The best time to visit durian farm in Penang is between June - August. During the durian harvest season, you can visit the durian farm and eat the durian just dropped fresh from the trees. The best place to visit is Balik Pulau. The durian trees normally planted at the hill slopes and it is advisable to wear sport shoe and long pant to avoid from mosquito or insect bites, sport shoe enable you to explore slippery hill slopes in the durian farm. You may have opportunity to see rambutan trees and mangoesteen trees which they are harvest same times with durian trees.
There are most favourite types of durian that normally visitors picked were Mao Shan Wang, D24, D13 and Red Prawn (see pictures). Price of durians are depend on the types that you select.