Shirwal Buddhist caves near Bhor
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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Pustakanch Gaav – Book Village – Bhilar near Panchgani
Most trips to Panchgani start and end with a sandwich and a milkshake at Mapro. Our trip in May would have also been the same. But luck favoured us. While driving up to Panchgani,...
A super scenic road trip to Veer Dam
Google Maps might take you into narrow unknown roads, sometimes into dead ends. But that’s the charm of discovery. Off late, i have been spending lot of time zooming into maps and then finding...
Lohagad Fort Scorpion’s Tail – VinchuKata
Lohagad fort would be one of the best representations of what a Maharashtra monsoon has to offer – its history in forts and the scenic beauty during the monsoon. Climbing the fort requires a...
Panwadi Ghat – a road trip through Europe – so close to Pune
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 has something...
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...
Drive to Purandar Fort in the rains
Purandar fort is one of the closest forts to Pune. It is currently an army training facility and entry to it is a bit limited (in terms of time/route). The purandar hill can be...
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...