From Taipei: Hsinchu Fall Farm Tour with Harvest Experience

From Taipei: Hsinchu Fall Farm Tour with Harvest Experience

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Join this day trip from Taipei to Hsinchu and Miaoli and enjoy the rural rhythm of life in Taiwan. Learn how to make dried persimmons, take part in sugarcane harvesting, and savor a local lunch.

Highlights

Stroll along the farmland paths and immerse yourself in a sea of chrysanthemum
Enjoy a Taiwanese lunch made with red dates and savor the flavors of fall
Experience the local rural life and immerse in a sugarcane harvest activity
Capture a colorful autumn scene with a floral carpet of yellow, red, and white
Watch peeled persimmons air-dry on racks at Wei Wei Jia Persimmon Tourist Farm

Description

Join a day trip from Taipei to Miaoli and Hsinchu with a guide to observe the Taiwanese countryside. See farmers turn chrysanthemums into tea and liquor in Tongluo, enjoy a local lunch in Baoshan, attend a sugarcane workshop at Xincheng Fengtang Leisure Park, and see persimmon orchards in Xinpu. Start with a visit to Chiuhu Terrace in Tongluo, Miaoli County. See chrysanthemums in full bloom cover the whole terrace, turning it into a gorgeous carpet of yellow and white. Learn how they are used to add color, flavor, and nutrition to food, herbal tea, and chrysanthemum liquor. In addition to chrysanthemums, see the production of grows red dates (jujubes), which is exclusive to Miaoli County. Find out their significance in Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of people with digestive disorders, skin problems, poor blood circulation, fatigue, etc. At lunchtime, savor a healthy and tasty lunch made with these iron-rich red dates. After lunch, visit Baoshan, Hsinchu County. Once an important sugar-producing area in northern Taiwan, it has now been transformed into a leisure park to introduce the local sugar industry from seed to feed. At Xincheng Fengtang Leisure Park, learn about the development of the sugar industry in Taiwan. Also, experience rural life with a hands-on sugarcane harvesting workshop, including reaping and juicing. Next, visit Wei Wei Jia Persimmon Tourist Farm in Xinpu, Hsinchu County, which is well-known for turning ripe persimmons into delectable autumn treats. Capture the sunlight shining on the golden-yellow peeled persimmons on the drying racks. Witness the process of making dried persimmons in a traditional way, and see how the golden-yellow peeled persimmons turn into sweet red-orange snacks. After the educational tour, head back to Taipei.

Includes

Licensed bilingual guide Transportation by air-conditioned bus Lunch Sugarcane harvesting experience General liabilities insurance

Important Information

Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult The sequence and time of stay at tour stops may be adjusted according to the traffic or weather condition Each guest is allowed to bring one piece of carry-on baggage