A great experience if you are looking for "agro-tourism" like feel. We had a one day trip planned and we all liked it.
How to reach:
Most of the activities are shown on their website but amenities for 1-day are good enough I felt.
We went with a 4-wheeler and that's recommended way to reach there as its only 4.5 kms from Mumbai Nashik highway. Suburban train is also another option that people can explore. Stilt parking is available.
Activities/amenities:
Most of the activities are mentioned on their website. Please check if those activities are open or not before going. Guided tour is very important and the person giving tour was from nearby village and it was a very informative session covering various aspects like species of fruits and flowers, earthworm manure, solar dryers, how to nurture the plants and trees, rashis/nakshatras and their correlation with trees, working of mango processing unit (closed during our visit), solar cooker, vegetable storage below room temperature, oxygen chamber having plants from Bhutan, biogas and how entire kitchen works on the biogas generated.
They also have 250 million litres of water in artificial pond etc.
The best part is- no external dependency marks fully sustaininable resort.
Food:
The day started with breakfast having 2 veg and 1 egg item in variety. Lunch had chhole, stuffed brinjal, daal, bhakri, rice, fried papad, 1 chicken item, crushed tomato salad, starfruit, pickle and fried papad. Evening high tea has only biscuits. Best part- entire food that you eat (except biscuits of course) is grown in the farm, and food is very good. Do try the yellow pickle as well. :)
Constructive feedback:
Toilets should be kept at various places for 1-day trips. For us, the only toilet is available at the entrance and men's room wasn't very clean.
Changing room near swimming pool requires some maintenance.
The bullock cart ride is quite bumpy and since the cart is completely metallic, the jolts enroute can cause some mild back pain. So the suggestion would be to have wooden wheel to cart or atleast have some rubber ring along the metallic wheel, till the time road condition is improved a bit.
Water body for kayaking should be a bit large I feel, to make it lucrative for kayaking.
Itinerary for 1 day-
9-30 to 10-30: breakfast
10-30 to 12: bullock cart ride and tractor ride, along with other activities like burma bridge and tyre swings etc.
12 to 1-30: go to swimming pool (you have to sign covid declaration for this)
1-30 to 2-30: lunch
2-30 to 3-30: relax, play cards
4-30 to 5-30: tour of farm (most important activity for the day for us!)
5-30 to 6: high tea and head back