Road to Edge: Backroad Southern Indian Farm Caravan
Hosted by the Indian Eco Village Network × @thelostmonk x @morellomunch, in partnership with Edge City.
Start: October 1 - Bangalore
End: October 11 - Goa
An 11-day field immersion into India's farms, ecovillages, food systems, and regenerative ways of living — built for the village-movement-curious heading to Edge City India.
Join Ashu (@thelostmonk) and Morello (@morellomunch) on an intimate road trip through 5+ remarkable farms and eco villages across Southern India, starting in Bangalore and ending in Goa in time for Day 1 of Edge City India.
On this caravan:
You’ll travel through farms, ecovillages, indigenous communities and coastal villages that reveal a more authentic India — one shaped by land, food, water, rituals, community and old wisdom
You’ll share farm-to-table meals, meet people who have lived with these landscapes for generations, join hands-on workshops, surf, kayak, practice yoga, sit in circles, and travel with a small group of people who are also curious about regenerative living and future communities.
You’ll also become part of a travel story documenting India’s farms, villages and living communities on the road to Edge City.
Confirmed 11-Day Plan
Day 1 — Bangalore → Madikeri
Welcome brunch, then depart Bangalore Creative Circus around noon. Arrive Madikeri for dinner at a private, off-grid farmstay on the region's highest mountain range.
Day 2 — Madikeri
Full day at Beforest, a forest-collective community building shared, regenerative land. Session on community living and how to build one, full collective tour, plus open time for peer-to-peer session shares.
Day 3 — Madikeri
Coffee and spice plantation tour — coffee economics, varietals, tasting, lunch on-site. Afternoon: traditional community visit and wild honey hunting (season permitting), then time with the Kodava tribe, learning their agriculture and way of life.
Day 4 — Madikeri → Varanashi Farm
Drive to Varanashi Farm. Farm tour covering permaculture, organic farming, water management, and regenerative agriculture, plus a visit to India's oldest cacao plantation. Lighter evening — travel day.
Day 5 — Varanashi Farm
Sunrise kayaking on Karnataka's backwaters, a working paddy farm, and the chocolate plantations. Session on soil biology, organic fertilizers, and microbial cultures. Afternoon: a neighboring farm's water-management system, with a local legend who's spent 30+ years digging water trenches.
Day 6 — Varanashi Farm
Hands-on chocolate-making workshop, a content creation workshop (peer support on posting and social media), open "each one teach one" time for anyone who wants to lead a session, and a closing cacao ceremony.
Day 7 — Varanashi Farm → Gokarna
A full road-trip day along a sacred coastal route, with stops along the way. Beach time on arrival, then evening at the ashram — known for yoga nidra — where we'll be staying.
Day 8 — Gokarna
Morning yoga, havan/yagna, and a yoga nidra session with the ashram's teachers — learning the philosophy and daily life of a spiritual community. Visit 4th-century temples.
Day 9 — Gokarna → Dandeli
Arrive at Jungli Nomad Village, a hidden co-living community on 150 forested acres. Campus tour, meals with the founders and local nature entrepreneurs doing regenerative work.
Day 10 — Dandeli
Co-working, peer-to-peer workshops, group content creation, a visit to the nature park, and closing ceremony.
Day 11 — Dandeli → Mandrem, Goa
Final brunch together, then on to Goa. From here: stay for Edge City India (25% off with code ROAD-TO-EDGE-GOA, extend at Jungli separately, booked on arrival, or head off on your own.
Itinerary is subject to change.
Who's Coming
We're building an intimate, high-agency, high-consciousness group of 8 to 12 people — a deliberate mix of local Indians and international regenerative practitioners:
Eco-village and regenerative community builders, from India and abroad
Content creators
Investors scouting regenerative opportunities
Nerds
Adventure seekers
People looking to regenerate themselves
Logistics
Arrive at Bangalore Creative Circus (12/2, Yeshwanthpur Industrial Suburb, Estate, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560086, India) by 10am for brunch and departure. We recommend staying at a hotel nearby.
One bus for the entire route. Minimal logistics on your end.
All meals included (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
All accommodation included — we stay at the farms and community spaces themselves.
We end in Goa on October 11.
Edge City India participants land Day 1 for opening ceremony. Tickets purchased separately — use code ROAD-TO-EDGE-GOA for 25% off.
Not going to Edge? Arrange your own onward plans from Goa or lean into the serendipity of who you'll meet on this Caravan :)
Meet the Hosts
Ashu — Founder of the Indian Eco Village Network: "If you want to build communities for the future, you need to learn from communities that have thrived from the past to now." Founder of the Indian Eco Village Network, prolific content creator on Instagram and YouTube.
Morello — Visited 40 eco-villages and communes in 2 years, content creator, and contributor to Supernuclear "If you're into solarpunk and living off the land, Indians are some of the most resourceful people — seeing these long-standing communities in action is a must."
About the Indian Eco Village Network
Indian Ecovillage Network is a platform documenting and connecting India’s farms, Ecovillages, off-grid communities, alternative learning spaces and regenerative living experiments.
About Edge City India
Edge City India is a three-week popup village on the beaches of Mandrem, Goa, running October 11–November 1, 2026 — bringing together hundreds of founders, builders, researchers, scientists, and creatives to live, work, and build together for three weeks straight.
It's the Indian edition of a global series — nine popup villages run over three years, from California to Bhutan to Patagonia — and the first time this community lands in India, one of the world's largest builder ecosystems. Think deep coworking by day, talks and demos through the week, and a peer group operating at the highest level — this time set against Goa's coast and hosted with local partners in the region.
Caravan participants get 25% off Edge City India with code ROAD-TO-EDGE-GOA — price increases monthly, so early is cheaper. Edge City ticket-holders may also get a discount on the caravan (confirm exact %).
Refund Policy
Given the complexity of the caravan's logistics:
100% refund if cancelled within 72 hours of application approval (up until September 20th)
50% refund for all cancellations up to September 20th
Free transfer (no fee) up until October 1st
What's Included / Excluded
Includes:
Accommodations (clean, modest, safe) — private rooms available for an upgrade
Three vegetarian meals per day (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Inter-location transport during the entire caravan
Workshops, circles, and facilitation
All activities
Excludes:
Travel to and from the beginning and end of the Caravan (i.e. flights to Banglore, flights from Goa)
Personal shopping and medical expenses
Travel insurance
Additional snacks
Visas
What to Pack
Weather ranges from cool mountain mornings in Coorg (around 17–19°C) to warm, humid days on the coast in Gokarna and Goa (up to 30°C+). Layers are your friend.
Clothing
Breathable layers — cotton or linen works well
A light jacket or hoodie for cool mornings in Coorg
Swimwear — for kayaking, farm water systems, and beach time
1–2 modest outfits (shoulders/knees covered) for the ashram, temples, and community visits
Clothes you don't mind getting a little dirty — farms, chocolate-making, honey hunting
A light rain jacket or poncho, just in case
Footwear
Hike-friendly shoes for farm and forest walks
Sandals or flip-flops
Water shoes or old sneakers for kayaking (optional)
Gear
Headlamp or flashlight — some of our stays are off-grid
Power bank
Dry bag or ziplocks for phones/cameras near water
Reusable water bottle
A journal, if that's your thing :D
Health
Sunscreen and a hat
Bug spray
Basic first aid + personal meds
Motion sickness tablets for the road days
Electrolyte packets
Nice to Have
Cash for local markets and rural stops
A little something to share if you're visiting the Kodava tribe or Jungli
Content creators: bring your gear, and a way to keep it charged and dry