8 hours
2 languages
Private tour
Mobile ticket

Highlights

Spend the day in the village of Samode, located 1.5 hours from Jaipur, on a private cultural and culinary tour. This is a special opportunity to get to know a local family in their home and learn about their culture, farming and culinary traditions, and everyday life. Your host is Mohan, a kind and gentle farmer with a wife and three children who shares his rural culture and traditions with travelers. Mohan’s serene and pastoral farmland and fields in the village are filled with cows, goats and beautiful plots of local green vegetables. Mohan says, "I love nature and feel like I have everything I could want in the world - my family, beautiful farmland and the freshest vegetables.” Visit Mohan's village and learn about the life and craft of local artisans, visit his home and tour his working farm, and learn about Rajasthani vegetarian cooking with his wife and mother. End your visit with a freshly prepared meal while seated at their farm table overlooking the fields.

Inclusions

What's included

Private village and farm tour with your host Mohan
Jaipur hotel pick up and drop off
Cooking demo & home-cooked farm fresh vegetarian lunch

Itinerary

After the 1.5 hour drive from Jaipur, stop at Samode Bagh, a gorgeous property owned by a royal family in the countryside of Samode. Here you will be treated to a cup of tea or coffee before you depart in a car and ride 15min with Mohan to the Samode Village. You will take a walking tour through the village, exploring the working life of ironsmiths and artisans. You will then drive 10min in the car with Mohan to his farmhouse. At the 40-acre farm you will walk through fields of seasonal vegetables such as cauliflower, radish, carrots and aloe vera. You may even pick a few vegetables on your stroll back to the farmhouse to prepare a farm fresh meal with Mohan’s wife and mother. In an outdoor courtyard, you will watch Mohan’s wife and mother prepare a vegetarian Rajasthani meal. They cook fresh vegetables in homegrown spices over a wood fire and land will teach you how to grind fresh garlic chutney. You will then share this vegetarian Rajasthani meal with Mohan at the farm table. You might sample dishes such as gobhi hara tamatar ki sabzi (cauliflower cooked with green tomatoes and cumin), mogri aur balol aloo ki sabzi (a variety of beans and potatoes cooked in onions and spices), aloo ka jhol (potato curry), lasun dhaniya ki chutney (freshly ground garlic and cilantro chutney), bharwan deshi mirach (stuffed local green chilies), bhatwe ka raita (amaranth leaves in yoghurt), namkeen chawal (rice with vegetables), gahoon ki roti (wheat bread) and masala cchach (buttermilk with roasted cumin and rock salt). Your meal concludes with homemade chai made from milk from the cows you are surrounded by on this beautiful rural farm. Please note, this experience is not a professional cooking class or tour, rather it is meant to be a visit into an authentic, local home to meet a local person and share the culture and cuisine together.
30 min

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Pickup: Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by: Traveling Spoon

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
A 1-week cancellation policy applies to this experience. Please cancel at least 7 days in advance to receive a full refund.

How it compares in Jaipur

Its from-price is 293% above the median of the 455 day trips we list in Jaipur.
Its length is typical for the group.
By number of reviews it ranks 288 of 455.

About Jaipur

Jaipur, the Pink City of Rajasthan, is a royal capital of forts, palaces and bazaars set against the rugged Aravalli hills.

The old city's walls enclose a grid of streets painted terracotta pink, laid out in the eighteenth century by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II. At its heart, the City Palace mixes Rajput and Mughal styles, the honeycomb façade of the Hawa Mahal, the Palace of Winds, looks down on the street, and the giant astronomical instruments of Jantar Mantar still track the sun.

Top-ranked sights in Jaipur: Palace of Wind (Hawa Mahal), City Palace, Jal Mahal (Water Palace).

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