Strawberry Farm
Category: Must Visit
Visiting hours: 9 am to 6 pm, everyday.
Admission fees: None.
A trip to Mahabaleshwar would be incomplete without a visit to Strawberry Farm in the land of Strawberries. Mahabaleshwar is well known for its strawberry farms. Mahabaleshwar strawberry contributes to about 85 percent of the total strawberry production in the country.
Is strawberry a fruit?
A strawberry is not a fruit. Strawberry is actually the enlarged end of the plant stem. The real fruits are small seeds that we see on it. So when you eat a strawberry, you are actually eating about 200 fruits in one go.
When and Where
One can visit strawberry farms during the period they are grown between December to April. You can visit strawberry farm on Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani Road or Mahabaleshwar-Tapola Road and buy farm-fresh strawberries.
History
The Britishers brought strawberry plants from Australia and planted in Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar and today these strawberries are exported to various countries.
Strawberry Festival
Famous For: Strawberries for free!Venue: Mapro Garden
Entry Fee: None
Strawberry Festival 2020: Festival is already over in April 2020.
Strawberry Festival 2021: Easter weekend. 2-Apr to 4-Apr (Subject to change)
Contact: 02167 222111
Held in the month of March/April (during the Easter weekend), the Mapro Strawberry Festival
at Mapro Garden, has become a much awaited annual event.
The three-day event also includes free strawberry farm visits, Mapro Food Park visits,
and other cultural and entertainment activities. Over 250 farmers from nearby villages
participate in the festival, opening their farms to tourists, and Mapro garden offers
strawberries that you can eat to your heart's content, completely free!
What to eat?
The Festival showcases raw strawberries and innovative strawberry-based products such as strawberry pizza, strawberry bhel, chocolate dipped strawberries and strawberry sandwiches among others.Activities
The festival also includes traditional folk performances of Dhol and Lezim for which dancers are invited from Pratapgad.Mehndi decoration is free for tourists.
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