Dahu Strawberry Country
A Miaoli valley town given over to strawberries, with pick-your-own farms and a season running through the winter.
Updated 2 September 2026
Dahu grows the great majority of Taiwan's strawberries, planted on terraces up the valley sides and picked from December through to April, which is winter here and exactly when the crop wants cool nights. Farms sell picking by weight and hand out baskets, and the town sells everything else strawberry-related: jam, wine, sausages, hotpot and cake. It is a family outing more than a food pilgrimage and it is enormously popular.
The main sights
- The pick-your-own farms - terraces open for picking by weight through the season.
- The winter season - fruit ripening from December to April, the reverse of Europe.
- The strawberry products - wine, jam, sausages and hotpot sold across the town.
- The valley terraces - planting running up the slopes on both sides.
When to go
December to April is the season, peaking in January and February. Weekends in peak season are extremely crowded and the highway backs up. Outside the season there is nothing to pick.
Good to know
Outside December to April there are no strawberries and the town is ordinary. Weekend traffic on Highway 3 is severe. Picking is charged by weight and works out expensive.
Nearby
Tai'an hot springs are north, and Miaoli city is northwest.
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