm
Visit farm for: Relax among sea of clouds, bamboo forest, hiking and activities near farm.
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Nantou County (南投县):
9. Qingjing Farm (清境农场)
The Qingjing Farm is situated at altitude of 1,750 meters above the sea. Each season of the year brings about different scenes for the visiting guests, from peach blossom in Spring to maple in October. Flowering plants and trees bloom in different months of the year giving the place an attractive floral display.
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Enjoy a calming view of the mountains with cows and sheep grazing at Green Green Grassland (青青草原). Visitors are free to interact with the animals too.
Marvel at the highly skilled riders at their twice daily horse riding show at Guanshan Ranch. On weekends and holidays, sheep-shearing show by their expert shepherd from Australia is held twice a day .
Pop by their Small Swiss Garden with colourful flowers, bald-cypresses, red maples and LED artificial sunflowers of the garden. Or walk along the many trails along Qingjing Farm to take in the natural beauty of the place.
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Qingjing Guest House offers accommodation of varying capacity of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 pax rooms. There are also a number of nearby minsu (民宿), or properties of the locals, to spend a night or two. Even if you are not staying at the guest house, you can pop by for a DIY session to make wool sheep or the on-going street performance.
If you are planning to visit Qingjing Farm in July or August, keep a look out for their annual Windmill Festival. During the festival, event venues will be decorated with thousands of windmills in different themes of various sizes.
Address: 546南投县仁爱乡大同村仁和路170号 | No.170, Renhe Rd., Ren’ai Township, Nantou County 546, Taiwan
Tel: +886-49-2802748
Website: Qingjing Farm 清境农场
Visit farm for: Open pasture with animals grazing, sheep-shearing and horse-riding shows, gardens and trails
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10. Tai-Yi Ecological Leisure Farm (also known as Tai-Yi Red Maple Resort)(台一生态教育休闲农场)
Tai-Yi Ecological Leisure Farm has 7 themed ecological farms over 13-hectare of land. The themes are namely: The Floral Temple, Ranforest Garden, The Park of European Style, Fairy Tale Garden, Mother’s Pavilion, Feng-Yun Square and Honey Gardens.
The names of the themes were well-chosen to reflect the style to be expected in each zone. For example, in Fairy Tale Garden, you will see a re-creation of the forest and cottages Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs live. In The Floral Temple, you will see the one and only Flower God Temple in Taiwan.
Image credit: Tai-Yi Red Maple Resort
The accommodations of the farm come in three styles and range: farm-stay, home-stay and resort-hotel with a total of 104 rooms.
Image credit: Tai-Yi Red Maple Resort
The farm offers fruit-picking and DIY activities such as craft work, making Taiwanese ai-yu dessert and bread-making. There are 2 restaurants and a cafe within Tai-Yi Red Maple Resort, one of which is Muslim friendly.
Address: 南投县埔里镇中山路1段176号 | No. 176, Sec. 1, Zhongshan Rd., Puli Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
Tel: +886-49-299-7848
Website: Tai-Yi Red Maple Resort
Visit farm for: Flowers and themed gardens, floral infused dishes, DIY activities
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Yilan County (宜兰县)
11. Toucheng Leisure Farm (头城休闲农场)
Toucheng Leisure Farm is set within the Hehuanshan mountain range with a land area of around 110 hectares.
On the farm, there is a paddy rice field, an animal area, orchard area, insect classroom, fishing area and tree house area for rural and farming experiences. For visitors who are keen to know how rice arrives on our table, besides the rice seedling area, the farm also has a drying area, with blowing, threshing and stone miller machines displayed.
Image credit: Toucheng Leisure Farm Facebook page
The farm allows city dwellers to experience life as a farmer for the day, getting close to nature. Activities on the farm includes livestock feeding, fruit picking in vegetable garden, kimchi and fermented soybean curd making. Visitors staying the night can release a sky lantern when night falls.
Image credit: Toucheng Leisure Farm Facebook page
Toucheng Leisure Farm also features a winery, Cangjiu Winery, where wines are produced and sold on site. Besides red and white grape wine, try their exclusive kumquat wine. Join in their educational cellar and winery tours to get a glimpse into their wine-making process.
The farm offer the option of a 1-day tour, 2 days 1 night tour and 3 days 2 nights tour. Choice of rooms includes for 2, 4, loft unit for 8 or dormitory unit for 10-20.
