Spend some time away from the hustle and bustle of Chennai on this trip to the countryside. Travel past green fields, banana orchards, temples and sacred groves on your way to a small Indian village, where you’ll interact with locals, tour a farm and enjoy a home-cooked lunch with your expert English-speaking guide and small group limited to 10 people.
Highlights
- Day trip from Chennai to the rural countryside
- Interact with local villagers on a farm tour with your English-speaking guide
- Hear about country life in Chennai and learn what plants are used in cuisine and medicine
- Enjoy an authentic, home-cooked Indian meal
- Small-group tour limited to 10 people ensures a more personalized experience
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Small-Group Day Trip from Chennai: Countryside Farm Tour with Lunch
Useful Information
Country Roads and Farm Tour from Chennai
Meet your guide in Chennai’s Mylapore neighborhood in the morning and venture by air-conditioned coach to a village near Mahabalipuram, passing green quilted paddy fields, banana orchards, village temples and sacred groves along the way.
When you arrive, visit a small village and head to the village temple to enjoy the scenery and to listen to local myths. Visit a farmer’s house to enjoy traditional village hospitality. The local farmer will take you and your guide to his paddy fields and tell you about his farming techniques. As you walk through the farm, your guide will share interesting stories of rural life and farming as a way of life. Try your hand at some farming if you like!
Walk into the farmer's herbal kitchen garden where your guide will point out the leaves that the local villagers chew to cure coughs and the ones that make delicious chutney.
Enjoy refreshments such as bottled water, coconut water, fruit and snacks by the farm well. In the afternoon, enjoy a home-cooked vegetarian lunch and get introduced to the farmer's livestock.
Afterward, board the coach to return to Chennai.
When you arrive, visit a small village and head to the village temple to enjoy the scenery and to listen to local myths. Visit a farmer’s house to enjoy traditional village hospitality. The local farmer will take you and your guide to his paddy fields and tell you about his farming techniques. As you walk through the farm, your guide will share interesting stories of rural life and farming as a way of life. Try your hand at some farming if you like!
Walk into the farmer's herbal kitchen garden where your guide will point out the leaves that the local villagers chew to cure coughs and the ones that make delicious chutney.
Enjoy refreshments such as bottled water, coconut water, fruit and snacks by the farm well. In the afternoon, enjoy a home-cooked vegetarian lunch and get introduced to the farmer's livestock.
Afterward, board the coach to return to Chennai.
