Ananta Group · Day Outings & Picnics
Discover refreshing day-out destinations and picnic resorts around Delhi NCR — farms, adventure camps and resorts within a short drive of the capital.
Delhi does not make you travel far to catch a breather. Within a two-hour drive — often much less — the city gives way to farmhouse lawns on the Sohna Road belt, adventure camps near the Dhauj rocks of Faridabad, and highway resorts running towards Manesar, Bilaspur and Rewari. That short radius is exactly why one-day picnics have become a fixture of life here: leave after breakfast, spend a full day outdoors and be back in time for dinner.
The appeal is practical as much as scenic. A day trip around the NCR needs no hotel bookings, no long drive planning the way a hill-station weekend does, and no flight tickets. Grandparents, toddlers and teenagers can all come along without the outing becoming a logistics exercise. Most picnic farms and resorts here work on simple day packages — entry, meals and activities bundled together — so families and groups know roughly what the day will cost before leaving home. For office teams, the maths is just as clean: one approval, one bus, one venue. Fuel, tolls and parking stay predictable, and nobody arrives exhausted.
The choice within this radius is wider than most people expect. Farm-style destinations around Gurgaon and Badshahpur lean on open lawns, rural games, long lunches and dance-floor evenings. The greener Aravalli pockets near Mangar and Dhauj add ziplines, rock-climbing setups and campfire-style seating for groups that want something more active. Resorts along the Delhi–Jaipur highway and around Rewari suit larger corporate and dealer gatherings, while water-park style resorts to the north of Delhi remain a summer staple for schools and colony groups.
This page pulls those options together — sixteen established picnic resorts, farms and adventure parks around Delhi NCR — along with honest guidance on choosing between them. A birthday party of twenty, a school trip of two hundred and a corporate team outing need very different things, so read the profiles, use the checklist further down, and shortlist two or three venues before calling. If you would rather have the whole day organised for you — transport, food and activities included — the Ananta Group team plans picnics and day outings across the NCR end to end.
Sixteen established farms, resorts and adventure parks that groups from Delhi, Gurgaon and the wider NCR regularly pick for day outings. Distances and setups vary, so shortlist by group type rather than by name alone.
Near Damdama Lake, Gurugram
A green, garden-style day-outing destination on the Gurgaon–Sohna side, Botanix works well for groups that want open space rather than a packed activity schedule. Shaded sit-outs, landscaped lawns and room for games keep mixed-age families comfortable, and the Damdama belt stays noticeably quieter than the city.
Shaded lawns minutes off Sohna Road
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Gurugram
Blowsom Farm is a straightforward, good-value farm outing on the Gurgaon side of the NCR — the kind of place where the day sorts itself out. Expect open grounds for cricket and volleyball, village-style food served through the afternoon, and enough space that a large group never feels crowded. Suits birthday parties, casual office outings and extended-family days alike.
Big grounds, unhurried farm food
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Dhauj, Faridabad
At the edge of the Dhauj rocks, Camp Wild leans into the adventure side of a picnic — a natural camping ground with activity-based day itineraries rather than manicured lawns. Groups usually spend the day rotating through outdoor challenges with a meal break in between. For college groups and corporate teams, the Aravalli backdrop does half the work.
Adventure-camp feel under Aravalli cliffs
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Gurugram
Madhavgarh Farm runs on a formula that works: keep people fed, keep them playing, keep the day moving. The farm-style setup around Gurgaon is known for rural games, folk performances and activity corners that hold school groups and extended families for hours. Meals are typically traditional North Indian fare, served farm-style through the day.
Rustic games and farm-style meals
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Badshahpur, Gurugram
Close to Badshahpur on Gurgaon's southern edge, Lohagarh Farms has built its following on the classic farmhouse picnic: open grounds, games you remember from childhood, dance-floor evenings and food that keeps coming. It handles big numbers comfortably, which is why school excursions and large family groups often land here. Weekends fill up, so early coordination helps.
Classic farmhouse picnic, big-group friendly
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Bilaspur, Delhi–Jaipur Highway (NH-48)
Positioned on the NH-48 corridor at Bilaspur, Club Platinum is the convenient pick for groups coming down the Delhi–Jaipur highway or from Gurgaon and Manesar. As a resort-style property with both outdoor and indoor space, it regularly hosts dealer meets, corporate day outings and family functions that need a little more structure than a farm picnic.
Easy highway access from Gurgaon and Manesar
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Delhi NCR
A modest, dependable day-outing option within the NCR, Aravali Resort keeps things simple: open space, group seating, food arrangements and room for games. It is the sort of venue that works when the brief is an easy day out without a long drive or a complicated itinerary. Check current day-package inclusions while booking, as offerings are updated seasonally.
