About
About El Tierra
Located in the pristine forests of the Western Ghats in the Hassan Belt, El Tierra is a 33+ acre tract of scenic beauty that offers an urban lifestyle along with an unadulterated connection to nature. Made for those who want to keep their roots while they enjoy modern amenities and convenience, it’s a closed community for like-minded people.
The name ‘El Tierra’, meaning “The Earth’ in Spanish, is a choice we made in the hope that all of us can come together as a community with our shared love for nature.
El Tierra’s mission is to promote India’s ancient and sustainable way of life. This way of life is not only sustainable but also regenerative, leaving the land in better condition than it was found. We grow our own food and strive to keep the land plastic-free. On the farm and farmhouse, one can observe many different types of agricultural practices, including zero residue farming, permaculture, sustainable farming, and precision farming. The farms enjoy the freedom to practice diverse techniques and philosophies, to produce organic food for the community in a sustainable way.
From the moment you arrive, you will be immersed in El Tierra’s lush gardens and peaceful surroundings. So come to El Tierra and Embrace Your Greener Self.
Embrace Your Greener Self
El Tierra offers a unique opportunity to live a healthy lifestyle in a supportive community. Our members share a commitment to physical and mental health, and our goal is to provide them with the tools they need to live a healthy, balanced life.
Our idea is to encourage and instil the lost sense of community and sharing that binds people together within the framework of a healthy life and a healthy lifestyle. In recent years, we have learnt from experience that close-knit communities that can value the subsequent togetherness are the key to happiness. Holding each other’s hands and working with one another got all of us past the pandemic. The need to be closer to nature and to live a life that is endowed with fresh air and by having a relationship with our land has increased with the growing awareness as well. As urban settlers, we may not be able to experience it considering our lifestyles demand some reliance on the amenities we have gotten used to.
At El Tierra, we hope to bridge the gap between the two.
What if you could experience the richness of being within a self-sustainable community around the natural landscape and yet have the amenities you need?
A healthy lifestyle includes more than material things.
Our on-site yoga studio is perfect for those who want to unwind after a long day, and our hiking trails are ideal for getting some fresh air. For a truly unique experience, our members can participate in fish therapy at Kaginare, which has been shown to have numerous benefits for mental and physical health. In addition, we offer meditation classes, the opportunity to stay at Amayaa – our courtyard homestay at Hassan, and breathtaking views of the Mookana Mane Falls, Mallali Falls, Hosalligudda, Manjarabad Fort, and Bisle Ghat.
About The
Founder
Vathsala
Ms. Vathsala has a wealth of knowledge and insight when it comes to conceptualizing and running businesses. She founded her first business, Bonito Design – A Luxury Interior Design Firm in Bangalore, when she was just 21 years old. She was able to employ and manage about 400 people within the same. By co-founding Trippy Wheels she encourages and enjoys travelling in caravans thus allowing for a better relationship with the land one travels on. She has gone on to establish more than five additional successful companies alongside.
El Tierra is her newest venture, perhaps natural progress from Bonito and Trippy Wheels; the perfect combination of a comfortably luxurious lifestyle but without forgetting Mother Earth.
Ms. Vathsala always believed that she intended to make an impact on the world and is now a serial entrepreneur with more than 14 years of experience in her industry. She achieves to do just that with El Tierra as well.
Vathsala hoped to find balance in her life and was therefore looking for a place where she could work from home albeit amidst the peace and tranquillity of village life. She has been looking for a place where she could make the most of both the hustle and bustle of city life and, the peace and quiet of rural life. Her latest initiative to convert a luxury house on the highway near Hassan into a homestay for travelers is conceived in a similar thought.
As she creates and sows the seeds of El Tierra – a place where one can find harmony with nature, she hopes to extend a warm hand of welcome to everyone who may seek the same sense of serenity in their mundane. Our dream to work in nature may be coming alive under her expertise!
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Mission
Live The El Tierra
Experience
El Tierra offers a unique opportunity to live a healthy lifestyle in a supportive community. Our members share a commitment to physical and mental health, and we offer a variety of activities and amenities to help them achieve their goals.
Our on-site yoga studio is perfect for those who want to unwind after a long day, and our hiking trails are ideal for getting some fresh air. For a truly unique experience, our members can participate in fish therapy at Kaginare, which has been shown to have numerous benefits for mental and physical health. In addition, we offer meditation classes, the opportunity to stay in the courtyard homestay at Hassan, and breathtaking views of the Mookana Mane falls, Mallali falls, Hosalligudda, Manjarabad Fort, and Bisle Ghat.
