Saputara sight seeing - 2


This will be a day wise series of the Gujarat Trip planned in the month of December. 
The days will then be merged for the final blog.

Day 12

Saputara Sight seeing - 2

Lazy day started only by waking up at 8am followed by some fun with the kids. We got ready followed by an impromptu visit to a strawberry farm. We picked strawberries and ate them fresh from the farm. We got back to our room and relaxed some more. We then left the room by 12noon. Today's destinations were all within 2km radius. We first reached honeybee center. The honeybees were kept in wooden closures where they live and produce honey as well. It also housed some beautiful flowers. Next we walked to the adventure park nearby. We had fun with the bumping cars and the kids also experienced the zipline. Next was the saputara lake where we had some maggi and lemon soda. Also got some pictures clicked. This was followed by a visit to the Saputara museum and a fish aquarium with different types of fishes. From there, the next walk was to the rose garden. It has some very beautiful rose flowers of varied colours. The garden was quite nicely maintained with gardeners watering the garden adequately. From there, we then walked towards the step garden. There was a small cafe inside where we had veg grilled sandwiches and tea. We explored the garden and clicked some pictures, spent some time there. It was then time to move on and have some more food. Right there was a chaupati serving street food like pav bhaji, pulav, chinese, omlette, sandwich etc. This was followed by another round of tea and finally back to the accommodation. We packed our luggage and loaded our car for the next morning.

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