Trek to Mruggad (Khopoli)

Posted by on Aug 8, 2011 in Treking Experiences | 2 comments

The pleasant weather around the Sahyadris was tempting us to climb another fort and this time we ventured into the less explored small and unusual fort of Mruggad also known as Bheliv chya killa. Situated between the sheer drops of Deccan plateaus and Kokan plains the fort has a brilliant moderate level trekking opportunity. We started off from Dadar station at 8 am on Saturday 6th august 2011 in a local train for Khopoli. Due to less frequency of direct Khopoli trains, this local was too much crowded but we all got seats. The train remained crowded until Karjat station. Train reached Khopoli...

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Trek to Gambhirgad (Dahanu road)

Posted by on Aug 1, 2011 in Treking Experiences | 0 comments

Last weekend of July, monsoon at its peak and we planned up to scale the mount Gambhirgad. The rare and pigmy fort of Gambhirgad stands tall on the border of the state Maharashtra and Union territory of Dadra – Nagar Haveli. Nearest station is Dahanu road (WR) which is about 50 odd kilometers far. The journey started from Mumbai in the Gujarat express train which dropped us to Dahanu road on exact time i.e 7.45 am. Now it was raining which did not stopped till we returned back in evening. We had breakfast outside the station and headed towards S.T stand which is in west side. We got a...

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