Panwadi Ghat – a road trip through Europe – so close to Pune
(Updated 2025) The beauty of Pune is that you don’t have to drive far to get out of the city and in the midst of nature. Every white road branching off from the highway...
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Trek to Rohida Fort – the windy fort
Rohida fort near Bhor is famous for its wind. I had heard about it many times and felt that it could be an exaggeration. It wasn’t 🙂 Rohida fort was one of the forts...
Ajivali Devrai Walk – The sacred forest
Ajivali is a small village in the backdrop of Pavana Dam. Around 2 kms from the village, a little higher up the mountains, is a devrai. Devrai is a sacred forest where the villagers...
Velas Village Turtle Festival
Velas is a remote village on the Konkan coast which comes into prominence on the tourist circuit from early feb to mid March. Olive Ridley turtles come to the Velas beach every oct-nov to...
Thokarwadi Dam – the best waterfall road trip near Pune
It is not often that i get floored by scenic beauty that i attach words like “best” to it, but this was one such trip. In the many years of travelling around Pune, particularly...
Vajrai Waterfalls near Kaas, Satara
I saw a news update on a Marathi channel about this waterfall around 2 years ago and it claimed that this waterfall could be India’s tallest waterfall. This was not a well-known waterfall and...
Bhor Raireshwar Fort Wai Monsoon Drive
As they say in movies, a wrong turn could take you to place you didn’t plan for. But in reality, missing a turn also has the same effect 🙂 But once we found the...
Mulshi Tamhini Lonavala round trip
This was on the plan for a very very long time. Tamhini is a favourite haunt for us considering the relative ease with which a trip to tamhini can happen. Every time we were...
Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary near Supe
At 5 sq.km, Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is supposed to be the smallest sanctuary in India. Maybe someone decided that a small patch of dry forest would gain prominence if made into a sanctuary! Nevertheless,...
Four places near Pune to visit this December
The winter is on. The temperature is low and the mornings are misty. This is a great time to visit places which are usually not on the radar during the monsoons. Here are 4...
A white-road trip to Delawadi Khandoba temple
We were making plans for a Sunday trip. This is how the discussion went: Let’s go to a temple we haven’t been to before. Let’s go along a river as it would be full...
Road Trip to Madhe Ghat Waterfall
A visit to Madhe Ghat was on the plans for quite some time. In fact, the first time when i heard about Madhe Ghat was when i saw an article saying that a new...
