Six things to do on the estate
Prices per person, added to your room bill
A day on the estate starts at six.
Every walk is led by someone who works here: the estate manager, our naturalist, the cupper who grades the harvest. Add any of them to your estimate and the booking bar adds up the cost.
6:00am
Birding with the naturalist
Along the stream and the forest edge with Dechamma, who has logged 212 species on this estate. Malabar whistling thrush and grey hornbill most mornings. Binoculars provided.
- Duration
- 2 hours 30 minutes
- Group
- Up to 6 people
- Per person
- ₹1,500
6:45am
Sunrise yoga
Slow Hatha on the deck, while the mist is still on the water. Mats, props and tulsi tea afterwards.
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Group
- Up to 10 people
- Per person
- ₹800
7:30am
Estate walk with the manager
Through the Arabica on the upper slope and the Robusta below it: shade trees, pepper vines, the nursery, and why picking starts in December.
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Group
- Up to 12 people
- Per person
- ₹900, or included once when you book here
From June to September the walks still go out. We lend you boots and an umbrella.
Birding is best then. Cupping and cooking move indoors; nothing is cancelled for rain.11:00am
Kodava cooking with Kaveri
Kaveri Poovaiah teaches pandi curry, akki otti and bembla curry in the estate kitchen. Lunch is what you cook.
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Group
- Up to 8 people
- Per person
- ₹2,800
4:00pm
Coffee cupping in the curing shed
Taste six lots from this year's harvest side by side, the way buyers grade them, and learn what washed and natural process do to a cup. You take home 250 g of the one you liked best.
- Duration
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Group
- Up to 8 people
- Per person
- ₹1,200
Anytime
Abhyanga at the spa
Warm-oil massage by two therapists working together, then a herbal steam. Book a slot between 10 am and 7 pm.
- Duration
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Group
- One guest, or two in the couples room
- Per person
- ₹3,200