Meet the Farm Animals - Augustali Farm
You will be welcomed among the avenues leading to the olive grove to begin with a pleasant nature walk.
You will prepare a small aromatic bouquet that you will take with you.
You will visit the farm animals and learn firsthand about the curiosities and habits of Pantelleria's donkeys.
Finally taste the farm's wine with typical products.
The Experience in Brief:
- Walk through the aromatic garden
- Guided animal tour
- Donkey ride (reserved for children)
- Milking the baby goat
- Visit to farm animals and close encounter
- Aroma bouquet making and delivery to all guests, farmer's snack, tasting of a white and red wine ( reserved for adults)
Wine tastings are reserved for persons of age, as alcoholic beverages are not allowed to be served to those under 18 years of age.
Please report in advance any allergies and food intolerances or special needs.
We will welcome you among the avenues leading to the olive grove, vineyard, and organically grown citrus orchard for a pleasant nature walk.
- The first stop will be in the garden of aromas to enjoy a sensory game to discover the main aromatic plants of the Mediterranean.
- We will prepare together a small aromatic bouquet that you will take with you.
- We will visit together the 'animal area to know closely curiosities and habits of Pantelleria donkeys, dwarf horses, girgentane goats, docile bunnies and cute geese, ducks and chickens. It will be exciting to milk the goat, feed the animals.
- We move to the farm's vast meadow to meet the docile Augusta: on donkeyback we will walk slowly to be able to admire centuries-old olive trees, flowering arches, rare plants. The braying of other donkeys will tell us that it is time to dismount and accompany Augusta back to the paddock.
- You can expect the rich and genuine farmer's snack: homemade bread with honey, EVO oil, juice. In addition, for adults we will prepare the tasting of two wines the olive board, cheese and salami reflecting the typicality of the area
My name is Finella: I am a mother of 4 children, wife of a winemaker and entrepreneur in the world of wine and gastronomy.
I studied and worked in Sicily between Palermo, Marsala and had some study and work experiences abroad; but the passion for my land prevailed and, together with my husband we decided to bet on the family farm.
I had a dream: to create a place of relaxation in the middle of the countryside, where you can breathe family air, taste genuine dishes, enjoy good wines, and be in contact with animals and Mother Nature. In 2012, believing strongly in the educational and therapeutic approach of the countryside, I began to transform the family vineyard and olive grove into an "educational" classroom and created the first Educational Farm in the area. A year later I accidentally approached the wonderful world of bees and since then I became so passionate that I created an apiary, became a beekeeper and raise 7 families of bees; I welcome guests from all over to share this growing passion. But taking care of endangered insects was not enough for me and I ask for a fostering of a little donkey from Pantelleria to the Region of Sicily: "Quercia" arrives on the farm and from there I buy more donkeys; seeing my guests (big and small) happy to spend time on the farm leads me to take horses, chickens, rabbits, baby goats and other docile and tame animals.
But the other great passion, that for the land, the vineyards leads me to build the winery and produce authentic wines that are an expression of our territory. We make a vineyard in the hills for carriage rides, complete a tasting room among barrels and barriques. For 10 years I have been cultivating this dream and I see it come true day by day and I would like to share it with you!
The Activity will last about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Availability:
- Every day
- January 1 to September 30 and November 1 to December 31 - 2:00 pm
- From October 1 to 31 - 3:30 p.m.