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The top 5 agro tourism destinations in Selangor

• January 19, 2021

Agro tourism is growing rapidly in Malaysia. This kind of tourism in Selangor offers people a chance to experience activities in the agriculture sector. There are many agro parks offering various activities in the State of Selangor. Let’s have a look at the top 5!

1) MAEPS Agro Tourism Park

Maeps Agro Tourism Park is an ideal agro park to spend time with your family, surrounded by the beauty of nature. MAEPS park provides many activities for those who want to experience the plantation and agriculture areas. One of the attractions is the ‘House of Kambing’ which is home to goats and camels. You may also enjoy there a set of ‘Nasi Kukus Kambing Bakar’ meal. Other than that, there are also agricultural sites where you can learn about herbs, paddies, pineapples and fishes, as well as a G2G Animal Garden where you can feed animals. You can also spend the night at Nafas Cube with a unique cabin and tube concept.

Entrance fee: RM65 without MyKad, RM45 with Mykad, RM35 for students Open from Monday to Friday (8.30am to 5.30pm)

2) The National Botanical Garden, Shah Alam

The National Botanical Garden is a park which is great for leisure purposes, as well as for research. The Garden offers a green, serene and refreshing environment. You can visit the famous four-seasons house, where you can experience all 4 types of seasons. It will re-open to the public early 2021. Furthermore, there are also cactus, orchid and spice gardens as well as an animal park and fruit gardens.

Entrance fee: RM3 for adults, RM1 for children and RM1 for seniors Open from Tuesday to Sunday (7.30am to 4.30pm)

3) Selangor Fruit Valley, Kuala Selangor

If you are planning to make a trip to a fruit garden, Selangor Fruit Valley is a perfect place. It has got many types of local fruit farms where you can also enjoy free fruits. There are other attractions and activities such as a mini petting zoo, kayaking, a deer farm, traditional houses, a kelulut honey farm and much more. Furthermore, there are also a variety of plants such as starfruit, guava, papaya, rambutan and so on. Other than that, there is a tram service which takes you around the park.

Entrance fee: RM8 for adults Adult, RM4 for seniors and RM4 for kids. Those younger than 5 years can enter for free. Open every day from 9am – 4pm, except Fridays.

4) Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong (FRIM)

Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) in Kepong occupies an area of 600 hectares, and is surrounded by the Lagong Hill Forest Reserve. One of its latest attractions is the Sky Walk. You can also have a picnic with your family, or go jogging on the Rover Track, walking under the canopy, camping, hiking or cycling. If you bring a camera to take pictures, you have to pay an additional RM5. One interesting fact – FRIM, Kepong was initially a mining site before turning into a vegetable garden site. It is now a forest destination area with a cozy and quiet atmosphere.

You pay a small fee at the entrance point. Open from Monday to Friday, 8am – 5pm.

5) Kuan Wellness Eco Park, Kuala Langat

Kuan Wellness Eco Park is another interesting destination that you can visit in Selangor. Visitors will enjoy the refreshing environment of the gardens. It also offers several exciting activities. Among the attractions at this park is the mini zoo where visitors can feed animals such as rabbits, ducks and birds. Other than that, visitors can also visit the tropical fruit farms, watch the process of bird’s nest production which will later be used as ingredients for health products.

Entrance fee: RM3 for the bird nest showroom, RM5 for the mini zoo Open every day from 9am – 5pm

When you visit these places, do not forget to adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and always maintain the 1-meter social distance to prevent the transmission of the Covid-19 virus. Please be safe.

Before you’re headed toward the agro parks, please do inquire with the venue if they’re operating during the current MCO.

Written by Mr Muhammad Nabel Asyhar, Corporate Communications Department at Tourism Selangor

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Desaru Fruit Farm: Everything You Need To Know [2024]

Looking for fun attractions in the Desaru area? They don’t come bigger and with more things to do than the Desaru Fruit Farm.

Located a short drive from Desaru Coast, Desaru Fruit Farm is the place to learn about everything tropical fruit while having fun. In addition to a tour around the farm, you can take an ATV ride and eat a glorious 7-course lunch of fruit-infused dishes and soup. Of course, there is also a shop where you can stock up on fresh fruit.

Sound good? It did to us, so I visited here with my kids aged 6 and 11.

Below, you can read our full Desaru Fruit Farm review based on our experiences here. We describe everything there is to do as well as what it is actually like to visit here in this Desaru Fruit Farm blog.

We did have both EXCELLENT experiences here and a BAD one so make sure you read it all so you can make the most out of your Desaru Fruit Farm day trip!

