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Grassroutes Authentic Rural Holidays | Village Tours | Weekend Getaways ex-Mumbai and Pune

Ready for an Adventure? A journey through the heart of nature! The Ajobagad trek at Dehene offers breathtaking views, ca...
08/07/2024

Ready for an Adventure?
A journey through the heart of nature!
The Ajobagad trek at Dehene offers breathtaking views, cascading waterfalls, and a serene escape from the city.

Contact us via Call/WhatsApp on +918879477437 and book your adventure with Grassroutes Journeys!

🌧️ Escape city life and immerse in Dehene's monsoon magic. Enjoy working at a farm, village walks, and stream exploratio...
05/07/2024

🌧️ Escape city life and immerse in Dehene's monsoon magic. Enjoy working at a farm, village walks, and stream exploration. Savor breakfast, rice planting, fish pedicures, and painting. Relish lunch, whirlpool bath pool treks, and fun village activities. 🌿✨

Have you planned your rainy day trip yet?
To book your trip Call/WhatsApp +918879477437

It's that time of the year when everything is covered in a joyous shade of green! Dehene, a charming village surrounded ...
03/07/2024

It's that time of the year when everything is covered in a joyous shade of green!

Dehene, a charming village surrounded by lush mountains and a thousand milky waterfalls, invites you and your loved ones for a monsoon getaway between July 15th and September 30th, 2024. 🌧️🌿

Another year and yet another magical festival of a million fireflies. ✨Don't miss this season of fireflies in all their ...
26/04/2024

Another year and yet another magical festival of a million fireflies. ✨

Don't miss this season of fireflies in all their glory in our villages Purushwadi and Wanjulshet.

Call/WhatsApp - 887947737 for further details on booking your getaway trip.

The magic returns!!
04/05/2023

The magic returns!!

We hosted  grade 11 students at our village Purushwadi over the last 4 days.Grassroutes Learning Journeys are curated ex...
18/10/2022

We hosted grade 11 students at our village Purushwadi over the last 4 days.

Grassroutes Learning Journeys are curated experiential programs to help students understand rural India better.

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How conscious are you when planning a weekend getaway or a holiday?
26/09/2022

How conscious are you when planning a weekend getaway or a holiday?

Circa 2018 - driving to Dehene with our wild bunch of teammates. Also, this has to be our most literal   image.         ...
28/07/2022

Circa 2018 - driving to Dehene with our wild bunch of teammates. Also, this has to be our most literal image.

5 thing to do when you are visiting a village (Part 1) - 1. Cow dung flooring - not as yucky as one might think, quite t...
18/07/2022

5 thing to do when you are visiting a village (Part 1) -
1. Cow dung flooring - not as yucky as one might think, quite therapeutic instead!
2. Till the land - not as glamorous as it looks, its all about the balance!
3. Weight Lifting - every bit as difficult as you can imagine. Different communities have different versions of the “dumbbell”
4. Fill water in pots at a well or handpump - don’t forget to take it all the way back to your host families house. You may actually understand why water needs to be conserved.
5. Try a grinding wheel - also the absolute opposite of easy. Fun, absolutely!

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Stop and reflect!
13/07/2022

Stop and reflect!

A sleepy little village, Dehene wakes up to thundering clouds and disappearing mountains in July. Witness the drama firs...
08/07/2022

A sleepy little village, Dehene wakes up to thundering clouds and disappearing mountains in July. Witness the drama first hand. Visit Dehene , call or WhatsApp 8879477437 for booking enquiries. 📸

This one hits different! “Stop collecting places”  🚫- golden words by
04/07/2022

This one hits different! “Stop collecting places” 🚫- golden words by

The rains are here! Come spend a day at a village, soak in the untouched beauty of nature and relax in a mountain stream...
29/06/2022

The rains are here! Come spend a day at a village, soak in the untouched beauty of nature and relax in a mountain stream.

Consent being the key word here! Also, we literally fall off the chair in despair when someone says “we have a resort in...
28/06/2022

Consent being the key word here! Also, we literally fall off the chair in despair when someone says “we have a resort in so and so place and we employ the local villagers there - its such a great community based initiative, we like to give back, you know”. Umm… no thanks!

Nothing beats sitting on the floor, eating a home-cooked meal prepared on a chulha. Simplest experiences can often leave...
22/06/2022

Nothing beats sitting on the floor, eating a home-cooked meal prepared on a chulha. Simplest experiences can often leave a great impact on your memory, they will shake you and break you and make you reconnect with your roots!

Let us give you a breakdown of some key tourism terminology! Do let us know in comments if you have something more to ad...
22/06/2022

Let us give you a breakdown of some key tourism terminology! Do let us know in comments if you have something more to add!

You think you are strong and fit and lead an active lifestyle. Please be our guest, spend a day in life of a farmer and ...
20/06/2022

You think you are strong and fit and lead an active lifestyle. Please be our guest, spend a day in life of a farmer and we can talk.

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Grassroutes is an award winning social enterprise working to create livelihood opportunities for rural communities. We have chosen tourism as a method to drive the change towards a more conscientious and sustainable society. We are currently working in 15 villages across Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

Commercial tourism has been a respite to a country like India. It has so much to offer owing to the physical, cultural and ethnic diversity. While commercial tourism creates a market for the locals in a particular region, it is the outsiders who end up taking control. Setup a motel, resort, kiosk, food-stall etc. while the locals are left to do the menial jobs. That's where Grassroutes and its community based model steps in.

Community Based Rural Tourism

We work with Gram Panchayats and a village tourism committee is formed to ensure maximum involvement from all local households.We partner with local NGOs to enable better community mobilization. We spend a considerable amount of time ranging from six months to a year interacting and training the communities in hospitality and client facilitation. Dummy tours are conducted to help the community get hold of their newly honed skills. Once the training sessions are complete, we market these villages to draw tourist traffic.