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

Palpeshwar Caves 2023

We the Trekking Paltan Group members visited on April 30th 2023.

Lohare Palpeshwar Caves are offbeat destination near to Wai. There are 4-5 caves with some sculptures.  It looks the blend of Hindu and Buddhist caves. The trek is simple. we need 20 to 30 min to reach the caves with clear trail. 30-40 mins are enough to see the caves. The place is lonely. So visit on the weekends. Carry the Food and water with you. 

It is about 80 km from Pune city and 10 km from Wai. There are two ways to reach Lohare base village. one from Pune Satara Highway via Khambataki Ghat - Surur -Wai and other way via Bhor -Mandhardevi Ghat - Pandavgad base to Lohare Village.

If possible park your vehicle in the village. We took our cars here and faced a lot of difficulty in turning the cars. It is a bullock-kart road from the village to the base of the trek. 

Caves are connected and they are in the same ridge

Panchagni -Wai- Pandavgad from the caves

Pandavgad fort

Vajreshwar fort-Panchagani-Wai-Pandavgad fort

Panchagani table land and Wai - View from the caves

After the visit as per our motto, we conducted the cleanliness campaign and collected the harmful waste thrown by visitors. 

Sandeep Chaudhari, Kumar Khunte, Amol Gore, Ganesh Tambe, Prayag Jamale, Mahesh Kendre, Gokul Londhe, Dnyanehswar Puri and Dr.Suresh Isave

The Trekking Paltan Group, Pune