By the end of the workshop, you should be able to:

1. Identify and explore a location for your homestay
2. Build a space using local resources
3. Be well informed about local flora and fauna
4. Create a marketing strategy to promote your homestay
5. Understand the special training needs for opening a wildlife homestay

There are many homestays in India but opening a Wildlife Homestay is a different ball game altogether. If you want to understand how you can earn more through a wildlife homestay with a similar amount of investment as you would do in a regular homestay, this is the place for you. In this workshop Rohit will tell you about the adventurous and profitable side of the wildlife industry in India. 

• Wildlife as a growing tourism industry
  – Understanding your niche
  – Finding a location that works
  – Identifying the limitations in wildlife tourism
  – Exploring the difference between wildlife homestays and others
  – Gaining knowledge about the local flora and fauna
  

• Creating your space
  – Using local resources to create your homestay
  – Strategising to increase repeat customers
  – Building a holistic space
  – Creating a unique marketing strategy
  
  
• Nurturing your homestay
  – Striking a balance between tourism and sustainability
  – Using the space as a medium for knowledge sharing
  – Creating a portfolio of indoor activities
  – Working with local groups for activities
  
  

• Marketing
  – Collaborating with wildlife enthusiasts
  – Creating outdoor activities for adventure and knowledge
  – Using influencers to reach your audience

Meet your host:

Rohit Saroha is a lawyer and wildlife enthusiast who left city life to start a wildlife camp in a forest. He says that he wasn’t born in wildlife but he was welcomed into it with open arms. Conserving wildlife and preserving this beautiful land, where they reside, is his foremost motto and this is what he wants to achieve with Mandaal Corbett.

You can follow Rohit at Mandaal Corbett.