Visit
It is ideal for a day trip from Jaipur or suitable for an overnight or multiple night stay.
The farm is easily accessible by car or by bus and can be found using Google Maps.
Ikaki Bagh is an ideal opportunity to unwind and experience the daily life of rural India and the simple beauty of the local environment and habitat.
Ikaki Bagh
Unwind and experience rural India
Join our walking tours
Social Community Walk
Start your day at our local Government primary school.
- Meet the teachers and school kids. See how the school operates, join in a class
- Tour the nearby Jhinjha Village
- Meet the villagers and learn about local daily life and customs
- Finish at Ikaki Bagh, tour our model organic farm
- Enjoy the local birdlife
- End your day with a delicious home-cooked meal inspired by our local produce.
- (Walking distance: 2 kms. Standard: Easy. Allow 4.5 – 5 hours plus 1 hour travel from Jaipur return).
Agricultural Walk
For those closely interested in small-scale farming in India.
- Start at Jhinjha Village. Meet the villagers and learn about the central role of the cow-buffalo-goat economy in rural India
- Visit village gardens and local fields
- Tour Ikaki Bagh to learn about our approach to organic farming
- End your day with a delicious home-cooked meal inspired by our locally grown produce
- (Walking distance: 1.5 kms. Standard: Easy. Allow 3.5 – 4 hours plus 1 hour travel from Jaipur return).
You can add activities to your tour such as:
- camel/bullock trekking
- horse riding (for competent riders)
- visiting the local mustard oil production mill, in season
- botanical tour including medicinal use of plants
- exclusive lunches or dinners
- organic cooking demonstration – live class.
What You Will Experience
Ikaki Bagh uses Vastu Shastra, an ancient design practice focusing on layout, ground preparation, spatial arrangement and ‘energy flow’ for land.
At Ikaki Bagh you can experience:
- a 6 ha. farm under diverse organic crop cultivation
- a variety of fruit trees and shrubs
- an experimental plot of chrysanthemums for the cut flower market
- a start-up medicinal plant garden
- talks on the traditional and historic use of trees and plants.
- Marwari horses, a special breed unique to Rajasthan, milking cows, chickens
- camels (by arrangement)
- local food cooking classes
- demonstrations of mustard oil production and use
- a preliminary training and education facility
- a diverse countryside of with mixed farming and land use
- composting ideas
- the serenity of rural India at night and the beauty of the night skies
- ecological construction techniques
- a wide range of birdlife
- wildflowers in season
- local honey collecting
- reliable access to wi-fi
- pushbikes and local maps are available
You will also enjoy a countryside environment dotted with villages and mixed farming as well as local features such as the revered temple of Krishna, Jagdish temple at Goner or local brickworks making bricks from local clay soil.
Your visit can also be timed to coincide with significant local festivals such as honoring Baba Ramdevji, a folk–deity of Rajasthan and Krishna’s birthday, at which you will be welcome to observe or join in.
Local Primary School
Ikaki Bagh is within easy walking distance of the local primary school.
Here you can view the classrooms, play environments and other facilities that help the school operate on a day to day basis, including reading classes in English.
Tourists will gain an understanding of the challenges facing rural school children and see first-hand initiatives sponsored by Ikaki Bagh to improve hygiene, basic infrastructure such as tables and chairs, education and social development opportunities for children.
Jhinjha Village
Ikaki Bagh is also walking distance from Jhinjha, the local village of Berwa people.
A visit to Jhinjha enables you to:
- Experience daily village life including many traditional practices.
- Understand the skills and challenges the village uses to manage water.
- Visit the village vegetable gardens.
- Meet local Bairwa women and children and visit their homes.
- See examples of local craft and furniture production including rope-making and charpoy-making (Indian rope beds), kite-making using scrap materials and pottery.
- Understand how an Indian rural village is run, including the role women play.
- Visit the local Hindu temple.
Visits by car to other communities in the district can be arranged by appointment.
Transport & logistics
Travelling by car takes you through the outskirts of the city to the local countryside. You pass through local towns, villages and farmland providing a fascinating glimpse of day to day life.
The drive offers some remarkable images that contrast strikingly with what you typically see as a tourist in the large cities.
We would be delighted to organise transport for you with an English-speaking driver as your guide.
Contact Us to Plan Your Visit