Address: 宜兰县头城更新路125号 | No. 125, Gengxin Road, Toucheng Township, Yilan County
Tel: +886 3 977 2222
Website: Toucheng Leisure Farm
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12. Peikuan Resort Leisure Farm (北关休闲农场)
Not far from Toucheng Leisure Farm is Peikuan Resort.
The farm has a mind-boggling 90 bird species, 300 plant species, 130 butterfly species and 10 firefly species. But undoubtedly, the highlight of the farm is its crab-themed museum. Billed as the world’s only and biggest for these crustaceans, the museum has a collection of more than 700 live crabs and crab specimen. In addition, the museum has also introduced fresh and salt water prawns to their collection in recent years.
Image credit: 北关休闲农场 Website
The leisure farm also offers fruit-picking activities. Oranges can be picked during the months from October to February, mandarin oranges from September to December and kumquat from February to April. DIY activities include painting of crab-themed t-shirts, painting of ceramic crabs and making of 草仔粿, a Hakka snack.
Peikuan Resort Leisure Farm offers the option of a day-tour or a 2 day 1 night tour. Both of which are centered around its crab-themed museum and DIY activities. Visitors can stay overnight in their 2 (double bed) or 4 (2 double beds) persons rooms.
Address: 宜兰县头城更新路205号 | No. 205, Gengxin Road, Toucheng Township, Yilan County
Tel: +886-03-977-2168
Website (in Chinese only): 北关休闲农场
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13. Shangrila Leisure Farm (香格里拉休闲农场)
Shangrila Leisure Farm is located at 250m above sea level in the foothills of Yilan’s Dayuan Mountains with an annual average temperature at a comfortable 25 degC.
Image credit: 香格里拉休閒農場Shangrila Leisure Farm Facebook page
There is a fruit orchard where visitors can roam freely and pick different fruits. Depending on the season, fruits such as star-fruits, mulberries, oranges and dragon-fruits are available for picking. An hour-long guided eco-tour is available for larger group booking at NT$2000/group to learn about the ecosystems at the farm.
The farm also conducts DIY activities such as rattle-drum, toy silkworm and bamboo bugle making at a small fee. Get to know more about the local culture with their folk activities, such as sky lantern DIY, sweet riceball making and spinning a top.
Image credit: 香格里拉休閒農場Shangrila Leisure Farm Facebook page
Accommodation ranging from double room to penthouse rooms with 3 double beds are available for overnight guests.
Local cuisines are served at their Shangrila Restaurant with farm grown fruits and vegetables. Share stories and bond as a family in the farm’s Tea Parlor over a cup of local Suxin black tea. For our Muslim friend, you may like to know that their Chinese restaurant has obtained Halal certification, which is displayed in their website.
Address: 宜兰县冬山乡大进村梅山路168号 | No. 168, Meishan Road, Dongshan Township, Yilan County
Tel: +886 3 951 1456
Website: Shangrila Leisure Farm
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14. Ba-Jia Leisure Fish Farm (八甲休闲鱼场)
Ba-Jia Leisure Fish Farm is one of Taiwan’s biggest sweetfish farm. Sweetfish (or 香鱼) is a relative to the smelts and mostly consumed in East Asia.
Visitors can tour the fish farms. For fishing enthusiast, no fishing allowed in the ponds unfortunately. You can always try their fish-based cuisine in their restaurant though.
Image credit: 八甲休闲鱼场 Facebook page
Kids will love feeding the fishes, ducks and swans in their courtyard ponds.
The farm’s Knight Manor offers accommodation of varying capacity from 2 pax double room to 12 pax attic room. And of course, fish produce, such as baked fish roe, are available for purchase as well as hand pickled fruits and vegetables.
Address: 宜兰县员山乡尚德村八甲路1-10号 | 264, Taiwan, Yilan County, Yuanshan Township
Tel: +886 3 922 5990
Website: 八甲休闲鱼场
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15. Wanshun Leisure Farm （旺山休闲农场）
Wanshan Leisure Farm is famous for their pumpkins. There are more than 500 species of pumpkins and gourds from all around the world grown on the farm. Besides pumpkins, they grow various types of vines species that bear fruits and vegetables such as winter melons, luffa gourds, passion fruits, tomatoes.
Image credit: 宜兰旺山休闲农场 Facebook page
There are many photo opportunities with the mind boggling types of pumpkins on the farms as well as a chance to know more about them.
