Sarangkot Secrets – Coffee Farm Village Tour
A jungle hike down to an organic arabica farm in Pandeli, lunch cooked by the village women's group, and a tasting of the farm's coffee and honey.
- Duration
- 5–6 hours
- Starts
- 10:30 am, at the lodge
- Walking
- About 2½ hours
- From
- USD 50per person
Many of our guests tell us this farm tour was the best thing they did in Nepal. It brings together nature, culture and a little adventure — and the whole village shares in what you spend.
It's the Trimurti of tourism: a scenic jungle hike, a village tour, and a local lunch prepared by the women's group — and you get to taste highland arabica grown right here. For those with a deep-seeking eye, the most beautiful part is how the entire village comes together to run it, so the tour benefits not one business but everyone.
While you're in Sarangkot, it's the best thing you can do for yourself — and for our village!
From the lodge to the farm, and back by car
- Sarangkot1,592 m · Hike starts
- Pandeli coffee farm1,240 mthen by car
- Sarangkot1,592 m
- 10:30 am
Set off from the lodge
Up and down through woods and villages with your guide — about 2½ hours of walking.
- Around 1 pm
Tea at the farm
Organic tea on arrival in Pandeli, then a walk through the coffee trees.
- Lunch
Cooked by the women's group
A local organic meal — your fee pays the women who make it.
- Afternoon
Coffee and honey tasting
How the beans are grown and processed, the beehives, then a hand-brewed V60.
- Around 3 pm
A private ride back
A car takes you back up to Sarangkot — no uphill walk.
Sharing Seeds × Superview
Sharing Seeds is a non-profit organization in our village that we are collaborating with to offer this tour. The tour takes you to an Arabica Coffee farm in Pandeli village. The proceeds from this tour is used to pay the women’s group that makes your lunch, offer free coffee saplings to the village and ensure that the local coffee growers get a good rate for their cherries.
Through the woods to Pandeli
Your hike will start from Superview Lodge, Sarangkot around 10:30 in the morning. After about 2.5 hours of hiking straight, up and down the hills through the woods and villages, you'll end up in the coffee farm in the heart of Pandeli village that is at the center of this activity.
A family farm, not a plantation
The village of Pandeli and Sarangkot has many coffee farms. Remember though that they are not industrial, large scale farms. It’s families planting a couple dozen trees. Perhaps a slightly modest size of all is the one in picture, Abiskar’s Coffee Farm with about 200 trees. Abiskar is also the chairman of Sharing Seeds. He is a creative, social entrepreneur who is always looking for impact driven community tourism projects. Sharing the benefits from your activity to your community is a great example of sustainable tourism and a great way to live in general. You can only keep well if you also pay attention to the wellbeing of your surroundings.
Fruity, and easy on water
Sustainability is reflected in many other aspects in this farm. For example, of the two methods of removing sticky mucilage from the beans before drying, they use the honey process which preserves the fruity flavor of the beans and uses less water than the wet method, water being a scarce resource in Sarangkot.
Saplings for the neighbours
Coffee saplings being ready for donation to farmers in the neighboring village. Sharing Seeds appreciates and acknowledges the symbiotic relationship between itself and its community therefore allocating a portion their revenue towards support of the farmers that are the pillars of its success story.
What's included, and what to bring
Included
- English-speaking local guide
- Organic tea on arrival
- Introduction to arabica coffee growing and processing
- Introduction to local beekeeping
- Local organic lunch
- Coffee tasting
- Local honey tasting
- Private transport back from the farm
Not included
- Gifts and souvenirs you buy at the farm
- Hiking gear or equipment
What to bring
- Comfortable, non-slip shoesThey don't need to be proper hiking boots
- Refillable water bottle
- A hat for the sunIn summer
- Hiking poles (optional)Ask early and you may be able to borrow the guide's
- Camera (optional)
Good to know
- Timing
- Starts between 10 and 11 am, ends around 3 pm