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Desaru Fruit Farm Review [2024]

The Desaru Fruit Farm Agro Tourism has won prizes for being the “best agro-tourism site” in Malaysia.

The farm itself is 180 acres and has a tropical fruit farm, agricultural gallery, fish pond and vegetable and herb gardens. There’s also a petting zoo and educational talks on bees.

Since there are a few different things to do here (with different Desaru Fruit Farm entrance fee costs), I talk about these things separately below.

Desaru Fruit Farm Tour

The main thing to do here is a fruit farm tour. They say this tour goes for 45 minutes to an hour and is a walking tour exploring the agricultural gallery, fish pond and fruit farm. There is a honey presentation as part of this too.

You also visit a petting zoo. As part of this, you are also given some fruit to try… supposedly! We did not get a “fruit packet”.

I also read that you visit herb and vegetable gardens, but we did not.

This tour went for about an hour and a half for us which was far too long and was quite disappointing. We joined this Desaru Farm tour as we love the fruit in Malaysia and we were excited to learn more and see it growing.

However, most of this Agro Farm Desaru tour is not actually fruit or the farm at all 🙁

The tour started with us being called up to get on a bus to the start of the walking tour. However, then everyone else was told to get on, and we were told to wait five minutes for the next bus.

Five minutes later, we hopped on the back of the truck to the tour starting point. When we got there, the people who had been on the bus were already on the tour. We took some photos while we waited for ours to start…

Then we realised we were meant to join the other people on their tour.

So we missed the first part of the tour. The guide could have at least told us to join them. We only did when we realised we were the only people left standing there and there was no more guide. Either if he had though, we still would have missed part of it.

We then walked through the fruit farm a little, and the guide explained about a few different fruits. Exactly how we thought it would be.

Except there was about 50 people on this tour, many were talking and the guide’s english was heavily accented so hard to understand with so much noise going on. He then took a call, and we walked along without any information. So we only had a few minutes of actual touring the fruit farm.

We arrived at the Agricultural Gallery where we were told we could buy food to feed the fis,h and we had 20 minutes.

Standing by a shed and a pretty pond with fish for 20 minutes was not what I imagined on a fruit farm tour, but we tried to make the best of it. There was a little bit of information and some old bicycles and equipment in the Agricultural Gallery.

We took a look, fed some fish and then looked at some chicken coops.

We then realised the guide was talking about a hive, bees and honey… Again, we missed out and what was going on was not clear. He said at the next stop, we could taste honey including some bitter honey. I was excited for that as I hadn’t eaten bitter honey before.

So we walked on but ended up a petting zoo. This was one of those animal attractions that made me feel awful. The animals did not seem to be in a great environment and the stop seemed to be about making more money from people buying pet food than anything educational.

My 6 year old fell in love with a rabbit so that was a plus. There were also turtles, goats and more. Unfortunately, there was no water or soap and no way to wash your hands after interacting with the animals.

The 5-10 minute stop turned into 20 minutes and then it took another 20 minutes for the buses to show up to take us back.

On arrival, we were led into a room to learn about honey. We went along as I still wanted to taste the bitter honey but ten minutes later when this still hadn’t happened, we walked out early. We couldn’t understand the guide and it had all got too much. Plus, we were hungry.

As you can probably guess, I really don’t recommend this tour. Pretty much all we did was stand around waiting.

HOWEVER, keep reading as we did have other experiences here which were great.

You can take an ATV ride around the farm. We did this as we haven’t been on an ATV before and we wanted to try it.

We are glad we did!

It was lots of fun. The price includes a short training session, helmets and then you drive your ATV following a guide around the farm.

I did this with both my kids on the same ATV. We all had a lot of fun.

I can’t recommend enough that you buy the lunch here. It’s detailed as a 7-course lunch of fruit-infused dishes and soup.

The lunch is well organised. You simply go the restaurant when you are ready, and you’ll be seated at a table.

You can then access a fruit buffet immediately. This has many types of fresh fruit chopped up and ready to be devoured. It was delicious 🙂 There was also roseapple juice and water.

They started bringing out our dishes quickly. It started with a Tom Yum soup which was the best I have had. Then many more dishes came out as well as rice. A few were spicy, the rest were not, so there were food options my kids would eat.

There were 7 dishes plus rice plus soup plus the fruit buffet.

They all had fruit in them. For example, the chicken had a passionfruit sauce.

It was a lot of food for one adult and two kids as you can see pictured here. It was so good and it felt like we hardly made a dent in what we were given.

