Ahupe Ghat to Bhimashankar Trek
Writing a blog after a long time guys..Please bear with the language. Will try to be as nicer as possible but read at your own risks! We had been busy with our Vikatgad Initiative all the past months and we hardly did any exploration of other places these days. I had this plan for Ahupe to Bhimashankar since last two years but it was just a plan, finally we executed it on 1st-2nd September 2012. Let me give you a short summary about this trek. Basically Bhimashankar is a place having loads and loads of routes coming from all directions. Ahupe Ghat is an old passing route which connects Deccan...
Read MoreTrek to Mruggad (Khopoli)
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...
Read MoreTrek to Gambhirgad (Dahanu road)
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...
Read MoreTrek to Peb / Vikatgad via Matheran (Neral)
Pleasant weather all over the Sahyadris, third week of July when the rains are being showered on all the mountains, nature at its best and we leave our homes to venture out and explore the Vikatgad situated near Matheran. Vikatgad also known as Peb fort is a small fort situated just next to Matheran with a small ashram of Swami Samarth at top. It can be accessed from two ways, one goes directly from a base village near Neral station while other goes from the toy train track of Matheran. A narrow ridge joining between Matheran and Peb can be easily located from local train while travelling...
Read MoreTrek to Tandulwadi (Saphale)
TryTheThrill members this time headed towards the less explored region of Sahyadris i.e towards Palghar. We were about to scale Tandulwadi, a small fort situated near Saphale station (ahead of Virar on Palghar railway route). This is small fort with flat top and dense forest around it. There are few ruins and water tanks on the top of the fort. We started off in Virar local from Borivali at around 6 am and reached Virar at 6.45 am, we had hot samosas as a part of our breakfast in this journey. Thanks to the team member who brought delicious hot samosas for us. There is quite a good frequency...
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I am a Trekker, Hiker, Nature lover, Bird watcher, Star gazer, Explorer, Pianist, and much more. Currently am learning Animation and doing freelancing on web development.
I started Trekking nearly when I was 15. I love mountains and that is where I enjoy the most beautiful moments. Thrilling places, difficult terrains, mesmerizing views are things which inspire me.