5 places to pick ripe persimmons in Da Lat

Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 11:12:39

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Da Lat persimmons are mainly grown in wards 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 in the center of Da Lat and the communes of Xuan Tho, Xuan Truong, Ta Nung. Not only are they a typical agricultural product of the foggy city, persimmon gardens also attract tourists to Da Lat. In October, persimmon gardens and coffee shops with many persimmon trees are visited by many tourists to visit, take pictures and experience harvesting persimmons in the garden. Mr. Huu Phuc, the owner of a coffee shop in Da Lat, suggests places where persimmons are still ripe on the trees, which tourists can visit in November.

Rose branches full of fruit at the entrance of the cafe. Photo: fattiebear

Persimmon Cafe

Address: Hung Vuong Street, Ward 9, Da Lat City

Before being converted into a coffee shop, this place was a rose garden with 100 ancient trees planted since 1987. Until now, the rose trees are still intact, located in a 5,000 ^m2 campus, attracting tourists to visit and pick fruit every fall. The rose garden is open for free, visitors only need to buy drinks at the coffee shop. Visitors can also experience picking roses and tasting them in the garden.

Cau Dat Garden

Address: Cau Dat Tea Hill

This location is located about 27.5 km from the center of Da Lat city, in Truong Tho village, Xuan Truong commune. The rose garden in this area opens from 6am to 4pm every day and charges an entrance fee of 50,000 VND per person. Visitors are free to take photos and pick ripe persimmons to take home. Sharing his experience of picking persimmons, Mr. Huu Phuc said that one should choose fruits with an orange-yellow color. In case one is not sure which fruit to pick, one can ask the garden staff for assistance. Visitors should not pick young fruits or break large branches, as this will damage the tree and spoil the beauty of the garden.

Thai Long Rose Garden

Address: Khe Sanh, Ward 10, Da Lat City

This rose garden covers an area of up to 40,000 ^m2 and is open to visitors for free. The garden owner said that the persimmons are ripe and have not fallen much yet. Visitors coming in the first week of November will be able to see the persimmon trees laden with fruit. After this time, the persimmons are harvested and some of them have fallen. Visitors are free to pick persimmons and eat them in the garden. The garden has a separate area for selling fresh fruits including ripe red persimmons and crispy yellow-skinned persimmons. The packaged products are wind-dried persimmons.

Ancient rose trees in Thai Long rose garden. Photo: Truong Tan

Le Van Rose Garden

Address: Khe Sanh, Ward 10

From the center of Da Lat, visitors travel less than 6 km to reach the garden. This rose garden does not charge an entrance fee, visitors are free to take pictures, visit and pick roses in the garden. This place also has a wind-dried persimmon factory, allowing visitors to visit and learn about each step of making the famous dried persimmons and wind-dried persimmons of Da Lat.

Big Dream Bag Coffee Shop

Address: Sao Nam, Ward 11, Da Lat City

This is a familiar address for young tourists visiting Da Lat. This coffee shop is often crowded when the cherry blossoms bloom or when the persimmons ripen. The persimmon trees here are not as vast as the fruit garden of thousands of ^square meters, but the persimmon trees are planted in a high position, next to the wooden house, overlooking the greenhouse area. The coffee shop staff shared that the persimmon season at the shop this year came early from September, not giving as many fruits as previous years. However, the shop creates a persimmon season atmosphere by making strips of persimmons hanging in the wooden house, both for decoration and to make a batch of fragrant dried persimmons. Because it is a coffee shop, visitors coming here to see persimmons and take pictures need to buy drinks at the counter.