It wasn’t just great food, but I liked that it was a bit different with the fruit fusions. Honestly, I think it is worth coming here just for the lunch.

While you couldn’t pay me to do the tour again, I’d happy return and pay for this lunch.

There is a shop on-site that you can visit even if you don’t want to do any of the activities. It’s a great place to pick up some delicious fruit.

We were also able to try some roseapple in here and actually, the worker who gave us that gave us more information on it than we got on the farm tour!

There are some other foods in here as well. It felt a little like a mini Chinese supermarket.

How It All Works

I had read about the tour options before visiting Desaru Fruit Farm, but it wasn’t clear to me how the place works. For example, could we just show up and do the tours, ATV ride etc or would there be long waits? Do you need tickets in advance?

It was very busy when we came here, but it was quite well organised. The tours all ran frequently, and we were able to do everything straight away without a problem.

So you can just show up and be on a tour, ATV ride or have lunch easily.

Note, there used to be paintball available here as well as a ropes course, but this is not available anymore.

Desaru Fruit Farm Video Walk-Through

In the following video, you can experience what it’s like to visit Desaru Fruit Farm as well as the whole Desaru Coast for a weekend. This is a video walk-through of all the top attractions in Desaru (including this farm) and a stay at the Hard Rock Hotel Desaru. It’s the best way to get an idea of what you’ll see here.

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Where Is Desaru Fruit Farm?

Desaru Fruit Farm Johor Malaysia is about an hour’s drive from Johor Bahru. It takes about 15 minutes drive from Adventure Waterpark in Desaru.

It’s possible to get here by bus with some walking and a lot of time. However, realistically, you need to drive here or take a taxi.

We visited here as part of our journey from Singapore to Desaru. You can hire a taxi for eight hours that can take you to the main Desaru attractions, like the Fruit Farm, on your way between the two places.

We can book this for you with a safe and reliable local operator.

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Desaru Fruit Farm Kota Tinggi address : 92, 82200 Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia

Desaru Fruit Farm Opening Hours

The Desaru Fruit Farm Malaysia opening hours is daily from 8am to 6pm.

Desaru Fruit Farm Ticket Price

The exact Fruit Farm Desaru entrance fee depends on what you want to do when you are here. The base Desaru Fruit Farm tour package is RM30 for adults and RM25 for kids aged 3-11.

For this, you get the fruit farm tour and some cut up fruit to try.

Other activities are an additional charge, such as an ATV tour can be added on starting at RM55. As there were three of us, we could only do ATV2.0 which was RM220 for three people.

There are various other Desaru Fruit Farm package combos to help you save money by bundling some activities.

Final Words

Desaru Fruit Farm is an interesting place to visit with some solid options of things to do.

However, sadly the fruit farm tour is only a little bit about a fruit farm and mostly about feeding fish and animals. I really hope they change this at some point. We have been to some great fruit farm tours in other places, and I am sure this could be great too.

I do HIGHLY recommend the lunch though. It is fabulous!

The ATV ride was fun too.

So I recommend you go to Desaru Fruit Farm for the lunch and ATV, but skip the tour.

Looking for other things to do in Desaru? Find our full guide here . You can also find our full guide to where to stay in Desaru here and our full travel guide to Desaru here . You can also read about the nearby crocodile farm here and ostrich farm here.

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5 Agro Tourism Destinations in Selangor

The following suggestions are the top 5 agro tourism destinations in Selangor you may want to visit post CMCO.

By Tourism Selangor on November 10, 2020 4 minutes read

1) MAEPS Agro Tourism Park

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• Entrances fee: RM65 without MyKad, RM45 with Mykad, RM35 student
• Operation hour: Monday to Friday (8.30am to 5.30pm)

2) THE NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, SHAH ALAM

• Entrance fee: RM3 (12-54 y/o), RM1 (6-11 y/o), RM1 (55 y/o and above), free for OKU
• Operation hour: Tuesday to Sunday (7.30am to 4.30pm)

3) SELANGOR FRUIT VALLEY, KUALA SELANGOR

• RM8 Adult, RM4 60 And Above, RM4 Oku and Kids 5-12 y/o, free below 5 y/o
• Operation hour: Every day except Friday (9.00am to 4.00pm)

4) FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA, KEPONG (FRIM)

• Entrances fee: Without Mykad (RM5 adult), (RM1 kids without uniform), (Free, OKU and kids with uniform)
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• Operation hour: Monday to Friday (8.00am to 5.00pm)

5) KUAN WELLNESS ECO PARK, KUALA LANGAT

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With a total floor space of 42,000 square meters, Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) is also the country’s largest indoor exhibition venue, where corporate and social events, exhibitions and weddings are held.

