Makaibari retains 70% of its entire area under forest cover. At Makaibari, over twenety varieties of bamboos grow, together with a plethora of endangered species both in the plant and animal kingdom. Our forests are home to Bengal tigers, leopards, deers, boar, reptiles and over 300 bird species with the Pied Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) ruling the roost insects. The garden's pride is the "Tea Deva' the mimetic insect (Phyllium bioculatum) looking like a tea leaf first sighted in 1990 at Makaibari.
Welcome to Makaibari
'Makaibari' literally means Corn Field: "Makai - Corn & 'Bari '- Field. A Cornfield which transformed into a Tea Garden. Makaibari is the world's first tea factory that was established in 1859. Makaibari has pioneered Organic, Fairtrade and Biodynamic practices to tea and tropical agricultutre ; it was the first garden to be certified Organic in 1988, Fairtrade and Demeter in 1993. ''Partnership, not ownership'' is the idea which inspires most of Makaibari's Corporate Social responsibility agenda initiatives.
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