Simple, easy-going day-outing venue
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Mangar, Faridabad
Mangar village sits in one of the greener pockets of the NCR, and Farm Aravalia makes the most of it — a farm-day setting with the Aravalli ridge close by. The mood here is slower than the activity-farm circuit: long meals, walkable grounds, space to sit and talk. Couples after a quieter day out and small family groups tend to appreciate it most.
Quiet Aravalli-belt farm day
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Jhajjar, Haryana
Joygaon, in the Jhajjar belt on Delhi's western side, runs a rural-themed farm day that feels deliberately old-fashioned in the best way. Village activities, traditional games, swings, folk entertainment and a heavy focus on food define the outing. For Delhi and Dwarka-side groups it is a convenient drive, and the theme keeps children engaged without screens.
Rural-theme day with old-school games
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Delhi NCR
Camp Deva offers a camping-flavoured alternative to the standard resort picnic, with outdoor activities and open-ground games forming the core of the day. It suits groups that want the outdoors to feel like the outdoors — grass, trees and space to run — while meals and basic arrangements stay handled. Worth checking group-size fit before finalising very large bookings.
Camping feel with meals handled
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Delhi NCR
Rangmanch Farms is built around group entertainment — the kind of venue where the itinerary carries the day. Activity rounds, stage-style performances and games are scheduled through the outing, with meals slotted in between. Large family functions and office groups are its natural audience, and the format suits groups whose members would rather watch than participate.
Scheduled activities carry the day
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Delhi NCR
Golden Huts pairs a resort-style setup with hut-themed seating and dining corners, giving group outings a bit of character without leaving the NCR. It caters to day picnics as well as longer functions, so the infrastructure — seating capacity, service staff, food variety — is more permanent than a pure activity farm. A sensible middle path for mixed corporate-family bookings.
Resort comfort with hut-style charm
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Rewari, Haryana
On the Rewari side of the NCR, Hans Resort is a full-service stop for groups that want resort polish at picnic budgets. Day outings, weddings and corporate functions all run through its grounds, which means the kitchen and service setup is used to volume. Groups coming from Gurgaon and south-west Delhi find the highway run straightforward.
Full-service resort on the Rewari side
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Dhauj, Faridabad
EOD — short for Every Other Day — is the adventure park of the Dhauj belt, where a picnic means zip lines, obstacle courses and rope activities between meal breaks. School groups and corporate teams make up most of the crowd, and instructors typically run the activity circuit in rotations so the day stays organised even with large numbers.
Ziplines and obstacle circuits at Dhauj
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Rewari, Haryana
Park Ridge serves the Rewari side of the NCR, a direction groups often overlook. The resort format covers the picnic essentials — lawns, group dining and indoor backup space — with enough grounds for games and evening entertainment. For corporate offsite-style day trips and large family bookings along the Gurgaon–Rewari corridor, it keeps travel short and logistics simple.
Handy for the Gurgaon–Rewari corridor
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North Delhi
The closest thing to a water-park day in this list, Just Chill on Delhi's northern side is a summer fixture for schools, colonies and informal office groups. Water rides and pool time dominate the warmer months, with food and seating packages built around them. For groups based in North and West Delhi, it removes the highway drive from the picnic altogether.
Water-park style day without leaving Delhi
EnquireTen practical checks that separate a smooth day out from a stressful one. Run through them before you pay any advance.
Anything past two hours door-to-door starts eating the day. Map your route at the actual departure time — Sunday-evening traffic on the highway routes can nearly double the trip.
Confirm the venue's comfortable capacity, not its maximum. A farm built for 200 feels cramped at 400 and empty at 30 — ask what headcount slab your group falls into.
Families need shade, food flexibility and short walks for elders and kids. Corporate groups need activity sequencing, announcements and space to split into teams. Different venues do these well or badly — be clear which day you are planning.
Ask what is included versus chargeable. A full activity board means little if half of it costs extra per head — get the included list in writing before you compare venues.
Fixed menu or buffet, how many rounds of refreshments, and whether Jain and veg-only counters are handled properly. Food is where most picnic complaints begin, so sample menus matter.
November to March is prime picnic season; summers push groups towards water parks and shaded farms. Whatever the month, ask the venue directly about its rain plan and covered areas.
Check parking capacity against your vehicle count and whether the approach road handles buses. If elders are joining, ask about walking distances from the parking to the dining area.
Good venues book out two to four weekends ahead in season. Confirm the date, headcount slab, menu and payment terms in writing — a phone confirmation is not a booking.
