who and where can i contact if i'm interested in farm visits or stay in taiwan?

Question

i would like to in either experience one night farm stay or a day farm visits in taiwan... most probably in july of august.... how can i reach them for booking if i'm staying overnight?

Answer 1

ok, I can help you if you are looking for 'tourist farms' as opposed to the active industrial farm idea.

Real fruit farms can be quite attractive if you go up into the mountains, particularily in February, March and April as the blossoms bloom. Summer is a good time to eat the fruit. It is giganourmous.

A bit overdeveloped as a tour area, the ChingJing Veteran's Farm in central Taiwan may be what you are talking about. It has some beautiful scenery to view and if you have never seen a sheep you might find the sheep interesting. If you are from a western country you likely will find sheep a bit of a bore, but its an ok hike outdoors, in July and August it may be a rather hot day.

check out:
http://traveling.network.com.tw/taiwan/point/82.html

I recommend going during Mon-Fri as opposed to the weekend. It tends to have a good percentage of Taichung city show up each weekend to Ching_Jing.

Another place that is quite well regarded by Taiwanese and a few foreigners is the WuLing Veterans Farm near LiShan.

The english site:
http://www.wuling-farm.com.tw/english/aboutfarm.htm

WuLing is harder to get to and thus likely a better experience. I have yet to get out there, but my friends who have gone rave about its beauty.

Another farm before you get to WuLing is FuShouShan Veterans Farm. Its a good camping spot with 1 natural looking pond and a few fake older ponds around with some great views. An ok tour of the fruit growing area exists. I went in January and the blooms were quite amazing even after a bit of frost got a good chunk of the flowers. its an older looking tourist place that needs a bit of renovation to shine like it should.

check:
http://www.fushoushan.com.tw/1.html

-A word of warning: the roads to Wuling and FuShouShan are terrible. Since 9-21 and several typhoons hit- the LiShan area was hit quite hard. It IS beautiful but dont expect an easy trip. The roads are passable still. Dont get on a big bus if you are going in from taichung. That would scare me. In some spots it is a bit of a goat trail. Very steep canyons. The locals are working on the road steadily and doing a great job, but it will take time before the road is a normal road. I recommend renting a compact car to travel there, nothing larger than a 10p minibus SHOULD be on that road, but Taiwanese bus companies seem indifferent to risk. Don't be a statistic, every year some horror happens -trust me you dont want to be in the bus that goes down that canyon.

if you go in July or August be aware that it is typhoon season. Check the weather 2 times a day if you go to Lishan (wuling or fushoushan)- the road is often washed out and you could be trapped for a couple days after a typhoon. If there is even a hint of a typhoon developing I would recommend avoiding there. That being said I still think it is well worth it to see the area!

Answer 2

Ok, this doesn't really answer your question at all ;however, I feel compelled to tell you about 'farms' in Taiwan.

For 6 months I worked in Yun-Ling which produces a lot of agricultural products, during my time there I saw a lot of 'farms'. If you saw a real Taiwanese farm you would not want to stay there over night.

- The fruit/veg are sprayed with an inceredible amount of chemicals and pesticides many which have been banned in the west.

- Many farmers use enviromentally un-friendly slash and burn farming methods.

- Fish and shrimp and raised in make-shift ponds that are filthy and are literally pumped with Anti-biotics and growth hormones.

- Animals are stuffed into cages. They even force feed pigs to enter into 'god pig' contests - the pigs are force fed to be several times too large then they are tatooed everywhere.

The 'country-side' where the farms are located tends to be rather ugly - rice field, seven eleven, pylon, dirty house, ditch, pylon, rice field, cracked road, pylon etc.....

In defence of Taiwan there are many many beautiful places to visit - mountains and forests and so on.

Unless you're doing field re-search I don't advise going to any farms. If you are - then check ot areas like Zhang-Hua or Yun-Ling, these are really traditional farming areas with miles of 'countryside'.

Sorry for all the negativity but I really couldn't stand living in that envirnoment - I love the countryside - just not that kind.

Answer 3

HI,
Frankly there is a lot of choices for Farm Stay here in Taiwan: It is best if you view the different websites, then contact them directly by email regarding the rates depending on your length of stay:

Chingjing Farm
http://chingjing.twtrip.net/

Wuling Farm
http://www.wuling-farm.com.tw/

Wei Chuan Ranch:
http://www.weichuan-ranch.com.tw

Bunun Leisure Farming:
http://www.bunun.org.tw

Toucheng Leisure Farm:
http://www.tcfarm.com.tw/

Shin Kong Chao Feng Ranch and Resort:
http://skcf.com.tw

Cilan and MingChih Forest Reserves:
http://www.yeze.com.tw

Nanyuan Resort Farm:
http://www.nanyuanfarm.com.tw

Tsou Ma Lai Farm:
http://www.farm.com.tw

Formosan Aboriginal Cultural Village:
http://www.nine.com.tw

Answer 4

visit taihvan country

Answer 5

there's no such thing in taiwan.