Tropical Spice Plantation


Around 5km north of Ponda, this is one of the most popular farms with tour groups, so is often busy and probably best avoided by independent travellers on weekends. An entertaining 45-minute tour of the spice plantation is followed by a banana-leaf buffet lunch.


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