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Sahakari Spice Farm is situated amidst lush green surroundings at Curti, Ponda taluka which is very popular amongst tourists for its rich cultural heritage and magnificently designed places of worship.It is located on the main Ponda Belgaum Highway. A place of relaxation under the dense forest cover, an aroma of a variety of genuine spices coming from the trees grown around the farm, sumptuous lunch in traditional Goan style and other modes of entertainment are available at the Spice Farm. The terrain is covered with cashew nut trees.The farm is used to dissipate knowledge about the different spices and their medicinal values to the foreign as well as local visitors who since time immemorial are visiting India in search of spices and trading with Indians in different varieties of spices. Accessed via a bamboo bridge, around 5 km north of Ponda, this is one of the most popular farms with tour groups and visitors. An entertaining 45-minute tour of the spice plantation is followed by a banana-leaf buffet lunch. Elephant rides/baths are available for an extra Rs 700. It is a good two hour plus drive from Panaji but is definitely worth a visit.
