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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
read moreTrek to Kondana caves (Karjat)
Whole Sahyadris was now converted into the shades of greens and we were waiting for the weekend to arrive. This time we visit the Buddhist caves of Kondana situated on the mountain of Rajmachi (Karjat – Lonavala region). These are similar to the cave system of Kanheri (Sanjay Gandhi National Park – Borivali) but are very less in numbers as compared to Kanheri which is having almost 120 caves. Some groups use the wall above these caves for rappelling down as in monsoon it gives one a nice experience of waterfall rappelling. These caves have...
read moreTrek to Tungareshwar (Virar – Vasai)
This was the first monsoon trek of the year 2011. As there were many first timers with us we decided to do a simple trek this time and hence Tungareshwar was decided as it’s close to the city and can be easily accessed without any transportation problems. Tungareshwar is a hill with plateau at top situated between Virar and Vasai area. Its dense forest region and is a reserved sanctuary nowadays. There is a Shiv temple and an Aashram over there for which it’s famous and has more likely became as a picnic spot. We knew this and therefore we...
read moreTrek to Ghangad (Lonavala)
Finally we did it. Yeah ! Ghangad was planned by us twice but we failed both times. Read my Ulhas valley trek blog. This was the third time we planned for Ghangad and finally got it done. This was as a one day trek, it’s a short one and very cute one. Anyone can enjoy this trek like anything and so did we. The day started with journey from Mumbai to Lonavala in Indryani express in the morning 5.50 am. We travelled in the reserved coach. We were standing near the door and enjoyed the beautiful scenes of valleys which can be seen after Karjat....
read moreTrek to Songiri fort (Palasdhari)
We ended the year 2010 with lot of thrills and the last trek we did was Ulhas valley on 25th Dec 2010. It was now time to begin 2011 with some good trek. We decided to summit the fort of Songiri this time. The fort is also known as Palasdhari and is situated near Palasdhari station on the central railway line after Karjat station on the Khopoli line. So the plan was made and bags were ready. Total we were 11 people for this trek. 8 of us were going to travel by train and the rest of 3 members were going to meet us directly at the base village...
read moreTrek to Ulhas valley / Canyon valley (Lonavala)
It was 25th December and a day to be enjoyed in mountains for us. This trek was the most unique in history of TryTheThrill. The plan was actually something different, we were supposed to do Ghangad this time, but when we reached Lonavala the scene was different. So according to plan, we all reached Lonavala by Indrayani express train in morning at 8.15 am. We then headed towards S.T stand and we came to know that the first bus towards the base of Ghangad has already left and the next bus is at 12 pm. So we decided to do something else rather...
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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.