Besides regularly hosting mega-events such as the popular Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism (MAHA) show, the park has several outdoor activities on offer, including jogging, cycling, camping and glamping.

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Located at the grounds of Malaysia Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS), Malaysia’s largest and most comprehensive agrotourism park, Laman Agro MAEPS is only a 30-minutes’ drive from both KL City Centre & Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

‘Laman’ in Malay means park or garden and Laman Agro MAEPS consists of 8 agriculture showgrounds to showcase the Malaysian agriculture industry which includes herbs, vegetables, flowers, and livestock – indeed making it a worthwhile agriculture experience that will stimulate all your 5 senses while exploring beautiful landscapes and fantastic attractions.

Laman Agro MAEPS is open to the public and geared for both adults and children. Come and experience various interactive activities such as honey harvesting, seasonal paddy planting and milling, horse riding, playing with various exotic pets (reptiles, birds & cats), relaxing at spa@maeps or satisfying your taste buds with delicious food. Laman Agro MAEPS will never let you be amazed by just one element hence making it your once in a life fulfilling experience.

MAEPS Agro Tourism Park is an ideal agro park where you can spend time with your family surrounded by the beauty of nature. MAEPS park provides many activities for those who want to experience the plantation and agriculture areas. One of the attractions is the “House of Kambing” which is home to goats and camels, and you may also enjoy a set of “Nasi Kukus Kambing Bakar” meal. Other than that, there are also agricultural sites where you can learn about herbs, paddy, pineapple and fishes, as well as a G2G Animal Garden where you can feed the animals and many more. You can also spend the night at Nafas Cube with their unique cabin and tube concept.

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Agro-tourism players collaborate on fruitful trips in the north

Operators create agricultural trail from Ipoh to Perlis, promoting local produce

Updated 2 years ago · Published on 02 May 2022 8:00PM

by Rachel Yeoh

KANGAR – Agro-tourism will catalyse tourism initiatives in the country’s northern region after operators collaborated for the first time ever to pave an agricultural tourist trail from Ipoh to Perlis.

With the idea of supporting farmers and the agriculture industry, a team of agro-tourism players from Penang have decided to work together with farmers and farm owners on a regional basis to promote locally grown fruits.

Last month marked the first such trip on the trail northwards to Perlis, involving 25 individuals consisting of tour guides, tourism industry players and travel enthusiasts.

The group visited Superfruits Valley, which spans 50ha of farmland, Pusat Kecemerlangan Harumanis Bukit Bintang and the Perlis Exotic Fruit Park.

Led by Gwee Han Yang, visitors were able to witness the agricultural potential of the northern region, including a harvest of different types of lemons, gac fruit, finger limes, grapes, figs and the state’s pride and joy: the harum manis mango.

“Back in Penang, myself and Quah Ewe Kheng of Penang Tropical Fruit Farm tried to establish a real pasar tani concept with the support of the Farmers Association of Balik Pulau,” Gwee said, explaining the origins of this new tourism venture to The Vibes.

He added that it all started when a few of the farm owners organised a trip as mock tourists to visit Superfruits Valley in 2019, arranged by Indera Kayangan assemblyman Gan Ay Ling.

The visit sparked the idea to link Perlis and Penang farmers for the purpose of creating the tourism trail.

Like wildfire, the idea then spread to other farm owners who wanted in on the collaboration.

Gwee said that there are farmers in Kedah and Ipoh, Perak who are keen to be part of the agricultural corridor, which would introduce local and international tourists to the delectable fruits found along the routes from Perak to Kedah, Penang and Perlis.

Seeing that the tour has garnered interest on its very first trip, Gwee is targeting reaching 100 people per trip in the near future.

“We believe in sharing so that we all can grow together.

“Soon, tourists can also expect a centralised bazaar or market representing all the produce from the four states on respective product specialities, a gigantic one-stop centre of convenience,” he said.

Gwee added that the collaboration will not generate any profit and that visitors only need to pay for the logistics involved in getting to and returning from the farms – basically just the price of petrol and toll fees.

Tourism Malaysia backs agro-tourism operators’ efforts

Tourism Malaysia’s northern region representative Haizal Raz Khan also attended the tour.

He told the agro-tourism players that the agency will firstly focus on promoting food produce to attract tourists into the country.

