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Reconnect with nature, experience forest living & cultural exchange in Nandora, central India

  • Última actividad : 30 jul 2025

DISPONIBILIDAD

  2025 

 Estancia mínima:  Al menos una semana

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    ABOUT THE PLACE

    Tucked along the Dev River, on the edge of a dense forest that merges into the buffer zone of Kanha National Park, lies the quiet Adivasi village of Nandora. Around 20 families live here, growing paddy, raising animals, and walking gently on the land.

    Just outside the village, I’ve found a patch of earth to call home. Since 2019, I’ve been slowly shaping a life here—building with mud, stone, and bamboo, growing food, collecting stories, and learning from the land and the people around it. Every wall, every path, every corner of this place has been built with bare hands and shared effort.

    This isn’t just a farm. It’s an open-ended exploration of how to live more honestly with the world—through natural building, regenerative farming, community exchange, and a deep respect for the land and its rhythms.


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    CURRENT WORK

    This monsoon season, we’re working with the rain and the soil:

    Planting seeds and young saplings

    Digging small trenches to hold water and slow erosion

    Building simple machaans (platforms) for climbers and creepers

    Weeding and tending to the land


    There’s no fixed routine here—some days are slow, others full of movement. The work is seasonal and shaped by the weather, the needs of the land, and the energy of those who are here.


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    WHAT WE OFFER

    If you're seeking a raw, grounded experience of rural India—this might be the place for you.

    You’ll get to live simply, close to the forest and the river. Help out in natural building, land care, and whatever the season brings. Share conversations, food cooked on fire, and stories under the open sky. You’ll also get a chance to connect with the villagers, who are always generous with their time, skills, and laughter.

    Our approach is deeply inspired by the Adivasi cultures of Central India—by their way of living with the forest, their songs and crafts, and their quiet resilience. Over time, we’ve built friendships, worked together, and tried to learn without rushing.

    We hope to keep this space open—for builders, farmers, artists, wanderers, and anyone seeking to live, learn, and contribute meaningfully.

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Proyectos artísticos
    Práctica de idiomas
    Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Cuidado de animales
    Ayuda en una granja
    Cocinar para toda la familia
    Ayuda doméstica
    Mantenimiento general
  • Intereses

    Intereses

    Eventos y sociedad
    Arte y diseño
    Actividades al aire libre
    Sostenibilidad
    Mascotas
    Agricultura
    Cultura
    Cuidado de plantas
    Jardinería
    Bricolaje y manualidades
    Cocina y alimentación
    Carpintería
    Arquitectura
    Animales
    Naturaleza
    Senderismo
    Acampada
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    The people in the village are extremely skilled and are also friendly, travelers benefit from the access to conversations with people living simple lives. To live in the tribal belt of India is a chance to gain insight into what it takes to live using only what is available in the natural surrounding. In the past we have learnt from them how to make things such as quilts, beds, brooms, to fermented beverages and there is no end to what one could learn here.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    Apart from helping in the garden and in the routine tasks of chopping wood and carrying water, we welcome all effort at experimenting with making things using locally available material, which we are lucky to have an abundance of.

    We dream of trying out new techniques to build structures, so anything that anyone may want to try out will be conducive to our general project. We're not out to get it right, we're more keen to explore the process and enjoy making and doing things, making do with what we have.
    We are up to ideate and discuss all possibilities.

  • Idiomas

    Idiomas hablados
    Inglés: Fluido
    Hindi: Fluido

    Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
    We hope to engage with the language that the Gonds, the Baigas, the Bhils, and other tribes that live in our surrounding area speak.

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    Volunteers may live with Harshit and his parents. They may also pitch tents anywhere, if they like.

    Important to note that as of now, we don't have a toilet, we take a little shovel and a mug of water and find a well hidden spot out in nature.
    We bathe in the river.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    With your time off, you can walk to the village and chat with the ammas and the dadas there, or you can wander into the jungle or spend some time by the water, or in the water, you can go fishing, you can roll in the sand, collect stones, climb up trees, watch the birds and the insects, you can explore the space, explore yourself.
    If you have a bike, you can go to villages that are further away and find people who are practicing crafts that interestsyou.

    Away from the village, Kirnapur is a well-developed major town that is closest to us. Nearby cities are Balaghat and Gondia.
    Nandora is a remote village and doesn't have access to public transportation, but we'll help find ways to get to where you want to go.

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    You may chose to bring your vehicle but do discuss it with us before you set out as the condition of the road that leads up to our land varies according to the seasons.

  • Podría aceptar mascotas

    Podría aceptar mascotas

    everybody is welcome as long as they don't threaten our furry and feathered friends.

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Más de dos

  • Mis animales / mascotas

    Mis animales / mascotas

    Profile photo of Snakes

    Snakes

    Not pets, you see them very rarely.

    Profile photo of Deers

    Deers

    Not pets but you'll always find them somewhere on the land.

    Profile photo of Chickens

    Chickens

    Profile photo of Kaju & Donut

    Kaju & Donut

    Profile photo of Miki

    Miki

    Profile photo of Chickpea

    Chickpea (8 meses)

    Profile photo of Peanut

    Peanut (8 meses)

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