Seven days without a screen.
A working farm in the Dooars foothills. No schedule to perform. Your phone goes in a lockbox on arrival. It comes back on day seven.
Chetna Farm sits in Chalsa, on the edge of Neora Valley forest. The land borders Gorumara National Park — 20 minutes by road. The Neora River is a 10-minute walk.
This is not a wellness resort. There is no facilitator lineup, no curated programme, no soundtrack. The daily rhythm is the farm's own. The bees work. Tea grows under the arecanut shade. You fit into that — not the other way around.
Seven days is long enough for the silence to stop feeling uncomfortable.
Daily rhythm
Evenings are unstructured. One full day across the week is left completely free.
Six guided activities
- Beekeeping. Open live hives. Two indigenous species — Apis cerana and Tetragonula iridipennis. Honey tasting at the end.
- Jeevamrutha. Make the fermented soil tonic from scratch. Cow dung, jaggery, pulse flour, farm soil. Hands in the mix.
- Mushroom foraging. Walk the farm edges and tree lines. Identify by gill pattern and spore print. Cook and eat what we find.
- Tea processing. Hand-roll and wok-fire a small batch of green tea from the farm's own bushes.
- Soil observation. Compare treated and untreated zones under a magnifying glass. Understand why Jeevamrutha works.
- River walk. Walk to the Neora River. 10 minutes from the farm. Slow walk, birdwatch, no agenda.
Accommodation
A tree tent — a 10×10 ft family tent on an elevated wooden platform. Warm bedding, open to the sounds of the farm. Hot water available nearby.
Food
Three meals a day, farm-cooked. Rice, dal, seasonal vegetables, farm honey, hand-rolled wok-fired tea. No processed food. Dietary restrictions accommodated with advance notice.
Included
- 7 nights accommodation
- All meals — breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Water, tea and coffee through the day
- All 6 guided activities
- Honey and tea tasting
- Phone lockbox
Not included
- Travel to NJP or Bagdogra
- Return transportation
- Travel insurance
- Alcohol
- Laundry
Best time to visit
Who this works for
People who need to stop, not people who want to perform stopping. If you're exhausted and overconnected, this works. If you need Wi-Fi for work and plan to check your phone anyway, it won't.
7 days / 7 nights · up to 4 guests
₹15,000 per person
Transportation not included. Call for availability and group rates.