Enhance your mountain vacation with special Fagunia Experiences. Through these curated activities, led by an Experience Curator, we will share our joy of experiencing fine things that can elevate every day life.
Eat authentic Neapolitan pizzas made in front of your eyes in our handmade and homemade Tuscan style, wood fired, dome pizza oven. Learn to make your own fresh loaf of health positive bread through a hands on session. Go on a curated journey to taste some of the finest single malts of the world. Bond with your loved ones over an amazing outdoor BBQ. Or set out on a long trek to a stunning river at the bottom of a valley while experiencing rural mountain life. Check out details below to learn more about each special experience.
The experiences are only available exclusively to our guests upon advance intimation at the time booking, at our discretion, and when the experience curators are available. Reserve your spot today!
Do check back often for new experiences that we will be adding from time to time.
WOOD FIRED PIZZA
Duration & Seats: ~1-2 hrs & 6 ppl max per Firing
What will you experience
Eat delicious Neapolitan pizzas (the style of Italian pizza made in Naples) made in our authentic handmade and homemade Tuscan style wood fired dome pizza oven.
Apart from enjoying some delectable pizzas, if interested, you can also learn to roll your own pizza base and add the toppings of your choice.
Experience curators: Aditi & Anil
Aditi & Anil are the co-founders of Fagunia. Both love a good Neapolitan pizza and always dreamt of having their authentic wood fired pizza oven. Finally, together with friends, they designed and made one completely on their own and now love to share the experience of making and eating homemade, wood fired pizzas with their guests. Check out how the wood fired pizza oven at Fagunia Farmstay was made by watching the making of video below.
How to book
Please reserve this experience by contacting us before your stay.
Note: As we make the pizza base and sauce fresh at home, we need at least a day’s notice for arranging this experience. Do note that the wood fired oven pizza experience is dependent on availability of wood. During the rains and other times of low wood availability, the experience may not be possible.
BREAD BAKING
Duration & Seats: 3-4 hrs & 2 ppl per day
What will you experience
Experience the joy of baking fresh bread everyday at home. Through this half day introduction to bread baking you will learn about:
Basics of bread baking
Types of yeast
Ingredients & measurements
Basic dough and variations
Baking of the dough
Do’s & dont’s, tips & tricks
You will also get hands on experience of combining the ingredients to make and shape dough, and then set it for baking.
The course will end with the baking of a fresh loaf of daily use bread that you can take back with you.
Experience curator: Aditi Pokhriyal
Aditi is the co-founder of Fagunia. She is a self taught baker who has been baking at home for the last half decade. From multi-grain breads to mushroom rolls, baguettes, focaccia and loafs to sourdough boules and rye breads, Aditi continues to learn and experiment with baking at home. She is now excited to share her joy of baking with fellow baking enthusiasts.
How to book
Please reserve this experience by contacting us before your stay.
Note: Do note that baking experience is dependent on power and in case there is a power disruption, the experience may need to be postponed or even cancelled.
SINGLE MALT TASTING
Duration & Seats: ~1 hour & 2 ppl per day
What will you experience
Go on a journey with some of the finest single malts of the world. Through this tasting experience, you will learn about:
What are single malts
How are they produced
Importance of Scotland in the single malt world
Scottish single malt regions
Brief introduction to Indian single malts
How to taste single malts: nose, palate & finish
As part of the tasting session, you will taste four to five different single malts.
Experience curator: Anil Cherukupalli
Anil is the co-founder of Fagunia. He has been exploring the world of fine spirits as an enthusiast for the last decade. He especially loves trying out single malts from around the world. He occasionally shares his reviews and stories of fine spirits on Instagram as @thetipplerist.
How to reserve a spot
Please reserve this experience by contacting us before your stay. Only for adults over 21 years of age.
DIY BBQ
Duration: 1-2 hrs
What will you experience
Discover the amazing pleasure of doing a barbecue with your loved ones in our popular, homemade, outdoor BBQ station with stunning mountain views. Through this experience, you can:
Marinate the ingredients
If you want, make your own marinade with the ingredients we have
Learn by doing your own veg or non-veg BBQ
For the veg BBQ, we provide 1 kg of paneer and basic veggies while the non-veg BBQ comes with 1 kg of chicken.
Experience curator: Yourself 🙂
Don’t worry, BBQ is a very easy DIY activity. Our staff will marinate the ingredients and set up the BBQ by firing up the coal. They will be happy to show you how to BBQ initially if you have never done it before. You can then barbecue the marinated ingredients on your own. You will learn by doing and it is an amazing group bonding experience!
How to book
Please reserve this experience by contacting us before your stay.
Note: Do note that the outdoor BBQ is subject to weather conditions. If it is raining then the experience may need to be postponed or even cancelled.
Sonkhmari River Trek
Duration, Distance & Seats: 5-7 hrs, ~8 km & 4 ppl max per day
What will you experience
Set out on a long trek to the stunning river at the bottom of the valley in front of us.
Along the way you will pass through beautiful stretches of forests, far flung homes and farms of hardy mountain folk. At the end you will reach a gorgeous, boulder strewn riverside where you can have your packed lunch, rest and relax for the long climb back.
There will be a local who will accompany you. By undertaking this trek, you will be supporting our efforts to develop additional income opportunities for locals. The cost charged for the trek will be paid in full to the local.
Since this trek involves a tough and steep climb back with an elevation gain of ~500m over 4 km, it is strictly recommended only for adults with good fitness. Children are not allowed.
This trek is available only during the dry season between November to June.
Experience curator: Local villager
A local villager will accompany you on this trek. Please note that they are not trained trek guides but they do have decent knowledge of local flora and fauna.
How to reserve a spot
Please reserve this experience by contacting us before your stay.