Toucheng Farm is not just a farm but also a leisure area, hotel, restaurant, and activity area. Here we also fed water buffalo, learned sustainable farming, the ancient art of sweet potato baking, lime juice fermentation, and painted T-shirts. Overall it was a fun time that the whole family can enjoy.
Background: Before Chinese settlers came, the area around Toucheng was inhabited by the Ketagalan Aboriginal tribe, whose language is now extinct. The name Toucheng literally means "first town" in Chinese, because it was the first settlement in Yilan, settled in the late 1700s. With the nearby Wushih and Touwei Harbors around the same time, it became the economic focal point of Yilan. However in the late 1800s and early 1900s Wushih Harbor and Touwei Harbor silted in, reducing their function. With the advent of the Japanese built Yilan railway line in the mid-1900's, as well as constant floods and continually silting of the harbors, Toucheng quickly lost its importance economically and fell into decay. After residents of Turtle Island were relocated to Daxi in Toucheng, Daxi Harbor was expanded and has become one of the largest fishing harbors in the area. Due to its close proximity to Taipei, Toucheng has become a major tourist area and may be the most popular surfing location in Taiwan. Website: https://www.tcfarm.com.tw/en/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tcfarmeng/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/toucheng_farm Tours and Activities: You can book tickets to Toucheng Leisure Farm on Klook here or on KKday here. You can also book a room there on Klook here, Agoda here, Booking.com here, Hotels.com here, Expedia here, or Trip.com here. Accommodation: We have stayed at and recommend Toucheng Leisure Farm. You can also book a room there on Klook here, Agoda here, Booking.com here, Hotels.com here, Expedia here, or Trip.com here. Looking for a hotel? We recommend booking through Agoda here, which provides the best quality selection of accommodation in Taiwan. Find out where to stay in our Taiwan hotels guide or search for the best hotel deals in Taiwan here. How to get there: By TRA: Take the TRA to any of the stations in Toucheng. You can book tickets to travel to Yilan via inter-city bus on Klook here. You can book tickets to Yialn via high speed rail (HSR) on Klook here or KKDay here. Book tickets via the normal train (TRA) on Klook here. Bicycle rental: Cycling is the best way to enjoy Taiwan's landscapes if you have the time and energy. Looking for bicycle rentals in Taiwan? You can search on KKday here and search for tours on Klook here. You can also check out our Taiwan cycling guide here. By Car: From Taipei, take National Freeway 5 to Toucheng. Be careful to note that on Sundays there are highway controls for cars travelling from Yilan to Taipei from 3 PM to 8 PM, so avoid travelling back to Taipei at that time to beat the traffic. Looking for scooter rental in Yilan? You can search Klook here or KKday here to look for options. You can also check out our scooter rental guide here. If you are looking for car rentals in Yilan, you can also search Klook here or KKDay here. You can also check out our car rental guide here. Map: Please see below: Our Journey: To start off, please see below for a video of our tour to Toucheng.
We were invited on a tour to Toucheng to help foreigners learn more about what there is to do in this amazing place. We have already been to Toucheng a few times, so a few of the places mentioned below were not on our tour.
It should be noted that we visited all of these places with toddler aged kids. You can book tickets to Toucheng Leisure Farm on Klook here or on KKday here. 
The restaurant offers buffet style breakfast, lunch, and dinner for guests, using local and farm grown ingredients.
You can also book a room there on Klook here, Agoda here, Booking.com here, Hotels.com here, Expedia here, or Trip.com here. 
We were also taken on a tour with one of the farm's chefs, David. You can see a map of the farm above.
David also showed us some amazingly sweet organically grown passion fruit.
Snake rock garden.
Turkeys.
And they let us feed the water buffalo that are raised there at the farm.
More hungry water buffalo.
We also got to feed the goats.
More hungry goats.
They also have a green kitchen where they can teach you how to make meals with organic food.
David teaching us about leaves.
A mini pomegranate.
Bug hotel.
And we also met the sustainable artist who is responsible for much of the artwork around the farm, made from recycled materials.
Dragonflies made from old bottles.
More recycled art.
We also spent time making sweet potatoes the old fashioned way, making clay stone kilns, making a fire, and then burying the potatoes in the hot earth for about an hour to cook.
Waiting for our potatoes to cook.
We also designed our own sky lantern and lit it off into the sky.
Another group getting their sky lantern ready.
Lighting off the sky lanterns.
Seeing ours go into the sky.
Another lit sky lantern.
In addition, we made our own lime juice, which has to ferment for three months before you can drink it.
This man taught us how to make the lime juice.
Washing the limes.
We did eventually drink the juice three months later. It was pretty good, but you need to add a lot of sugar. 
And we made souvenir T-shirts by pressing paint onto local plants and stamping them on.
Toucheng Township in Yilan is known for its amazing beaches, but there is much more to do here, such as visit Lanyang Museum, visit Turtle Island, enjoy seafood, traditional fishing harbors, recreational farms, hiking, cycling, surfing lessons, and much more. Here is a short guide to Toucheng, to let you know the variety of activities that you can enjoy here...(read more)
Check out our full guide to Toucheng here. You can book tickets to Toucheng Leisure Farm on Klook here or on KKday here. We have stayed at and recommend Toucheng Leisure Farm. You can also book a room there on Klook here, Agoda here, Booking.com here, Hotels.com here, Expedia here, or Trip.com here. You can purchase tours and tickets for many activities in Yilan such as surfing, kayaking, horse riding, river tracing, river rafting, river tubing, pack rafting, water biking, snorkeling, canoeing, and many others through Klook here or KKday here. You can see our full guide to Yilan here. Check out our full guide to Taiwan's Northern Coast here and our full guide Taiwan's East Coast here. You can also check out our full travel guide to Taiwan here.
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