Mango Weekends, A Summer Staycation

Come spend your summer weekends at a mango orchard!

About Our Orchard

An ultra-private mango orchard in Andhra Pradesh, India, skirting a reserve forest at the foot of a hill with lakes nearby. Surrounded by shrub forests endowed with over a 100 species of birds and animals.
With a growing area of nearly 50 acres we also grow coconut, teak, badam, neem and a few other fruit trees that are native to the land. We are a part of the SEZ ( special economic zone) of mango growers with a GI (geographical indication) tagged banganapalli being one of our main varieties.

 

This summer, while we harvest our mangoes, we invite you to experience the main event of the year in our farm with us. Is it going to be hot? Oh yes! Mangoes love the summers and the hot sun, and we love the mangoes. So, with vast expanses of greenery, juicy mangoes drooping from trees, and a fresh water lake to jump in, join us in celebrating the summer. 

We grow over a dozen varieties of mangoes - Banganapalli/ Benesha, Totapuri, Rumani, Sindhura, Neelam and a few lesser known native varieties.

We'd like to share everything mango with you! its the season where our local cuisine is brimming with the flavours of mango, we would like you to indulge in some of the recipes we have picked up in our travels across the world, reinventing mango salads, pickles, mango juices, smoothies, aam panna variations basically everything with a bit of mango magic! and above all mango deserts which we can never get enough of. 

We're opening our farm from the 9th of june to 10th july!

 

Mango Weekends Available For Booking

Friday to Monday 3 Nights, 4 Days


- June 9th ( Friday ) - 12th June ( Monday )

- June 16th ( Friday ) - 19th June (Monday)

- June 23rd ( Friday ) - 26th June ( Monday)

- June 30th ( Friday ) - 3rd July ( Monday )

- July 7th ( Friday) - 10th July ( Monday)

Itinerary 

Friday



2pm - Check In

5:30 pm - Snacks ( Mango based and unlimited mangos to be savoured)

7:pm - Bon fire / Music / Small BBQ

8:30 to10 pm - Dinner

Saturday



6:30am - Hike to the top of the hill

9 am - 10am  - Breakfast

10:30am - 1:30pm - Art Of Fermenting Workshop With Anshita Dawar. Read Details about the workshop here.

1:30pm to 2:30pm - Lunch

5:30 pm - Lake / Kayak / Camp fire

9 pm to 10:30pm - bon fire / dinner /bbq

- We have some common outdoor spaces where you can spend time by yourself. There are painting spaces, board games, cards, hulahoops, reading under the trees.

Sunday

6:30 am - Walk around the hill and orchard tour with various mangoes

8 am - Toddy (optional) / Breakfast

1 pm - Lunch

5:30 pm - Farm walk / Mango picking & tasting snacks under the tree

8pm - Camp fire

9pm to 10pm - Dinner

 

Monday

Check out by 12

 

Activities on request

- Cycling 

- Motorcycling

- Extra-long walks into the shrub forest

- Night swimming

 

Accommodation & Tariff

All accommodation have the following- 

  • Living space: Single bed / Double bed with a side table, a study table and chair with enough electric points even for Stephen Hawking, Storage space for your belongings, with some décor elements. Natural light from the tiled ceiling is customizable.
  • Kitchenette: kettle, hot plate, basic utensils, mini fridge (with beer sometimes), a clay water dispenser
  • Washroom: the usual, we can customize day light upon request by adding more transparent glass tiles to the roof.
  • We do NOT have air conditioning in the rooms. At the same time, our cottages have kerela tiled roofs to keep cool. other solutions would be to get in the lake, drink lots of sherbats, wear super light cotton clothing :)
  • Patio area
  • Farm access: other than our private space which will be clearly defined in the house rules, you have access to 50 acres of farm.

 

1. The Totapuri Cottage

Independent cottage

- Can accommodate maximum 3 people. 

- Has a big room with a double bed and a small room with a single bed. 

- Shared washroom for both rooms (attached to the big room) and an out door open to sky shower area.

- Common courtyard, outdoor kitchen

Tariff for the weekend for the entire cottage (3 people): Rs.57,120/- inclusive of stay, all meals, snacks, activities, tax.

 



2. The Benesha Cottage ( There may be small variations in the furniture design, decor and layout from time to time )

Shared Accommodation for two people

- Can accommodate 2 people max.

- Two single beds with a shared washroom inside in the cottage.

Tariff for the weekend for the entire cottage (2 people) : Rs.38,080/- inclusive of stay, all meals, snacks, activities, tax.

 

3. The Sindhura Cottage (Couple) 

( There may be small variations in the furniture design, decor and layout from time to time )

Private Cottage for a couple

- Can accommodate 2 people max.

- Double bed.

Tariff for the weekend for the entire cottage (2 people) : Rs.38,080/- inclusive of stay, all meals, activities, tax.

 

4. The Rumani Cottage 

( There may be small variations in the furniture design, decor and layout from time to time )

Private Cottage for an individual 

- Can accomodate one person.

- Single Bed.

Tariff for the weekend for the entire cottage (1 person) : Rs.22,400/- inclusive of stay, all meals, activities, tax.

 

 Getting Here

Please Check in to our farm between 12pm to 7pm. Post 7pm and before 12pm, we don't check in our guests.

We are 172km from Bangalore airport and 170km from Chennai Airport.

You can reach either airports and take a cab to us. Airport taxis/uber/ola/ Gozo cabs are few that work for us.

Our location 'Velanga Orchard' is on google maps. It'll get you to us without any issues.

There are local buses too that come from nearby cities. You can find that out from your local bustop. The nearest bus- stop is a nearby town 'Bangarupalem'. From there we can arrange an auto for you to come to us. Do make sure to let us know about this way in advance so we can book an auto for you. 

Important

The road close to our farm is a mud road. It can be an issue for people who are not used to driving on dirt roads or may have an issue with scratches from branches sticking out. Please keep this is in mind if you're planning to drive down. We can also pick you up from the nearby village (On request, post 12pm, before 7pm) before the mud road starts. Let us know on whatsapp about this after you book your stay.

The Road Trip

The road from Bangalore to our farm is smooth, makes for a fun road trip. It'll take you around 3.5-4.5 hours depending on how long you stop. 

Stops we recommend that you can find on google maps -

- Cafe Coffee Day(Decently clean restrooms)

-Woodys (South indian food plus a nice filter coffee)

- Torino (Good variety of food)

- Highway Star ( Food Court, Clean Restrooms, Petrol Bunk, Coffee and the rest )

- Basappa Dhaba. Close to our farm - we love this dhaba. Dhaba food with a nice cup of joe from a shop next to it. Request for brass filter coffee cup. Its a nice touch :)

- Banagrupalem Market is the closest town from our farm which is around 7km away. If you'd like to stop for any basic grocery shopping, alcohol, cigs, this would be your last stop before you leave civilisation.

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Cancellation & Refund Details

- We take the full payment during booking.

- 50% refund is provided if cancelled anytime between the date of booking to 15 days prior to the  date. 

- No refund - We provide no refund if cancelled within 15 days prior to the confirmed date.

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To book your stay, email us at velangaorchard@gmail.com with the dates you'd like to book, accommodation type and your contact number. Booking is done with 100% payment.

You can even send us your inquiries/doubts to the same contact.

We will get back to you with further registration details on your whatsapp number.