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Raan Guhagar is an eco-living hostel & campsite located on the pristine Konkan coast of Maharashtra.

09/04/2026

Olive-ridley turtle hatching is at it’s peak now, occuring everyday at the beach. It’s expected to continue all the way till mid-May! 🐢

12/02/2026

Raan Guhagar just won silver at the Outlook Responsible Tourism State Awards, hosted by Maharashtra Tourism, under the Guesthouse/Small Hotel category!

Its truly humbling for us to have recieved this award in our first year of full operations, and to be part of the beautiful community created by the good folks at
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Every member of the Raan family: the team, our guests, and our countless wellwishers and cheerleaders have made this possible!

Your infinite love and positive energy has helped us grow, never doubt our plans (despite how crazy they've been) and give us hope that we can reach higher and higher on our missions of sustainability & conservation! 🍃

25/01/2026

Even as the core intention behind Raan was the conservation of indigenous culture and ecology, it has also evolved into a space deeply rooted in slow travel.

As we grew, we began noticing a worrying trend. Guests booking from Friday to Sunday arrived with a very different energy than those who stayed longer: rushed consumption instead of meaningful connection. Many places in Maharashtra are unfortunately labelled only as “weekend getaways,” leading to overcrowding and strain on local resources, and Raan was beginning to be seen the same way.

To break this pattern, we introduced a minimum three-night stay policy. It has worked wonderfully, creating more space for deeper engagement and nurturing the beautiful, ever-growing community at Raan.

Along this journey, we also observed some positive by-products of slow travel we'd like to share:

Support for diverse local incomes – Longer stays mean deeper engagement with local guides, operators, home kitchens, farmers, artisans, transport providers, and more.

Lower carbon emissions – Fewer rushed sight-seeing trips and less frequent travel to and from the destination reduce the carbon cost per day of a stay.

Self-discovery – Without the pressure to “do it all,” we slow down, listen more, and often reconnect with our own rhythms, thoughts, and questions.

Cultural depth and diversity – Spending more time in one place allows us to understand the nuances, layers, and diversity of local culture and heritage.

Greater income stability for locals – Predictable, longer stays create steadier demand for local services, reducing dependence on volatile weekend tourism and seasonal spikes.

When we slow down, travel is no longer an escape route, but a means of connection.

19/01/2026

Over the last two weeks, Shraddha () has been diligently picking up and clearing glass bottles from the beach, cleaning and then painting them. And just like that – we have a Bottle Art Corner at Raan!

You can now spend a day by the pool, artcycling bottles, we'll provide you all the paints and brushes. Once you're done you can leave it here for us to display or take it back home with you.

15/12/2025

While we really love and admire all the wonderful souls that visit us, we have to admit – we have a soft corner for solo travellers. Raan was designed for solo travellers and we promise to always be a safe haven for you'll ❤️

09/12/2025

There are many things we should blame the government for – poor roads, deep-rooted corruption and systemic inefficiency. But when it comes to trash in our natural ecosystems we need to stop blaming the authorities, villagers, the "poor", and our lack of "civic sense". The worst habit we have as Indians, with our elitism and classism, is to blame all our failures on our population.

The real problem with our trash crisis is due to this very "educated" urban class. We are consuming single-use plastic left, right and centre – being "good" citizens and disposing our trash in dustbins, even being responsible enough to segregate. But after it's out of our sight, we do not question where it will go and assume it will be recycled. The uncomfortable truth we are avoiding is that the recycling of plastic is a myth, one we believe to justify our mindless consumption. Plastic can only be downcycled it cannot be infinitely recycled.

We went on a hike to a remote beach in Guhagar, far from any settlement, and we found trash from other "developed" countries also on the shore. This only proves that this is a global crisis, and even they haven't found an actual solution to deal with their plastic waste. There are over a 100 million tonnes of plastic debris in our oceans and this number is growing rapidly.

In the monsoon, Guhagar beach turns into an 8 km long landfill, repulsing many urban visitors who expect a white sandy beach. They then go on to comment on how corrupt the local panchayat is or how dirty the local villagers are. The irony is that that very waste probably originated in the cities and is greeting them again on the beach.

So...what can we actually do?

🚫 Boycott brands that package in single use plastic. Write to them & ask them to package sustainably.
👩🏽‍🌾 Carry a steel bottle and homemade snacks when we travel. Eat from local outlets that cook fresh homely food.
🏭 Stop investing in companies that package products unsustainably.
👩🏽‍💻 Do not work in marketing for brands that produce products packaged unsustainably. It should become shameful to promote packaging that is poisoning our ecosystems.
🗣️ Talk about the crisis with friends & family!

05/12/2025

After weeks of interviews, editing, translations and with immense love – Tvesha's digest on the humans at Raan is finally ready!

Find the digest in our cafe and learn more about their stories, passions, inspirations and aspirations. You might find a thing or two in common with the kakis, share travel tips with the girls and get amazed by the sheer determination of the ops team.

thank you for this ❤️

02/11/2025

This sunset was truly special. The calm October sea, a low tide and a thunderstorm approaching from the East combined to create a dramatic evening.

We were a diverse group of travellers that met at Raan & bonded quickly over our shared love for nature. We hiked past the boulders and up the cliff as a team, reaching the sunset spot right in time for the elements to paint a vibrant picture across the sky. And if it couldn't get more crazy, we looked behind to see a DOUBLE rainbow!

We'll be visiting this spot regularly over the next few months, and you can expect beautiful sunsets all through November, once we're done with this frustrating spell of unseasonal rain. Looking forward to sunny days and more such sunsets ☀️

11/10/2025

Another year, another monsoon ✅️

Some snaps from the end of the season, with amazing energy from all the beautiful people visiting us.

With the rains almost gone – cycling, kayaking, stargazing and more treks to open up soon!

01/09/2025

"Right from the very first glance, be it the website or word of mouth, Raan made its intentions clear. If you come here, you come on nature’s terms. The experience isn’t designed as a catharsis for entitled, urban dwellers to wash away our stress at the expense of local communities and nature.

In my time here, I met such travellers too, the ones who tried to cram everything into two days – kayaking, waterfalls, turtles. The wild doesn’t work like that. You can’t kayak during the monsoon without risking being swept into the sea. You won’t see turtles unless it’s hatching season. You don’t trek to waterfalls when it’s been raining for days. The forest and the forest alone sets the calendar.

And slowly, the way of living here began to reshape mine. The rules that had felt restrictive at first started making sense to me after two weeks of living comfortably with them."

- Excerpts from Ankita Raina's blog post – 'Deconditioning without Air-Conditioning'.

Read the whole piece on our website (scroll to the blog section right at the bottom of the homepage).

12/08/2025

🌊🧘‍♀️ Flow into your happiest self this October!

From October 2–5, join Vaibhavi at Raan Guhagar for 4 days of movement, meditation, reconnection, swims, forest trails and many other activities.

✨ 6 specially curated yoga sessions
✨ Wellness rituals & healthy local meals
✨ Nature walks & natural-pond swims

We’re super excited to launch this retreat and have you over! Pack your bags and your curiosity — the Konkan coast is calling! 💙✨

For more information, please check the link in our bio or DM us.

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Aregaon
Guhagar
415703

Website

http://baugguhagar.com/

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