Ayana/Farmstay

Sleep under the canopy, not above it.

5 forest cottages 3 guests each Irakaravalli, Sakleshpur 25 acres of coffee forest
₹5,000 / night · Check dates Breakfast included · No card needed to hold dates

A cottage in the forest, and the rest of the estate to wander

Hosted by Delight Eco Farms · Looked after by our on-ground team

Ayana sits at about nine hundred metres in Karnataka's Malnad country, twenty-five acres of robusta coffee and pepper growing under silver oak, with a spring-fed lake at the centre of it. Five cottages stand along a winding path around a sculpted zen garden. Nothing on the estate rises above the canopy — that was the rule the whole place was built to.

Your cottage is yours alone. A bedroom that opens straight into the forest, a pantry, a walk-in wardrobe, and a bathroom open to the sky, framed in rammed earth and local stone. Beyond the door: twenty-five acres of coffee forest, a zen garden, a spring-fed lake, and coffee you can walk out and pick.

What you get

01The whole cottage

One bedroom opening to the trees, a pantry, a walk-in wardrobe and an open-to-sky bathroom in rammed earth and stone.

02All your meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner, cooked on the estate and included in the rate. Tell us what you eat and what you avoid when you book.

03Getting around

Our team will point you at the waterfalls, the viewpoints and the drives worth doing nearby, and help you arrange the trip.

04The estate itself

Twenty-five acres of coffee forest, the zen garden, the lake and the plantation paths — walk any of it.

What's in the cottage

  • Bedroom open to the forest
  • Open-to-sky bathroom
  • Pantry
  • Walk-in wardrobe
  • Hot water
  • Power backup
  • Parking on the estate
  • No traffic noise, at all

All meals are included. Tell us your dietary needs when you book and the kitchen will have it ready.

Before you come

Check in2:00 PM
Check out11:00 AM
SleepsUp to 3 per cottage
Getting here~4.5 hrs from Bengaluru
  • It is a working plantation — please keep to the paths and let the team know before you wander far.
  • No pets, and no loud music after 10pm. The forest is the point.
  • The last stretch of road is estate track; a car with reasonable clearance is easier.
  • Phone signal is thin, but there is Wi-Fi at the cottage when you need it.

Where you'll be

Irakaravalli, near Sakleshpur, Hassan district — about four and a half hours from Bengaluru, and the last half hour of it is the good part.

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