What else can we do in Penang? besides food, beaches and shopping malls
Posted by: admin in Eco Tourism & Travel, Malaysia, tags: cempedak, malaysia, Penang, Skyfruits, Tropical fruits farmsTropical Fruit Farms in Penang
Penang has always been famous for its hawkers food, its sandy beach and temples. Being a local who live one and half hour from Penang island, I used to visit there ever since I was a schoolgirl. We like to go Penang for the beach, food and shopping malls which my friends and I used to go there for the same purposes.
During my recent trip Penang again, my friend and I were wondering what else we can do besides the food and beaches here. We then decided to pick up a leaftlet which is provided free from the Hotel lobby to check out the places that they are promoting Penang.
We then discovered that there are many places around Batu Feringgi where we can explore such as the Spice Garden, National Park, the Tropical fruit farm, batik crafting center and butterfly farm. Due to time constraints, we decided to go to the Tropical fruit farm. It took us about 25minutes to reach the tropical fruit farm as it is quite a distance from Batu Feringgi. When you reach there, we still need to pay an entrance fees of RM25 (about "8" USD) per person to enter the fruit farm by a van. It seems that the fruit farm is at a higher hills where private cars are not allowed or unable to drive up??….The entrance fees includes an unlimited fresh fruit juice as much as you want. Oh gosh, we thought that it is rather expensive and we then returned with disappointment and I suggested visit the Butterfly Farm while on our way back.
Has Anyone seen Sky Fruit before?
Anyway, have you ever since the sky fruit which grow up facing the sky instead of hanging down…I guess it is being called skyfruit due to its nature.
This is the picture of a skyfruit.
It is believed to be a healthy fruit which could cure many diseases too. The fruit on the right is the “Cempedak".
Have you try sky fruit before?
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