Strawberry Farm
One highly recommended activity is strawberry picking at the Strawberry Farm in the nearby La Trinidad, Benguet.
A unique experience for the whole family, you get to pick fresh strawberries to bring home, and even eat as much as you want while you're there.
Located just 30 minutes from Baguio City, Strawberry Farm opens it doors for the activity from November to May.*
The rates for strawberry picking vary. In general, it costs twice the market price to pick your own strawberries, which folks find strange, especially those who have tried apple or orange picking in orchards in other countries thinking they provide "free labor."
The difference here is that strawberries are a very delicate fruit compared to apples and oranges and a lot are actually ruined or wasted when picked by 'amateurs.' So half the cost is for the strawberries, and the other half is for the activity itself.
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How to Get There
From Session Road, turn right to Magsaysay Road and turn left at the stop light (to your right will be Baguio Center Mall). The road you will be on is still Magsaysay Road and this connects Baguio City to La Trinidad. Just keep going straight, passing a vehicle flyover at one point, until you see the Welcome Arch of La Trinidad.
* A L E R T !
We we informed during a recent visit to La Trinidad that strawberry picking will resume in January 2009.
Planting season came late due to unpredictability of the wet season in 2008, but this activity will be available just in time for visitors to the Panagbenga in February.
A limited amount of freshly-picked strawberries available for sale, at cheaper prices than elsewhere, at the entrance, along with other products like wines, jams and preserves.
- Picnic Menus@Eat-Out, Dine-in
- Strawberry Season is Open @Baguio Insider
But all in all, it is an experience well worth it as it is the stuff that warm childhood memories are made of -- priceless even!
Keep going for about 6 more kilometers until you see the sign that directs you to turn left to Strawberry Farm. It is not a very prominent sign, and it should be to your left so keep looking out for it.
Keep going straight for a few hundred meters (there are no available turns anyway along that "country road") until you see souvenir stalls to your left and the strawberry and flower farms to your right. Then you know you've made it!
If going by public transportation, jeepneys to La Trinidad wait for passengers in the Gen. Luna area near the University of Baguio. Tell the driver you will be getting off at the Strawberry Farm, cross the road and walk the rest of the way as it's not that far from the main road.
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