Yuanshan Township, located in the mountains at the origin of water, has spring water from the river basin of Lanyang River, because it has plenty of quality water that irrigates the farms and fields in the countryside, it also nurtures a diversified industries, “Heng Shan Tou Leisure Farm Area” owns such endowed water resources, let’s explore the specific tours in this area.
Hua Chuan Farm
If you look forward to a simple life, you may like to visit Hua Chuan Farm, where the spring water has crystal clear quality and feels cool, and there are water playing section in the ditches, swings over water, a wild ginger flower garden, and all sorts of aquicolous plants and ecological education as well as DIY activities on the farm.
The owner of Hua Chuan Farm, Mr. Liu Ke YANG utilizes the principle of river ways generating hydropower to run the rainbow-colored water mills with uninterruptible electricity. Strolling on the farm, visitors will get to know the green power. In addition, during the ginger flower season, there is fragrance along the wood trails.
Sitting in front of the restaurant, visitors will find the rich natural ecology, all kinds of flowers on the wood trails, aged camphor trees and various aquatic plants that make everyone feel like sitting under the shade to appreciate the beauty of ecology.
The gardening landscape includes not only the flowers and aquatic plants, but also a secret attraction where rows of bald cypresses standing by the pond. They are usually green but during the autumn-winter season, they will turn into a color layer with yellow, green and red which make up an intriguing seasonal picture.
In the natural spring area, children can experience the ecology with parents’ accompany. The water is calf height, the kids just have to stand still, follow the docent’s guidance and look for the fish with their parents; DIY aquarium activity is also available!
Putting a few spoons of small stones into the aquarium, then cleaning the water weeds and stones before the fish and shrimps were placed inside the aquarium.
Water Grass Park at Shengyang
“From fish farming to water grass growing”, Water Grass Park at Shengyang owns the largest water grass farm in Taiwan with marine life and water grass as their main business lines. They are devoted to growing all kinds of quality water grasses, providing many aquariums with dozens of fishes and hundreds of aquatic plants. The park is like an encyclopedia in the water grass industry.
The building of Water Grass Park at Shengyang is surrounded by water ponds. The design concept is putting the architecture against the mountains and next to the water, which stands it out in the country side.
The quality of natural water in Yuanshan Township nurtures all sorts of water grasses, and more than 70% of water grasses in Taiwan are produced here. Currently there are dozens of fishes and hundreds of aquatic plants here so that visitors can be in a bountiful water grass world.
There is a detailed water grass introduction in the aquarium. For group visitors, make an appointment for a guided tour so to know more about aquatic plants.
Water Grass Park at Shengyang offers various DIY activities featuring water grasses so that visitors can bring the natural ecology home and appreciate it in different seasons.
Bee Museum in Bee Farmer
An informative museum featuring bee ecology. Wanna know more about bee’s world and ecological wonders, just come to Bee Museum in Bee Farmer! The museum aims at passing down knowledge on bees and offers free guided tour for visitors to observe bees up close and personal. There is also freshly harvested honey to taste, facilities for parents and children to hang out and catering for social gathering.
Walking into Bee Museum, visitors will see the introduction of food education and rich information, such as the stages of bee development, the looks of bees and their habits
Here visitors can observe the bees collecting nectar up close and personal. In the picture, the honey bee is holding the nectar, visitors can closely watch all kinds of behaviors bees have.
How to distinguish the authentic honey? Visitors can learn to tell the real honey from its appearance, smell, crystallization, taste, sourness, and the amount of amylase.
In Bee Museum, visitors can observe bees’ nectar and pollen collecting process and closely watch the bee dancing over the beehives.
The Bee Museum utilizes its featured product to offer a popular ice dish “Beehive Ice Cream”. The authentic honey and sweet beehive together with the milk ice cream is a perfect scrumptious fusion.
Walking into the Bee Museum that serves the educational purpose, visitors would get the knowledge, cultural understanding, and fun. Those adore insects and the ecology, come have a bee tour!
Yosemite Bed and Breakfast Music
A happy farm not far from the city, accompanied by slating sun, water views, and green plains, visitors can enjoy a music feast and have a guided tour to sense the farm owner’s efforts and creativity.
Next to Yosemite is an ecological pond where grows various kinds of aquatic plants for ecological purposes such as teaching. The comfy and spacious environment makes it a relaxing and exquisite holiday destination.
Yosemite Bed and Breakfast Music offers guided tours, and the fruits grown on the farm can be tasted immediately after harvest. Parents can show children fruits such as kumquats and their growing status, and how to harvest the fruits when they are ripe.
The seasonal fruit signifies reunion on Mid-Autumn Festival. Have you ever seen the color of ripen shaddocks?
The platform besides the ecological pond also functions as a venue for social gathering. Sometimes the farm owner plays music here and visitors can listen to the enchanting sound in such a great place.
During holidays, coming to Henshantou Leisure Farm Area where there is good mountain views and quality water, you will find the locals’ hospitality and bucolic scenery really attractive. Plan a two-day-and-one-night trip, enjoy the wonderful life and have a good time here!