Name(English): Yi O Farm
Name(Chinese): 二澳農舍
Category: Nature
Phone Number: +852 2985 8308
Address(English): 60 Kat Hing Street, Tai O
Address(Chinese): 大澳吉慶街60號
Address Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/apRZNgrBHwGEY2Yh6
Address longitude and latitude: 22.254639567289214, 113.86276709938181
Opening Hours:
MON 00:00 – 23:59
TUE 00:00 – 23:59
WED 00:00 – 23:59
THU 00:00 – 23:59
FRI 00:00 – 23:59
SAT 00:00 – 23:59
SUN 00:00 – 23:59
Recommended Time to Visit: Fri – Sun 10am – 6pm
Accessibility Note: Need to walk down farm lands
Ever wondered if there was any farm work amid the Hong Kong Hustle? Yes, Yi O Farm is sowing seeds of its revival in a narrow valley of Yi O – a tiny village that stretches away south from Tai O. If you are looking for an experience found nowhere else, join the Yi O farmers and get in the dirt, which you can also learn about the local agricultural development and the history of the place.
With much emphasis on the urban development throughout the past decades, the establishment of Yi O Farm is definitely the game changer in rebuilding the rural economy to lessen the city’s reliance on imports. Its work ranges not only from their commercial rice farming in an area of land about the size of two tennis courts, but also a wide range of educational activities on environmental sustainability that include ecological tours and planting workshops.
For just about $280 (price varies depending on day of week), you can get to experience how to grow rice with guidance from local farmers. They are also considerate enough to offer lunch and round-trip boat ride from Yi O Pier, to make sure you don’t get too tired out from all the squatting and forward bending in the mud, as it is an hour walk from Tai O Bus Terminal. One downside is that their reservation pages are not in English but you can reach out to them via their Facebook page for more details.
Getting there: One favorite way is to grab the free boat ride to get to Yi O but it is only available on weekends: 11:00, 13:00 & 15:00 from Tai O Pier; 13:10, 15:10 & 17:10 from Yi O Pier. But you are more than welcome to take a short hike walking along Lantau Trail Section 7 to get to the farm.
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