A working farm
in the foothills.
Honey from indigenous bees. Wok-fired tea from a forty-year tea family. A tent on a wooden platform, if you want to stay a while. This is not a resort.
Three things we make.
Honey from indigenous bees. Tea handled by someone who has done it for forty years. Small batches, by the season.
Raw, unfiltered honey from Apis cerana bees foraging on wild tulsi at the forest margins of North Bengal.
Made at Chetna Farm. Leaves pan-fired in a wok, hand-rolled, dried. Distinct smoky character with a lingering sweet aftertaste.
Honey from Tetragonula iridipennis, kept in log hives at Chetna Farm. Naturally acidic, medicinal, produced in very small quantities.
A day, a night, or a workshop.
Walk the hive line with Siddhartha. Learn the difference between Apis cerana and Tetragonula. Watch a real hive inspection.
A guided half-day walk through Chetna Farm. See the hives, the gardens, the yellow tea plants. Lunch included.
Stay in a tree camp tent on an elevated wooden platform at Chetna Farm. Proper bedding, farm meals, quiet mornings. A working farm in the Himalayan foothills.
Seven days without a screen.
Phone in a lockbox. Farm rhythm. Beekeeping, mushroom foraging, wok-fired tea. ₹15,000 per person. Transport extra.