Strawberry Picking

This is something that I’ve been wanting to do for years but have never been able to organise, I’m hoping that this is the year we finally go.

The Western Cape has some amazing strawberry farms around, which means that there’s a wide variety of options. Strawberry picking season is from October to December, this means that there’s limited time to make a trip out to one of the farms. 

Some of the popular strawberry farms are:

·         Polkadraai – between Stellenbosch and Kuilsriver, they’re open daily from 9am to 4pm

·         Mooiberge – I’m sure everyone knows this spot near Stellenbosch, they have a wide range of wines in their farm stall.  They’re open from 9:30am to 4:30pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

·         Mountain Breeze Farm Stall – Stellenbosch, open daily from 9am to 4:30pm.

·         Helderberg Farm – Stellenbosch, open daily from 8am to 6pm

With these many options available it makes choosing the right spot pretty tough.  The other thing to look out for is cost, each farm has their own measurement of cost.  Some farms weigh your container, while at others you pay an entrance fee and are able to pick and eat as much as you want.  So look at your options carefully before choosing the right one for you, it would be terrible to get a shock after a wonderful day out.  The suggestion is that you phone ahead of time to check that there are still fruit in the fields.

The Western Cape has many other fruit picking options including cherry picking (Klondyke Cherry Farm) and fig picking (Hoogwater Fresh Figs).  With summer around the corner, this sounds like a pretty good day out J