If you love to eat pumpkins, you are in luck. They have created many interesting pumpkin dishes and beverages that are worth a try. Grilled pumpkin and pumpkin pizza may not sound so exotic, but pumpkin curry, pumpkin shaved ice, pumpkin milk and pumpkin coffee do.
Image credit: 宜兰旺山休闲农场 Facebook page
The best time for visiting the place is around the Dragon Boat Festival as it coincides with the harvest season of pumpkins.
Address: 宜兰县壯围乡新南村新南路107之7号 | No.107-7, Sinnan Rd., Sinnan Village, Jhuangwei Township, Yilan County
Tel: +886-3-938-3918
Website: 旺山休闲农场 南瓜王国
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16. Meihua Lake Leisure Farm (梅花湖休闲农场）
Located at the foot of Yilan’s Taiping Mountain, Meihua Lake Leisure Farm is a resort where visitors can relax and enjoy their leisure time in Meihua Lake Scenic Area. The 10,000 square foot farm has a range of activities and services available such as pottery-making, paintball, water pools, fitness course and DIY activities.
They have a beetle ecological area where different types of beetles can be seen. Pick your own vanilla at the farm’s Vanilla Farm Area and participate in DIY activities, such as vanilla cookies or crafts. Children will love feeding the animals at the cute animals area. Besides these, the farm also has an aquatic ecological area, as well as a vegetable area.
Image credit: 梅花湖休闲农场 Facebook page
Try their rice cooked in bamboo tubes, afternoon tea or BBQ (groups of 5 and above). Do note that meals have to be ordered beforehand. For the more adventurous, Meihua Lake Leisure Farm offer the unusual outdoor clay kiln cooking and dining with roasted piglet and roasted whole pig on the menu (reservation to be made at least 3 days in advance). Note that if outside food is brought into the farm for consumption, a cleaning fee will be imposed.
Image credit: Meihua Lake Leisure Farm
Meihua Lake Leisure Farm offers half-day, 1-day or 2-day packages to choose from. You can also create your own package from their list of activities. On-farm accommodation is available, of varying capacity from 2 pax to 8 pax room. Outdoor camping is also an option but you’ll have to pitch your own tent.
The farm is also in close proximity to Yilan’s attractions such as Renshan Natural Trail (仁山植物园), Sinliao Waterfall (新寮瀑布), Luodong Night Market (罗东观光夜市) and National Centre for Traditional Arts (传统艺术中心). So, it can be a base to your exploration in that area.
Address: 宜兰县冬山乡得安村环湖路62号 | No.62, Huanhu Rd., Dongshan Township, Yilan County 269, Taiwan
Tel: +886-3-9613222
Website: Meihua Lake Leisure Farm
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17. San Fu Leisure (三富休闲农场）
San Fu Leisure Farm provides a habitat for diverse plant and teeming wildlife, such as frogs, beetles, butterflies to live in a natural environment. San-Fu believes in farming in the organic way, without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
The farm has a ecology pond for breeding and recovery of frogs. During the breeding season of Nantou tree frogs, you may see mating of these frogs.
Image credit: 三富休闲农场 紫屋森林 Facebook page
Not surprisingly, they have frog-themed DIY activities such as painting frog piggy banks, frog clappers. Other DIY activities includes travel scrapbook, kaleidoscopes and leaf-rubbing T-shirts.
Image credit: 三富休闲农场 紫屋森林 Facebook page
The farm’s Chinese restaurant offers low-oil, low-sodium, and healthy food choices with locally-sourced ingredients. Reservations are recommended. Enjoy a cup of “purple coffee” or pomelo flower tea with tea-time snacks at their Purple House Forest Cafe alongside a viewing pond.
San Fu Leisure Farm offers a 2-day package or a half-day package (for groups 20 or more). Rooms for 2 to 6 pax are also available for booking, inclusive of breakfast and ecological night tour.
Address: 宜兰县冬山乡中山村新寮二路161巷82号 | No. 82, Lane 161, Xinliao Two Road, Zhongshan Village, Dongshan Township, Yilan
Tel: +886 3 958 8690
Website: San Fu Leisure Farm
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18. Guang Shing Farm (the Duck Cottage the Pig Cove)(广兴农场 鸭母寮豬哥窟）
Guang Shing Farm used to be a large pig breeding center, till a bout of hand foot mouth disease badly affected the business. After a 4 year transformation, the family-run farm today operates as leisure farm with agriculture, fishery and livestock farming characteristics.
