Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm

The Genting Highlands resort with its various indoor and outdoor theme parks is an immensely popular tourist haven located within easy access of Kuala Lumpur. The Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm offers a totally different experience compared to the glitz and glamour of the main Genting theme parks, and if you are looking for something out of the ordinary on your trip to Genting, then strawberry farm is definitely worth a visit.
The Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm is located in Gohtong Jaya, a small town situated half-way up the hill that hosts the Genting theme parks. The park which spans an area of five acres was set up as an alternative attraction in Genting with an aim of attracting families who vacation at the Genting Highlands Resort. In actuality, the farm often attracts visitors who want eschew the bells and whistles of the Genting theme parks for some wholesome interaction with nature.
Entrance to the Genting Strawberr farm is free and the farm is the largest strawberry farm in Malaysia, with a capacity to cultivate more than 100,000 juicy, red strawberries at a time . On entrance into the farm, you are confronted by rows and rows of neatly, aligned, strawberry bushes which are usually heavy with fruit.
The farm encourages you and your group to pick the strawberries but you are expected to pay for what you pick and sampling of strawberries while you pick them is strongly discouraged. Farm assistants are on hand to distribute baskets for you to fill with strawberries and once you have finished picking your lot, you are expected to take your basket to be weighed and paid for at the payment counter. If you rather not get your hands dirty, you can simply choose the easy way out and buy a packet of packaged strawberries from the counter. However, picking strawberries in the company of family and friends can make for a fun outing and is highly recommended.
Aside from the strawberry section, the farm also hosts various other growing areas in the form of the flower farm, the mushroom farm and the organic bean sprout farm, all of which have their own attractions as well as their own specialty stores where organic fresh vegetables, flowers and other souvenirs are sold.
The strawberry farm aside from a strawberry-themed souvenir store also has onsite a Strawberry Farmhouse Café which offers a wide range of strawberry flavored foods and beverages like ice cream, wafers, chocolate and even strawberry flavored tea and coffee!
The Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm provides a rustic, agrarian experience in a locale which is situated within close proximity to the many popular attractions of the 21st century.
http://www.gentingstrawberry.com