Wutai Alem Tribal Red Flesh Plum Harvest Holiday, 2013 Production Only This One Batch
Come on! Turn off your phone and feel the laid-back ease that is unique to mountain villages. Leave behind the air conditioning and the office, and come up to the mountains to work your muscles; it lets you clear your mind for a while, feel your heartbeat, work up a sweat, and rediscover your own passion and vitality.
Why choose the red-flesh plum of Ali Village in Wutai Township? The red-flesh plum is remarkably hardy; it is grown without toxic methods, needing no special spraying, pest removal or fertiliser, growing naturally and yet still growing strong and healthy. It is an easy fruit to care for all year round, yet it must be harvested within just half a month; if it is not picked at the right time, the whole crop may drop off overnight.
After Typhoon Morakot, Ali Village had little manpower left in its home area, and with no one managing it, the fruiting red-flesh plum orchard became an animal playground. Mischievous macaques swing among the branches and often take one bite of an unripe red-flesh plum before tossing it away, and the villagers feel such heartache seeing the ground covered with red-flesh plums that have each been bitten once... This year, Ali Village plans to invite a large group of people to join our red-flesh plum harvest in May, when the red-flesh plums ripen. During these 3 days of the harvest holiday, the joy of the farming family's harvest and the pure natural desserts and handmade traditional foods that the locals will teach you to make, together with sharing the fine environment of Ali and its rich Rukai atmosphere with the villagers.
8. Activity notes: Mountain nights are rather cool, so please keep warm; Wutai is mostly mountain roads, so those who get carsick should take motion sickness medicine early; because this activity involves work, visitors are asked to pay attention to their own physical condition at all times while taking part; to avoid discomfort from sun exposure, visitors should bring a hat, a water bottle and sun protection items.
10. Remarks: Ali Village is a mountain controlled area; entering the mountains requires filling in an application to enter, and personal information is used only for arranging insurance and the mountain entry permit.
11. How to register
- Registration is based on the order in which the reservation contact receives the emails, until places are full, and the bank transfer account will be provided.
- After transferring the activity fee to that account, fax the transfer receipt to 08-7740131, or scan and email it to [email protected], and call 08-7740475 to confirm, which completes the payment procedure. If a telephone reminder shows registration is not complete and there is still no reply after 3 days, the right to register is cancelled and the place is opened to others. From now until 15 May of year 102, or until places are full.
- Refund mechanism: if you cannot attend at short notice, cancelling 1~3 days before the activity gives a refund of 3500 yuan; cancelling on the day gives no refund, and only a change of name on the list is allowed. Provincial Highway 24 is easily cut off when it rains; if there is heavy rain, the activity is cancelled and the fee is refunded in full.
Notes:
※If you cannot get to Ali Village on your own, please note this when registering, and on the activity day 2013/05/17 gather at 12:00 noon at HSR Zuoying Station in Kaohsiung, and at 13:00 at Pingtung Railway Station, where we will arrange a shuttle to pick you up.
※Contact information: phone 08-7740475 or 093011383 Miss Qiu, email: [email protected]
※Please download the registration form from here