eco-friendly homestay

Nestled beside the Beas river in Manali, the ‘Raison D’etre’ homestay by Shalini and Nitin Beri offers guests an escape from city life.

Priya, Pravin, and their son Prathamesh Samanth run Maachli, an eco-friendly homestay inspired by a rural Konkan tradition, where you leave the hustle and worries of the city life at the door and enter a serene world of sustainability and tradition.

Nikita Dawar and Karthik Ramaraj set up the Velanga Orchard farm stay in 2020, surrounded by mango orchards and coconut trees, where interested guests are also taught the art of pottery.

Zafar and Reshma Salim have been running Annapara Homestay in Wayanad, Kerala, for the past two decades. The couple transformed this 71-year-old labour quarters in their plantation into a sustainable homestay.

Friends Anuja Phadke and Sneha Mahashabde left their jobs to convert Anuja’s grandmother’s home into an eco-friendly, forest-inspired homestay that is perfect for a weekend getaway. Watch this video to see how.

Viinod and Beena Nair left their city lives in Mumbai to open an eco-friendly homestay in Vasunde village, made from ethnic architecture under a 100-year-old banyan tree

George M J, a resident of Bengaluru, runs Mary's Barn, an organic farm and homestay that has a mini forest of around 350 trees and plants.

Karthik and Ingrid Davey opened Dhole's Den, a safari homestay near Bandipur National Forest in 2009, to instil the values of eco tourism, sustainability and a minimalist lifestyle in tourists, with the aim to cut down on carbon footprint

In addition to that, Nitya Budharaja and her family have adopted a government school in the region, and provide it with all the supplies it needs.

A paradise for plant lovers, Little Flower Farms in Vagamon stands testimony to one family’s commitment to restoring ecological balance over two long decades.