To spur on and expand the efforts of Gwee and his team, Tourism Malaysia will organise a northern region agro-tourism familiarisation trip titled Fruits Galore – covering Perlis and Kedah in one trip and Kedah and Penang in the next.

He also encouraged the operators to organise a fruit festival and to apply for a grant from the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry.

The funds they would receive upon a successful application would range from RM500,000, for events focused on domestic tourism, and up to RM1 million for international-level events.

“As the international borders open, one thing we see is many Singaporeans are coming into Malaysia, and one of the things we can leverage on is our food, in this case, our fruits.

“If we want to see this succeed, then agro-tourism players must put in the effort and grasp this opportunity after a two-year pandemic hiatus,” he said.

Those interested in participating in a trip along the agricultural tourism trail can contact Quah Ewe Kheng at 019-334-7931. – The Vibes, May 2, 2022

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SAtCE will bring local and foreign participants and expertise to collaborate and work together in building up the agrotourism sector in Sarawak and Malaysia. SAtCE also intends to enhance awareness about agrotourism sectors to the forefront in sustaining and developing toward healthy and prudent growth for the sector. The event will be the catalyst and the driver of international awareness for Sarawak agrotourism sector. 

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Agro-Tourism in Malaysia

Thanks to our tropical climate all year ’round, we are blessed with many tropical fruits that we can enjoy at almost any time of the year. Some have seasons, but we don’t have to wait for too long to enjoy the fruits till the next one. In the meantime, we can also enjoy other fruits that are available throughout the year such as the yummy bananas, sweet pineapples, and the thirst-quenching watermelons, right here in Malaysia.

In a bid to encourage Malaysians to include more local fruits in their diet, the government had launched Kempen Makan Buah-Buahan Tempatan (Eat Local Fruits Campaign). Spearheaded by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) and Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI), the campaign is held annually across states and levels to promote our local goods.

This year, the campaign enjoys further boost as many traders are encouraged to utilize online platforms to sell their produce. Despite the pandemic, the thirst and hunger for these local fruits do not seem to subside, in fact, some traders enjoy higher sales with the increasing demand!

In line with this campaign, we have listed two of our agro-tourism attractions where you can travel, learn and savor Malaysia’s mouth-watering fruits that are not only fresh and nutritious, but also wallet-friendly! Check out these places and satisfy your cravings.

Dragon Fruit

Did you know that dragon fruits actually come from the climbing cactus called hylocereus? Originally from the Americas, dragon fruits thrive in tropical areas (see photo, above left).

The HL Dragon Fruit Eco Farm is one of the many dragon fruit farms that flourish in hot and sunny Sepang. The farm provides a fun and eco-educational experience that is great for kids and adults alike, and you can visit it for free. If you want to maximize your experience, you can try more hands-on activities at the farm such as planting the dragon fruit.

Of course, here you can get your fix of the dragon fruit juice, made fresh. One of the major attractions at the restaurant is the Jumbo Dragon Bun, which incorporates our local curry flavor with chicken wrapped in a dragon fruit-flavored bun. You can also opt for the dragon fruit rice, mashed potatoes with dragon fruit gravy and prawn with dragon fruit sauce. If you think dragon fruits can only be eaten raw or in its juice form, you’d be surprised with the many entrees offered at the restaurant that can change the way you consume this magnificent fruit!.

The address for the farm is Lot 7608, Jalan Besar Batu Satu, Sepang, 43900 Selangor, Malaysia. Open daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. except Wednesdays. Call (+6011-5357-7687) or e-mail ([email protected]) to reserve.

Durio-tourism

What’s interesting is that you can visit the center and take a tram around the orchard. Enjoy the ride while listening to the informative explanation on the king of fruits in Malaysia. If you visit when the durians are in season, you will also get the chance to savor them as part of the tour. We advise you to book in advance for visits when the fruits are in season to secure your place (and your durians). Call (+605-773 3030) or email ([email protected]) to book.

Since the implementation of Movement Control Order from March this year, MARDI Perak has steadily increased its focus on online sales package. The center has made its produce available online . Buyers can place orders and pick them up at the center. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Though the supply of durian is currently tapering due to the season, you can always get ready and gear up for the next one. Meanwhile, Malaysia has a variety of local fruits for you to enjoy. Papayas and mangoes, anyone?

The address for Durio Tourism MARDI is Kampung Talang Hulu, Kuala Kangsar, Kampung Talang Hulu, 33000 Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia.

(Photos courtesy of HL Dragon Fruit Eco Farm and MARDI)

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