Campfire & Barbeque
Tandoori grills over open coals, a fire that runs late and the kind of conversation only firelight gets out of people.
Activities
Seven ways to lose an afternoon.
Everything here is included with your stay, and none of it is compulsory.
Things to do at the farm
Pick one.Or none at all.
Campsite Adventure
Pitch a tent beside the cottages. Hike out at dusk, sleep under canvas, wake to mist sitting low over the fields.
Mountain Biking
Red-earth trails that climb out of the farm and open onto rock faces with the whole valley underneath you.
Star Gazing
No city glow for miles. Bring the telescope out and the Milky Way turns up on schedule, most clear nights.
Fishing at Athetti Lake
Rods, patience and a flask of chai. The lake is a ten-minute walk and rarely has anyone else on it.
Forest Trekking
Walk out through the scrub forest with our guides, past dolmens older than most things you have stood next to.
Birdwatching
Bee-eaters, hoopoes, drongos and the occasional kingfisher working the lake. Bring binoculars, or borrow ours.
In detail
Every one of them included.
No activity here carries a separate charge, with the single exception of coracle rides at ₹199 a head. Equipment is ours; you only need shoes you do not mind ruining.
01
Campfire & Barbeque
Tandoori grills over open coals, a fire that runs late and the kind of conversation only firelight gets out of people.
02
Campsite Adventure
Pitch a tent beside the cottages. Hike out at dusk, sleep under canvas, wake to mist sitting low over the fields.
03
Mountain Biking
Red-earth trails that climb out of the farm and open onto rock faces with the whole valley underneath you.
04
Star Gazing
No city glow for miles. Bring the telescope out and the Milky Way turns up on schedule, most clear nights.
05
Fishing at Athetti Lake
Rods, patience and a flask of chai. The lake is a ten-minute walk and rarely has anyone else on it.
06
Forest Trekking
Walk out through the scrub forest with our guides, past dolmens older than most things you have stood next to.
07
Birdwatching
Bee-eaters, hoopoes, drongos and the occasional kingfisher working the lake. Bring binoculars, or borrow ours.
One day,start to finish.
Nothing here is compulsory. This is simply how most weekends tend to go once people stop checking their phones.
6:30
Mist and a first cup
Filter coffee on the sit-out while the fields are still grey.
8:30
Breakfast off the farm
Idli, sambar and chutney — most of it grown a hundred steps away.
11:00
Out to the lake
Coracles, rods and shade. Nothing that needs to be anywhere.
13:30
A long farm lunch
Served under the thatch. Second helpings are assumed.
16:30
Trails and kites
Bikes for some, a kite and open lawn for everyone else.
19:00
Fire and grill
Coals lit, skewers loaded, the day slows right down.
21:00
Lights out, stars on
Lie back. Count what you never see from the city.
All of it is included. Pick a weekend and we will have the fire going.