Vithura’s Government Jersey Farm will soon become Kerala’s first government farm to introduce farm tourism. The project is a joint initiative of the district panchayat, Animal Husbandry Department and Tourism Department.
“The Vithura Jersey farm was selected in view of its proximity to the forests and other untapped places nearby with tourism potential,” said Anavoor Nagappan, District panchayat president.
The Rs.2-crore farm tourism project includes developing 80 acres out of 200-acre farm area for tourism facilities, construction of separate enclosures, meadows or paddocks where tourists can view low-risk animals like kids and calves, create a medicinal garden, improving farm roads, constructing a cafeteria, guesthouse and 5 cottages for tourists and trekkers to Agasthyarkudam, Bonacaud and Kallar.
