Hidden gem ~ Butterfly Valley Park in Hong Kong

Well, don't go by the name literally! There are not many butterflies in butterfly valley park. But what it actually has is much more creative, engaging, beautiful and fun filled activities for someone to spend whole day out there with family. The fact that the location is so serene and full of fresh air makes you fall in love with this place. THE BIGGEST ATTRACTION BEING AROUND BEAUTIFUL ALPACAS FOR LONG TIME.

There are many activities for kids to do in the park starting from feeding farm animals like goats, rabbits and Alpacas, tortoise and peacocks to view, sand pit with sand toys, rainbow slides, kids play area, key chain making activity, some activities are available upon request like Bee extraction lesson, organic farming, DIY butterflies painting and craft and many other things for group tour. Apart from all this there is lake for boating and lots of creative swings to lay down and just relax. 

Apart from everything else, there are ample of Instagrammable photo spots -   

Photos will do more justice then me describing much :) and more details to follow after photo tour :)

Pro Tip : They offer this professional photography for 100HKD but on insisting they give 1 picture for free!  

Tortoises!

Loved feeding carrots to Alpacas.
THIS IS BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT AND FUN PART OF THE PARK

They are so gentle and loving

Lovely Alpacas

Feeding Rabbits

Many more beautiful photo taking spots to follow...

Leather Keychain embossing activity

Kids play area

Flower land

Windmill and farms! Netherlands like feel!

So many swings to enjoy on lap of nature!

Kids play are includes bungee and bouncy castle

Rainbow slide

Garland full of entry!

Honey Bee education!

Time for some adventure!

Sky Mirror! Beautiful concept

Peacock! Bit in sorry state of keep! :(

Photo Stop!

Alpaca printed Coffee! Creative!

Beautiful sit out in front of lake in restaurant

That's a real one!

We love this pic!

Swan shaped boats in lake for boating

Its a beautiful ride!

Mandatory family pic in boat!

Different types of swings to enjoy!

Time to feed fishes!

Blessing island

At the end, bubble time to wind up our day!

Sand Pit for kids

How do we rate it : 

Its undoubtedly very huge farm / park with lot of things to see and do but unfortunately the maintenance is not very up to mark and some equipment's are too dusty and old. Few things are done only when group visits but despite of bit of downside its a must visit place at least once to enjoy being surrounded by lovely Alpacas and spending time seeing kids have fun while boating and playing. Overall we rate it 7/10. Since its quite pricey and they should have kept the equipment's more maintained. 

It costs 200 HKD per person (Adult) and 150 HKD (3 to 11 years)

Tip: Its quite pricey but the costs include a welcome hamper (Puzzle, keychain, stamp redemption voucher, 3D model puzzle of alpaca), Pedal boat ride for 30 mins and everything else inside except feeding animals which costs extra 60 HKD. So overall it can be bit costly for family to visit but its definitely worth one time visit.

Under same management, the Cinderella farm and the Go green organic farm is created and ne can buy season ticket for all three farms for 598 HKD. 

Where to eat:

Well there are lot of tables and chairs everywhere so its advisable to carry your own food. There is nothing much in the restaurant and its good enough just for drinks.

How to travel: 

Address: Butterfly Valley, No. 8 Fung Yuen Road, Tai Po, New Territories

You can take cab from Tai Po MTR (8 mins ride) or take 20P or 20M bus from Tai Po.

Timings: 10.00 AM to 6.00 PM Daily. Its good enough to spend whole day there. we were there for almost 6 hours.

Contact Details:

Phone: 65835111 / 65893111

Email: info@butterfly-valley.com

Website: www.butterfly-valley.com

Let's go pick some strawberries this spring!

There is nothing like taste of fresh hand picked picked strawberries. Who does not like to be surrounded by nature, natural fruits are like God's way of giving us candies in life. And when life gives you candies, just enjoy it. So close to urban jungle, there lies an oasis of lush green pastures 

There is lot to do in this beautiful farm land named - Kam tin country club located at 230 Shui Mei Estate, Kam Tin, New Territories.  Contact: 2442 0909   Website: www.yl.hk/ktcc 

One can spend whole day picnic in this area. or can plan a visit just for couple of hours depending on the interest. the entry is absolutely free but you have to pay charges for activities inside. Like bumper car costs 60 HKD fir 10 mins and toy car ride costs 50 HKD whereas whole package of 5 activities costs 160 HKD. Its ideal for kids upto age of 7 or  years. Also in one of the lawn there are huge inflated jumping beds for kids. 

Then there is small farm land with farm animals like rabbits, goat, pigs whom you can feed. there is tortoise pond just near entrance which has more than 10 very beautiful elderly tortoises. Also there are big laws for putting up tents for picnics or kite flying, etc. Then small arena for fishing as well. Its perfect day out for family with young kids. 

Lastly there is this beautiful, tempting strawberry farm which boasts strawberry plantations from Japan and Korea. They were beautiful in sight and so so delicious. One get basket to collect strawberries and then you can pay 120$/LB and enjoy fresh strawberries on site. 

For Adults there are barbeque pits as well to make the most out of your picnic.

Small map below for the reference of what activity is where. (Its in Chinese but you can figure out with photos about map)

What is the best way to reach there?

We found MTR to be super connected. On Brown line get down at Kam Shueng road stop and from there take Exit C in front of which you will find Taxi Stand. Take a cab and ask for Kam tin country club, you are there in 10 mins costing 24 HKD only. While returning you can take either minibus 601 (which is generally always full) or book an uber or if your luck is good then you will see someone coming in and you can use same cab to go back to MTR.

Food: there are many kiosks there for eating but vegetarian options are none so carry your food please if you are vegetarians or jains. However we relied on filling our tummy with loads and loads of strawberries! They were so delicious that you just cant stop with few! (P.S. they are 3 times costly, but thats how organic stuff are :p)

Verdict: Take some tents, make a group of kids , don't forget to pack kites and bubble guns, pack some lunch boxes and extra pair of clothes for young kids (yes they need it after starwberry picking in wet muddy places) and you are all set for your best sunday picnic ever! 

We went strawberries over it ;) literally

! I am sure Kiaan must have even dreamt about strawberries, we didnt expect but he enjoyed strawberry picking crazily and he completely forgot about his afternoon nap. He just went on and on in the farms running and adoring the sight of strawberries! 

Apart from strawberry picking, kiaan thoroughly enjoyed all the rides and watching farm animals!