Day packages are usually priced by headcount slab. Get the final figure including taxes and transport — surprise line items around food service and activities are the most common complaint.
For winter fog or a surprise shower, an indoor hall or covered dining area saves the day. Ask exactly what happens if the weather turns — good venues answer this without hesitation.
The same radius around Delhi serves very different days out. Here is how the farms and resorts above map to the groups that visit them most.
Farm destinations with lawns, simple games and steady food service — Botanix, Madhavgarh, Lohagarh and Joygaon are the comfortable picks. Go mid-morning on a weekday if elders and toddlers are in the group.
Open grounds, music-friendly lawns and activity circuits suit a friends' day best. Camp Wild Dhauj and EOD add adventure to the format, and most farms are happy to hold a corner of the ground for your group.
Quieter venues work better than the big activity farms — Farm Aravalia in Mangar is a good example. Weekdays are noticeably calmer than weekends, and several venues offer slower, garden-style afternoons rather than structured itineraries.
Resorts along NH-48 and the Dhauj belt are set up for office day trips, with activity rotations and buffet-style dining. Venues such as Club Platinum and Hans Resort handle larger headcounts without the day feeling crowded.
Capacity, safety briefings and instructor-led activities decide these trips. Rangmanch, Lohagarh and EOD run scheduled rotations that keep large batches occupied through the day — always confirm supervisor ratios while booking.
A farm day travels well for birthdays — decorations, cake-cutting on the lawn and games for guests of all ages. Blowsom and Lohagarh are popular for this format; confirm decoration and cake arrangements while booking.
A farm or resort day out does something a conference hall cannot: it takes people off chairs and puts them on a lawn. Around the NCR, the corporate picnic has quietly become the most practical team format — one day, one venue, no flights, and everyone back home the same evening. The Dhauj belt and the NH-48 corridor between them cover everything from adventure-based team days to relaxed resort-style gatherings.
The venues on this page regularly host corporate day trips, dealer meets and employee-family days, so group dining, activity rotations and announcement setups are routine for them rather than exceptions. Team games and team building activities slot naturally into the morning hours, and venues near Dhauj can add instructor-led outbound training for groups that want the day to do real developmental work. Informal offsites, client-days and celebration lunches all follow the same pattern — the venue handles space and food, the agenda keeps people together.
If you would rather not run the coordination yourself — buses, headcounts, menus, weather backup — that is exactly the work our corporate event management team handles every week, from venue shortlisting to on-day manpower.
Straight answers to the questions groups ask us most often before planning a day out around the NCR.
The established names around the NCR include Botanix Nature Resort and Madhavgarh Farm near Gurgaon, Camp Wild Dhauj and EOD Adventure Park near Faridabad, Lohagarh Farms in Badshahpur, and highway resorts such as Club Platinum, Hans Resort and Park Ridge towards Rewari. The right pick depends on your group — families usually prefer farm-style lawns, while corporate teams get more out of activity-based venues.
Farms with shaded lawns, simple games and flexible meal timings work best for families — Botanix Nature Resort, Madhavgarh Farm, Lohagarh Farms and Joygaon Farm are all comfortable choices. If elders are travelling with you, pick a venue with short walking distances and covered dining, and avoid peak-summer afternoons.
Yes — one-day picnics are the standard format around the NCR. Most farms and resorts on this page run day packages that bundle entry, meals and activities, typically from late morning to sunset. You can leave after breakfast and be home by dinner without any overnight stay.
The Gurgaon–Sohna side has Botanix Nature Resort near the Damdama belt, along with Madhavgarh Farm, Lohagarh Farms in Badshahpur and Blowsom Farm. On the highway side, Club Platinum Resort at Bilaspur works well for larger and corporate groups coming from Gurgaon or Manesar.
Confirm the final per-head cost including taxes, what activities are included versus chargeable, the menu and number of meal rounds, indoor backup for bad weather, parking for your vehicle count, and the venue's comfortable capacity for your headcount. Get the date, headcount slab and payment terms in writing.
Very much. Venues around Dhauj, Gurgaon and the NH-48 corridor regularly host corporate day trips, team outings and dealer meets, with activity circuits and group dining built in. If you want the day professionally managed — transport, agenda, activities and food — an event team such as Ananta Group can plan the outing end to end.
For weekends between October and March, two to four weeks ahead is a safe buffer — peak-season Saturdays go first. Large groups above 100 people and school trips should lock dates even earlier. Off-season and weekday outings can usually be arranged at much shorter notice.
Tell us about your group, preferred date and outing requirements, and we can help you explore suitable options.
Weekday and off-season dates are easier to book — plan two to four weeks ahead for peak-season weekends.