Rayong Tropical Fruit Farm

OVERVIEW

See the bounty of tropical fruits that flourish in the Rayong Province while riding an open-air tram through a fruit farm founded more than 50 years ago. While traveling through Suphattra Land, you will hear commentary about how the farm evolved from an agricultural research center into an attraction that promotes the incredible variety of fresh seasonal fruits grown throughout the province. Many of the fruits are considered rare and exotic in other parts of the world such as durian, rambutan and mangosteen, a purple-skinned fruit with tender white segments inside that taste sweet and floral. You will sample several of the fruits along with the classic Thai papaya salad known as som tam. Although the farm no longer grows rubber trees in abundance, there are some, which you will watch being tapped for their milky white latex. You will also sample fresh honey while the beekeepers tend their apiaries.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Ride through a farm that grows a huge variety of fresh fruits, some considered exotic.
• Sample a selection of fresh fruit, honey and a Thai papaya salad known as som tam.
• See demonstrations of rubber tree-tapping and beekeeping.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.