Tropical Spice Garden, Goa. : A Nature Delight

No wonder Goa is the charm for Indians to binge party, while soaking in the delightful aura and splendid fun.

However, the charms and fun beauty of goa aside, there is also as solid a reason to vacay your holidays : getting close to nature delight!

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Where it is located?

: Keri ( Ponda)

Hop in to the entrance of it, and the vibe is sure to delight you inside out. Well, how does it sound to you if someone welcomes you with a white-fragnented flower garland ready to adorn it around your neck? Also, what's top of such hospitality is that you're just served with aromatic lemongrass ginger tea with no preservatives as it is freshly prepared by the keepers of spice garden right there and just fresh.

Spread over many acres, this welcoming gesture and drink just gives you a cover for what's inside of that is up for a mesmerising tour to the garden.

Right after you receive the hospitality, you're then served with a guide which communicates you in your preferred language whether hindi, English, French or other and directs you towards the whole garden that grounds various spice and country's endogenous plants species.

As you hop along with the guide, you not only get to receive the information of each and every plant species the guide shows you but even the history of the plant for when and how it came to be introduced in the country, its medical benefits and other uses. And if it is less, you can always ask them out about any surprising thought or question that may arise.

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Interesting spice plants like black pepper cardamom, nutmeg, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, chillies, corriander are all set to get your eyes muster about and your nose refreshed with their aroma. And how about some vanilla and coffee plants? As satisfying they are to look at, much more than that is their aroma tingling and jostling with your nose and getting your nerves a fresh refreshing touch.

Just can't think of better heaven on earth than it, can you?
Walk another mile and you find tropical trees like cashew, Areca nut (betal nut), apple, banana, papaya, pineapple, citrus fruits : all freshly assembled fruits you'd wish to serve your taste buds there and then. Well if you wait till the tour on the garden ends, you will get presented by Goa's cuisine or I better say spice garden's special retreat cuisine.

Exquisite goan lunch is all ready to be served at your disposal, all amidst the nature with a roof - just between a lake where you see a kingfisher diving its prey and goose swimming over the water with some water plants on it, and the garden you just hopped around.

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There sounds no better way to top-off the tropical garden tour than having this buzzing food where all people gather around irrespective of any gender and ethnicity and tumble with the vibe, is there?!

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When I lunched there they served, kaju fenu (world famous as they say), rice/jeera rice, dal, veg curry, potato, veggies, chicken xacuti, prawns curry, wholewheat bread, papad, pickle, sweet fish, fruits and many more. Also they keep changing menu based on availability, but every time they do it's just would just seem an another delight.

Tropical lunch is feast not for your stomach but for your senses as well.

What's more : various spices and other novelties for medical purpose are up for you to shop at.