Kasarsai Volacanic Tube

 

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How to Reach : The place is visible on Google Map. Search - Kasarsai Volcanic Tube or Waghjai Devi Mandir, Kasarsai.

It is about 30 km from Pune and near Kasarsai Dam besides Hinjwadi. Maharashtra. 

Pune- Marunji - Nere - Kasarsai - proceed on Chandkhed road after Kasarsai Village - There is a small hill on the left side after 5-minute ride next to the village - take a left and park your vehicle at the open place. Many people come here for a morning walk. 

We the members of Trekking Paltan group visited on the 1st of January 2023

There is 30 mins hike to go on the top of the hill

Waghjai Temple, Sasarsai

Go behind the temple and follow these steps

You can see the natural tunnel/ narrow cave/tube

Carry the torch, there is a dark inside. Be aware of the snakes, bats and other reptiles and insects.

We could reach 20 feet, then it is too narrow to enter. 

Narrowing tube

While returning back, we collected the plastic waste as usual we do.

Kasarsai Dam view

Dnyaneshwar Puri, Sandeep Chaudhari, Amol Gore, Vilas Karpe, Pradeep Patil, Dr. Suresh Isave

We started 5:30am form Pune and reached at the base 6:30am. Then reached the top 6:50am to see the sunrise of the new year. We carried our own snacks. Food and water is available in the Kasarsai Village. We returned to the base at 10:30am.