Treks in Sahyadri: treks near pune

15.2.24

Mruggad Fort Trek

The Shape of the fort is like a peacock hence it would be name as Mrug (Peacock) gad (fort)

We the Trekking Paltan group visited the fort on July 3rd 2022

The fort is about 120 km from Pune. Bheliv is the name of the base village of the fort. The fort is seen from the Lion/Tiger Point Lonavla which is on the Amby valley road.

Khandala -Khopoli - Imagica - Umbare -Durshet - Padghawali - left turn for Jabhulpada road - along the the river Amba - Mangaon bk - Bheliv

Amba river

Parking at Bheliv village

Trekking start from this temple.

The total time required to get to the top of the forts is 40 to 50 mins.

The forts is small. There is a water tank, a goddess statue and a cave there on the top.

Try to move forward towards the end of the fort.

after initial walk of 10 min, jungle patch starts

Once you reach on open sky you will see a narrow pass

on the top of the pass, the main fort is on the left side and a cave is on the right side

The Steps in the rock takes you to the top

The spectacular view of Lonavla and lion point

Goddess statue

Water tank

Rahul Jadhao, Sainath Jagdale, Shreerang Gorse, Pradeep Patil, Parshuram Bhangre, Anjali & Amol Gore, Sharad Potkule, Kumar Khunte

Seating- Dnyaneshwar Aarne and Akshay Kahde

Return journey

8.6.23

Sury Parvat Aug_2020

We the Trekking Paltan Group visited in June 2021

Paltan members - Amol Gore, Shrirang Gorse, Friend, Pradeep Patil, Dr. Milind Gaikwad, Kumar Khunte, Khandu Akshay Sapkal and Khandu Dayal

How to Reach - It is about 50 km from Pune which may take about one and half hours. It is located opposite to Purndar fort. Google map will show different routes. Better you search for Samurdi Village on the map which is base village.

Pune - Shindewadi - Khed Shivapur - Left turn to Saswad raod - Mariaai Ghat - Warwadi - Garade - Turn on Samurdi road- Samurdi Village - Parking

Google Map Link - https://goo.gl/maps/ct4yhihqyW9Wukp18