cave / Day Trip / fort / lonavala / monsoon / nature / trek / waterfall
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Aug 9, 2025
Visapur fort doesn’t often get the limelight. The neighbour, Lohagad Fort, is an extremely popular monsoon destination because of its history and also the relative ease of the climb. The climb to the top...
The Pune-Mumbai train journey has always been famous for its “ghat sections” – the hills, bridges and tunnels. The stretch is even more beautiful in the monsoon when the entire route becomes green and...
Day Trip / drive / heritage / monsoon / nature / temple / tradition / village
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 9, 2025
You have everything in this scenic road trip so close to Pune (near Saswad). Small hill temples (option to climb or drive to), remote rolling hills with kuchcha roads (but can be driven on...
Day Trip / flowers / fort / heritage / monsoon / nature / temple / travel / trek / village / wai
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 6, 2025 · Last modified Aug 8, 2025
A great location, a scenic drive, an easy climb, awesome views, significant history and topped up with great local Maharashtrian food make the Raireshwar Fort visit an amazing monsoon day trip. Until about a...
Day Trip / monsoon / Narayanpur / nature / trek / view point / waterfall
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Aug 30, 2024
Panvadi Ghat is a place so close to Pune, yet so remote! My first visit to this valley was in 2016 and it has been a regular on my list for every monsoon since...
Day Trip / drive / monsoon / Narayanpur / nature / pune city / temple / village / walk
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 28, 2024
Around Saswad, there are so many small hill temples. The entire region towards the back side of Purandar and Panwadi has lot of villages and invariably many of their have the local deity on...
Day Trip / fort / heritage / monsoon / nature / trek / wai
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 21, 2024
Not many know of Kenjalgad fort. But almost everyone would know about Raireshwar Fort, very famous for the fact that Chhatrapati Sivaji took his Swarajya Oath at a temple on this fort. Kenjalgad is...
Well, it is not exactly in the middle of nowhere. This farmstay is in the middle of a huge forest plot (even has a hill) around 2 kms away from the main road from...
Day Trip / monsoon / nature / pune city / temple / trek / village
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 8, 2024
Ramdara Temple near Lon Kalbhor is a small yet famous temple. My first visit to this temple was many years ago. Since it is quite close to Magarpatta, we go there often, in all...
mahabaleshwar / monsoon / nature / panchgani / travel / view point / village / winter
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Feb 20, 2021 · Last modified Jun 2, 2025
(Updated 2025) When you are welcomed with a bunch of freshly plucked strawberries, you know that you in for a sweet stay! Panchgani & Mahabaleshwar are famous for strawberries, particularly in the winter-spring season...
Varandha Ghat was considered very offbeat and remote until few years ago. If you haven’t been to Varandha Ghat, it is a must visit ghat section for the wild experience. Nowadays, shops have come...
A short and sweet trip from Pune: Drive through two scenic roads, a small off-road section, a short 20 min easy climb to a set of buddhist caves and a snack stop at Vithal...
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