December 2025
We chose Yilan because of the Silks Place Yilan, but also because the city and its surrounding towns — Luodong, Sanxing and Jiaoxi — offer such a wide variety of kid-friendly attractions!
After an amazing breakfast at Silks Place Yilan, we started with a trip past Luodong and into Sanxing, a town known for its beautiful and delicious scallions.
Like Wooderful Land, we found the options on Klook very confusing — there are so many similarly-named farms offering similar experiences! In the end, our private driver took us to Xingbao Scallion Experience Farm, telling us that they’re all similar and we bought ticets on the spot. If you prefer to book in advance, this is the link on Klook.
We wanted the kids to experience plucking scallions from the farm and try DIY scallion pancake making!
At Xingbao, there was also an option to interact with animals and we opted for it because the kids would not pass up any chance to feed animals! The ticketing staff explained that our ticket included a green ticket (to exchange for edible souvenirs at the end of the session), a white ticket (for the animal interaction) and a brown ticket (discount voucher for spending).
Again, like all the Taiwanese kid-friendly attractions we visited so far, everything was orderly and efficient. We simply hung around and waited to be called for our turn. We started out by putting on boots, which in itself was such a strange sensation for our city kids! Then the guide brought us to the front for photo-taking and briefing. We were taught how to properly pluck the scallions from the soil without spoiling them, as well as how to walk in the mud (!).
We were then led to a nearby farm. Our city upbringing betrayed us the minute we were instructed to step into deep, sticky mud! The kids shrieked, I panicked and we couldn’t even take extra steps to move into the middle of the row. Their boots sank in, and the mud reached up to the knees! On top of that, they were unable to use the tipping technique to extract their feet from the mud so they were basically stuck unless we lift them up!
Still, it was such an interesting experience, and we were grateful the kids experienced a little of what farm like was like. We were then led to wash the mud off our boots and went back to remove our boots.
As you can see, the kids were absolutely distraught from the mud! Haha!
We’re not sure why they didn’t get to wash the mud off the scallions as shown in some promotional photos, but they were too upset from the cold and mud anyway.
Scallion-making workshop!
Now on to the fun part — scallion-making!
We travelled with a grandparent who’s vegetarian, and surprisingly, the staff told us they cater to strict vegetarians who don’t eat scallions too! She helpfully asked her to sit up front, so she can separately guide her to make a vegetarian version of the pancake WITHOUT scallions but using an alternative ingredient.
Everything was efficient yet casual. The workshop area was spacious, and we simply sat as as a family to wait for the workshop to start. It’s clear that they have done this a million times. The steps proved to be a little difficult for our under-7s, so a lot of guidance from us were needed. Still, they had a lot of fun!
After that we were given number tags to pair with our pancakes, and there were sent to be fried. BUT! When we returned to collect ours from the frying station, one pancake was missing! Honestly, I don’t think they could have kept track of whose pancake is whose if you look at the photos below!
Overall, I’m glad that we experienced this as a family even though they were cold and hated the mud! And the scallion pancake was truly delicious.
Meet the animals!
Our ticket included interacting with the animals at the neighbouring cafe/shed. We walked over and got coffees with our discount vouchers while we waited for the animal feeding session to start.
After a short briefing, we were given animal feed and let into the small enclosure. It was just a small, manageable area with a few sika deer and miniature donkeys.
Our eldest really enjoyed the animal feeding! She ran out of feed quickly, and the staff was so nice to keep handing her more! We stayed till everyone left actually, and it still wasn’t enough for her!
All in all, this makes for a lovely morning activity for the entire family!
Little Notes
Ticketing: There are a number of scallion farms on Klook, and they all look so similar I didn’t know which to book. But they were all same-same-but-different, if you know what I mean. Our private driver brought us to Xingbao Scallion Experience Farm, which has animal interaction on top of scallion-making, while another farm — Chu Mi Farm — has scallion bread making into fun shapes like Pokemon Ball on top of the usual scallion pancake making.
Animal Interaction: You can totally skip this if you’re planning to visit other animal farms as there are only a few animals in the enclosure. It was still a worthy experience for us as our kids just love feeding animals! We also did this while waiting for the scallions to be cooked so no time was wasted.
Watch the weather: We went in December during winter, and was worried that it would rain while we were outdoors. So we scheduled it as our first activity, and planned indoor attractions later in the afternoon. We were very lucky that the sun shone and we had a great experience!
Mind the mud: During our experience, the mud reached up to my kids’ knees! Perhaps this was because it was in winter. In some months, there are no mud and that would probably make for a much easier experience.
Bring extra clothes! Our private driver told us that one family went while it was raining and their kid slipped and fell backwards in the mud! In hindsight, I should have packed extra clothes, socks and a disposable towel, just in case! Because even in our case, the mud was so sticky that it became quite stressful trying to ensure they don’t fall in.
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