Strawberry Town

Strawberry Town isn’t a pick-your-own strawberry farm — it’s a small Dutch-themed photo village built inside Brookside Valley Resort, about 20 km from Rayong town. Entry is 60 THB (children under 10 free), and the ticket doubles as feed money: swap it for a bag of pellets to feed the sheep, rabbits, and koi, or use it as a discount at the resort’s cafés. The name comes from the park’s centrepiece, a red, three-metre strawberry statue nicknamed the “Prince of Strawberry” that sits beside a small lake — not from any actual berry field.

The layout leans into a rural-Netherlands theme: whitewashed cottages, a replica windmill, and a “Holland Village” corner where you can rent Dutch national costume — clogs, bonnet, the works — for about 80 THB and shoot photos against the cottage backdrops. Uncle Sam’s Farm is the other half of the visit, a fenced paddock of small sheep that visitors feed by hand, plus rabbit hutches and a fish pond. A separate “Amazon forest” zone adds a jungle-themed walking trail and a low-key climbing and adventure course aimed at kids around 6 to 12.

Watch out: if you come expecting to pick strawberries off the plant, you’ll be disappointed — this is a photo-and-petting-farm attraction, not agritourism in the literal sense. Strawberries do turn up on the café menu (smoothies, jam, shortcake) but they’re bought in, not harvested on-site by guests. Treat it as a one-to-two-hour stop for younger children rather than a full-day outing.

Insider Tip: Go on a weekday morning before the school-holiday crowds arrive around 10:30 — the sheep pen gets noisy and the good photo spots at the windmill fill up fast once tour buses start dropping off groups.

Weekends and Thai public holidays draw the busiest crowds, particularly from Bangkok families making the two-and-a-half-hour drive down. Parking is on unpaved ground that turns muddy after rain, so wear closed shoes rather than sandals. There’s no shuttle service to the gate — arrive by car, motorbike, or a taxi arranged in Rayong town, since the resort sits well off the main coastal road.

For real fruit-picking and orchard visits nearby, the Thai Mangosteen Orchard and the Rayong Botanical Garden are both a short drive away and worth pairing with a day trip out from Rayong.