Image credit: 广兴农场 鸭母寮豬哥窟 Facebook page
The farm has conserved a traditional cottage used for duck herding in early times. In addition, an area with animals such as pigs, lambs, rabbits, chickens and ducks etc is where visitors can interact with the animals.
They have interesting activities such as House of Shrimps (decorate houses for black shelled shrimps), Washing Pants while Clamming (clamming, scooping out fish, catching shrimps) and Rural Earthen Kiln (cooking of sweet potatoes, chickens, peanuts and sweet corns in traditional kilns).
Image credit: 广兴农场 鸭母寮豬哥窟 Facebook page
Enjoy their ‘Mom’s Signature Dishes’ featuring local produces such as Yilan traditional rice-flour noodle soup, sautéed basil and fresh river clams. Bring home a bottle of fermented tofu homemade by their Gran with a rural taste.
Address: 宜兰县柯林村光华三路132巷12号 | No. 12, Lane 132, Kwanghua 3rd Road, Kolin Village, Dongshan Township, Yilan County 269
Tel: +886-3-951-3236
Website: Guang Shing Farm (the Duck Cottage the Pig Cove)
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Taitung County (台东县)
19. Bunun Leisure Farm (布农部落休闲农场）
The Bunun tribe is one of 14 indigenous tribes in Taiwan. When settlers came from China, they were pushed back into the mountain regions. Many of the Bunun people are Christians and live in small villages near to Taitung.
Bunun Leisure Farm is the result of efforts from Reverend Pai, a Bunun Pastor, and his wife to renew the life of the community and revitalize traditional culture in an economically sustainable manner. The farm area also used to be the cluster area where the tribe lived.
Image credit: 布农部落 Facebook page
Bunun Leisure Farm comprises of a tribe theatre, weaving workshop, modern art center of aborigines, accommodation facilities, Bunun cuisine restaurant, coffee shop, an organic farm, gift shop and bamboo factory.
You can watch their daily aboriginal cultural shows or experience arrow shooting, set trap and top whipping with bark. Bunun-style weaved creations, oils from cyprus timber and bamboo charcoal can be purchased at the gift shop. Animal feeding or vegetable plucking on the farm will appeal to the young ones.
Complete the experience by staying on the farm, in one of their Bunun-style rooms.
Image credit: 布农部落 Facebook page
Address: 953台东县延平乡桃源村11鄰昇平路191号 | No. 191, Neighborhood 11, Taoyuan Village, Yenping Township, Taitung County 953
Tel: +886-89-561-211
Website: Bunun Leisure Farm
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Changhua County (彰化县)
20. Magical Mushrooms Tribe Leisure Farm (魔菇部落生态休闲农场）
This is the place to be for mushroom lovers.
It all started when an electronics engineer gave up his job to go into mushroom growing. Traditional mushroom growing is dependent on insecticide, resulting in the mushrooms’ gills absorbing them in the process. Instead of sticking to the traditional farming methods, he visited countries such as France, Japan, Poland, Korea and China to observe how environmental control affects mushroom farming.
He then invested in cleanroom-like facilities such that the planting, collecting and packaging of mushrooms are all done in temperature and humidity controlled environment. In doing so, he managed to take insecticide out of mushroom farming. Today, his award-winning farm is part of a theme-park featuring mushrooms with playgrounds and mascots.
Image credit: 魔菇部落生态休闲农场 Facebook page
Visitors are introduced to the farm’s mushroom growing process from planting to packaging during guided tour. DIY activities includes mushroom planting and picking, toy mushroom and beetle painting. What’s on the menu but mushrooms of course in their dining options that includes hotpot, pizza and afternoon tea.
Image credit: Taiwan Leisure Farm Certification Service
Besides the more commonly seen mushrooms such as the shiitake mushroom, enoki mushroom and king oyster mushroom, the farm also has the rarer rose pink and golden mushrooms.
Image credit: 魔菇部落生态休闲农场 Facebook page
If you are in Changhua County on Mondays or Tuesdays, you’re out of luck. The farms opens 10:30 to 17:00 (Wednesdays to Fridays) and 10:00 to 18:00 (weekends).
Address: 彰化县埔心乡埤脚村柳桥東路829号 | No. 829, Liuqiao E. Rd., Pijiao Village, Puxin Township, Changhua County 513
Tel: +886 4 852 1898
Website (in Chinese only): 魔菇部落
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