8:00 – 9:00 AM – Arrival & breakfast
Check into Kalpataru or Palluyir rooms. Farm-cooked breakfast served. Informal introductions between families over filter coffee and fresh cow’s milk.

9:00 – 11:00 AM – The Morning Farm Walk
Food forest trail, timber trees, fruit trees, pond ecosystem. Children given a small notebook to sketch 3 things they notice.
🐄 Stop at the animal shed: meet the indigenous cows, Muscovy ducks, chickens. Children can help with morning feeding.

11:00 – 11:30 AM — Compost corner visit
What goes in, what comes out, the invisible workers (earthworms, fungi).

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM — Shade & rest
Tender coconut water, free time, settle in.

12:30 – 2:00 PM — Lunch & midday rest
Farm-cooked meal, quiet time indoors.

4:30 – 6:30 PM — Vegetable garden session
Sowing seeds, transplanting seedlings, mulching, watering. Each child plants something they take home at the end.

6:30 – 7:30 PM — Bee conversation & evening stroll
Learn about the farm’s bee colonies, honey, pollination, why bees matter. Observation only — safe and calm.

7:30 – 9:00 PM — Farm dinner together
Home-cooked meal, served family style. Conversation starter: “One thing that surprised you today.”
🌟 No screens at the dinner table — farm rule, gently enforced.

9:00 PM onwards — Night sky & fireflies
Open sky, no light pollution, KMTR forest edge. Optional stargazing conversation about constellations.

6:00 – 7:00 AM – Early morning farm chores
Collect eggs, feed the ducks and chickens.
Optional — for children who are early risers. Parents welcome too.

7:00 – 8:30 AM – Farm breakfast
Fresh eggs, farm produce, filter coffee / fresh cow’s milk for children.

8:30 – 9:00 AM – Cow milking
Watch and participate in the morning milking of our indigenous cows. The milk from this morning may well appear in your tea or coffee.

9:00 – 10:30 AM – Garden & harvest session
Visit the vegetable garden and mushroom room. Harvest whatever is ready — greens, vegetables, or oyster mushrooms if fruiting. What you pick will be cooked for lunch.
🌿 The harvest depends on what the farm offers that day — that unpredictability is part of real farming.

10:30 – 10:45 AM – Short break
Tender coconut water, rest in shade.

10:45 AM – 12:30 PM – Wattle & daub wall building
Mix mud and straw, weave the wattle frame, press daub into place. Messy, hands-on, unforgettable. Parents and children side by side.
🏗️ This is a real construction happening on the farm — children are genuine contributors, not just observers.

12:30 – 2:00 PM – Lunch & rest
What you harvested this morning is on the table. Midday rest / reading / quiet time indoors.

3:30 – 6:00 PM – Alwarkurichi pottery village visit
Each child throws a small pot on the wheel, guided by the local potter. A piece to take home.
🏺 Alwarkurichi is a short drive away — a living tradition, not a demo centre.

6:30 – 8:00 PM – Visit to a neighbouring organic farmer
Hear their story, see a different approach to farming. Short drive or walk.

8:00 PM – Dinner & open evening
Families spend time together, cards, stories, early night.

6:30 – 7:30 AM – Morning chores & coconut tree climbing machine demo
A crowd favourite. Children who want to can try it with supervision.

7:30 – 8:30 AM – Breakfast
Farm-style, unhurried.

8:30 – 9:00 AM – Cow milking
Morning milking with the indigenous cows. A quiet, grounding ritual to start the day.

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM – Waterfall excursion
Agasthiyar Falls or Shenbagadevi Falls (depending on season and water levels). Nature walk, water play, forest air, packed snacks.
Rs. 1000 per person extra for Shenbagadevi trek inclusive of trek charges and transport.

1:30 – 3:00 PM – Lunch & rest
Midday quiet indoors.

4:30 – 6:00 PM – Bee conversation & food forest walk
Learn about the farm’s bee colonies, honey, pollination. Observe the hive. Then a slow walk through the food forest identifying trees and their uses.

7:30 PM – Dinner
Families spend time together, cards, stories, early night.

6:30 – 7:30 AM – Final morning on the farm
Collect eggs, feed the animals one last time. Children lead this independently.

7:30 – 8:30 AM – Breakfast
Unhurried, farm-style.

8:30 – 9:00 AM – Cow milking
One last morning with the cows.

9:30 – 11:00 AM – Circle & closing
Seated under a tree. Each child shares: one thing I will do differently at home. Parents share too.
💡 Older children encouraged to share something they could teach a friend.

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM – Free time & packing
Last walk around the farm, photos, goodbyes to the animals.

12:30 – 1:30 PM – Farewell lunch
Full farm-cooked meal. Children receive their take-home kit: the seedling they planted, a small jar of compost or honey, their pottery piece.

2:00 – 5:00 PM – Rest & checkout
Check-out completed, families relax until transport.

By 5:00 – 6:00 PM – Departure
Warm goodbyes, photo under the rainbow mural. Cab to railway station if arranged.
🚉 Evening trains from Tirunelveli / Ambasamudram / Tenkasi to Chennai and Bengaluru.