Who can visit the farm?
Those who have interest in any area of biodiversity or hill farming can visit the farm with prior intimation and permission from its owner.
Who can stay at the farm?
Preference for farmstay will be given to students, scientists, academicians, environmentalists and others who are engaged in the study, research and documentation of Himalayan ecology and biodiversity.
Farmstay Accommodation
Govind had converted his ancestral stone and mud house to a two room cottage a few years back. The cottage was renovated in March 2017 with financial support from Kumaon Charitable Trust. The farmstay has two small and very simply furnished bedrooms, a washroom and kitchen with traditional wood fuel cooking place and modern LPG gas cooking facility. This farm stay welcomes Ethno Botanists, Plant Biologists, Apiologists, Herbalists, Entomologists, Photographers and Ornithologists who have specific academic interests in Kumaon Himalayan biodiversity. A maximum of four overnight visitors will be allowed to stay as the farm owners intend to restrict the footprint impact on local ecology.
Financial & Management Support by KCT
Govind Pant has been given an interest free loan by Kumaon Charitable Trust to renovate the Farmstay cottage. KCT is interacting with national and international universities as well as research institutions for channeling visitors with academic interests to the farm. Dr. Abhrajeet Roy, a neuroscientist and ethnobotanist associated with the University of Minnesota, and Arnesh Roy, involved in global trade activity, have visited the farm in the second week of March 2017. They were the first international visitors to the farm brought in by Kumaon Trust.