Aerial view of Surangichi Foli estate, Dharbandora, Goa
Surangichi Foli

Dharbandora · Goa · Western Ghats

A rare plantation
estate, nestled in
the Western Ghats.

36.87 acres of managed land — a thriving orchard, year-round water, and existing infrastructure — minutes from the rhythm of Goa, worlds away from its noise.

An invitation

A canvas for meaningful, long-term work in one of India's quietest ecological corners.

Surangichi Foli is a single, contiguous 36.87-acre plantation estate in Dharbandora, Goa — 3.7x the size of the average managed estate in the region. The orchard is at near-full fruiting maturity. The water runs year-round. The roads, kitchen and cottages are already in place. What remains is a vision worthy of it.

We are open to conversations across acquisition, long-form partnerships, agricultural collaboration, and wellness or hospitality development. The land sets the pace; we are looking for collaborators who can match it.

36.87acres

Single contiguous estate

3.7x

Larger than Goa's average managed estate

~100%

Fruiting maturity across the orchard

500sqm

Existing built-up infrastructure

A red-soil pathway lined with palms inside Surangichi Foli

Strategically placed

Close enough to the beaches.
Far enough from the crowds.

The estate sits at a central, well-connected pocket of Dharbandora — within an hour of two airports and the coast, yet held inside the Western Ghats' quiet.

  • Dabolim Airport (GOI)45 min
  • MOPA Airport (GOX)80 min
  • Dudhsagar Falls60 min
  • Goan beach belt50+ min
  • NH-748 (Belgaum–Panaji)860 m

NH-748 is being upgraded to a four-lane highway between Belgaum and Panaji — a structural lift to access and to value.

Timba Falls, 26 km from the estate, set deep in the Western Ghats

The setting

The Western Ghats, a living sanctuary.

Surangichi Foli sits within one of India's cleanest EQI zones — air, water and forest cover increasingly rare elsewhere in the country. Timba Falls is a forty-minute drive away.

A thriving orchard

A self-sustaining ecosystem at near-full maturity.

The plantation has been planted with intent — varieties chosen for climate, market, and long arcs of yield. The trees are fruiting; the soil is alive.

A hand reaching up to a heavy cluster of green coconuts on a dwarf palm

Coconut

750 hybrid high-flowering dwarf trees

Ripening cashew fruit on the branch

Cashew

1,990 dwarf trees — Goa's state fruit

Clusters of green black pepper on the vine

Black Pepper

240 healthy Malabar-variety vines

Two ripe mangoes from the estate

Mango

150 exotic Goa–Maharashtra varieties

A soursop (Lakshman Phal) fruit growing on the estate

And the exotics, quietly.

Soursop (Lakshman Phal), Mangosteen, Avocado and other unusual flora share the canopy — a quiet wager on the future of premium, tropical produce in India.

October 2025 · After the monsoon

Walk the land.

The estate just after the rains — mist still on the hills, the canopy heavy and green.

Already built

Water, walls and roads — done.

What is rare about Surangichi Foli is not just the land — it is the quiet readiness. Four high-capacity pumps and multiple natural water bodies hold the orchard through every season. The bones of hospitality are already standing.

500 sqm built-up area
Across a farm office, a guest house, and structural provision for five cottages.
200 sqm food processing unit
Industrial-grade kitchen with attached cold storage — ready for value-added produce or hospitality use.
Year-round irrigation
Four high-capacity pumps and on-estate water bodies — a rare advantage for large-format development in Goa.
A high-capacity irrigation manifold on the estate
NH-748, the upgraded highway 860 m from the estate

Living water

The streams that run through it.

Beyond the pumps and reservoirs, the estate is threaded by natural streams — clear, shallow, alive. Water is the quiet engine of a plantation, and the soul of a place built for rest.

The monsoon is the estate's great gift — for months the springs and streams run full. The opportunity is to keep that abundance: with considered water preservation — rainwater harvesting, check dams, recharge ponds — the monsoon flush can be held and carried through the dry months, into a year-round natural water system that works with the land rather than against it. Alongside the estate's four pumps and existing water bodies, it means water need never be the constraint on what you build here.

Filmed in the monsoon, when the estate's streams run their fullest and the whole valley comes alive with water.

On our feed

The estate, in the everyday.

The seasons, the harvests, the quiet hours in between. Follow along on Instagram for a closer view of life at Surangichi Foli.

@surangichi

What this could become

A site that holds many futures.

Surangichi Foli is large enough, quiet enough and ready enough to host long-term, sustainable visions. Some of the directions we are open to:

01

Wellness retreats

A canopy-shaded site for residential wellness — yoga, ayurveda, slow-food, forest immersion.

02

Eco-villa community

Low-density, nature-integrated villas held inside a working plantation, with shared amenity infrastructure.

03

Boutique hospitality

A farm-to-table resort or cottage hotel — capitalising on existing kitchen, cottages and orchard.

04

Agricultural collaboration

Co-investment in produce, value-added processing, or specialty-export programs from the estate.

05

Something new

We are open to conversations we haven't imagined yet — projects with vision, patience, and care for the land.

Begin a conversation

We would like to hear what you have in mind.

Whether you are an investor, a hotelier, an agricultural operator or a curious neighbour — write, call, or message. We will reply.

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