Heritage · Food walks
Lakshmi Naidu
Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh
- Experience
- 9 years
- Rating
- 4.9 (132 reviews)
- Languages
- Telugu, Hindi, English
- Day rate
- from ₹1,800
Lakshmi works with Adivasi coffee cooperatives across the Araku valley, running estate walks that cover picking, pulping and roasting with the growers themselves rather than at a visitor centre.
Thursday trips are timed around the Araku market, which remains a working market for surrounding hamlets.
Credentials
- Andhra Pradesh Tourism registered guide
- Coffee Board of India — post-harvest processing certificate