Sahakari Spice Farm - Cassabe de Ponda

This is a well known place in Ponda. The entry fee of this farm is Rs. 400 each which includes the guided tour and the buffet lunch. It is a private property which is owned by Shahakari brothers. The food is authentic Goan food, and it is very tasty. Specially the rawa fry and chicken xacuti is awesome. I also must mention about the kokum juice. It is simply WOW. One should try at least once.

Sahakari spice farm is well known tourist destination in goa. This is my second visit in several years but the place retains its rustic charm, a perfect place to beat summer heat. You are welcomed with garlands and flowers followed by lemon grass tea. Later a guide will take you on a spice trail. They are well trained in speaking fluent english or hindi and add many comic lines during the tour which will make you smile. The spice tour is short hardly for 20-25 min max. The spices shown are usual we come across in any indian kitchen. Your mother might know many more. We specifically enquired for some spices but the girl response was not convincing. The tour only ensures that you are not given raw deal for 400 rs per head. At the end of the very short tour of maximum 5-6 spices the guests are given thanda dose of some water behind back which may embarass a few but has cooling effect. The good part is the food menu. Simple but tasty. No chapatis but very soft pao which you can savour with veg gravy dish or dried cabbage dish or chicken curry both are awesome. The vegetarian gravy has pieces of raw banana which adds to its taste. The chickrn curry is awesome and you will prefer to go for round 2 despite long queue. Fried fish and curry with bolied rice will leave spicy hot flavours in your mouth which you need to neutralise with few shots of kokam kadi. In dessert we had sweet rice which tasted nice. Remember water, soft drinks are chargeable. I only missed the complementary feni shot which was served few years back. Now you have only option of buying a bottle for 170 rs. Do buy some cashews from here as they are of good quality and taste better. All in all a good place to bring your relatives and friends from outside goa out for a lunch and brush your knowledge of spices

My sister, daughter and myself really enjoyed our visit to the Spice farm. The Welcome was joyful and nice and we were received with a glass of herbal tea. Then we were introduced to our guide Lucy. She was very nice, she took her time and had us engaged by asking us to smell and look and guess what the spice was.At the end of the tour she also gave us a shot of the local wine of Goa; the cashew feni.We finished our tour with an excellent meal.Thank you!

Visited on 19/03/2017 with 8 adults and 5 kidz .Starting with welcome drink they offer guided tour of about 45 min in 5 acres plant where their guide give complete and perfect details regarding all spiece and plant grown over their.Details of plants its polination period ,time all details related to plant in park.Speech given in tour by guides are easily understable and are not given only for the shack of giving they want us to understand every details regarding uses of all spieces.Why prices of all spieces are high etc.etc.During visit we sa plant of Vanila, Laving, Taz, Tamalpatra, Elaichi, Kaju and many more.After or before guide tour you are offered food.which include authentic local food with apetiser, Sabji, pav , jeera rice , dal, masala rice, Green kachumbar, papad , sweet rice , pickels.Also have non-veg food but no idea as I am vegetarian. Food offered was tasty.Inside the farm they have small shop near restaurant for selling spieces & other products of their farm.Must visit farm for enjoying and understanding the spieces.Cost was 400 per pax from child age 5yrs and above for all.

Went to the spice plantation with my hubby, it cost 400 rupees each and that was for a welcome drink, 45 mins tour, and buffet lunch... excellent value and a fab way to learn about spices.Drinks at lunch aren't included in the price and there is the opportunity to purchase some spices at the end... worth a visit!