Trek to Lohagad Fort
Lohagad…this was one fort I always wanted to visit, as I had heard of its scenic beauty and also seen some photographs of this place. I was called for this trek by one of the organizers from the previous trek, as I had enjoyed the last trek I was very keen to go for this trek. This was an overnite trek and obviously my very first overnight trek and second trek in my life. I prepared to go, this time I never asked any of my friends, as last time no one had come, so I decided to go alone.
Day 1:
On Saturday 18th November’06 I met the trekking group at Dadar; we were 35 of us, in which 26 were boys and 9
girls. It was nice to see many of the people from my last trek also there, they were also happy to see me. We started at 5.00pm and reached a village named Bhaje at 7.30 pm, which is the base village and from there we began our trek. We started our trek at around 7.45pm and with the help of torches started climbing the mountains. The weather was pleasant and also all of us were very excited to reach on top. This was a 7kms stretch; we reached at the village Lohagaon at 10.15pm which is at the foothills of the Lohagad Fort. We all were extremely exhausted climbing this stretch, needed food badly. Our organizers had arranged for food and we were served with delicious marathi food with bakhri, pitla, patal rasa, etc. I was extremely relived as I did not eat from afternoon. Then the journey had still to go, we had to reach our ultimate destination. We left at 11.30pm and started to trek for the fort, this route was very difficult as the stairs we climbed were too big, to lift and climb was getting difficult, but somehow we were managing. The air was getting chilly, as we went high. Finally at about 00.15 am we reached the Maha darwaza of this fort. All of us gathered at the entrance waiting for the other members to arrive. Then we went higher up to the place where we had to do some star gazing, they had organized some people to show us the stars in the sky, also there was a telescope to show us the stars & galaxies. The sky was looking very beautiful the stars were so close to us, when we are 3400feet high. It was extremely cold there, so some of us decided to go to sleep, we slept in the laxmi kothi caves. The others were enjoying the camp fire outside. I got a good sleep after the hectic day walking.
Day 2:
Lohagad…this was one fort I always wanted to visit, as I had heard of its scenic beauty and also seen some photographs of this place. I was called for this trek by one of the organizers from the previous trek, as I had enjoyed the last trek I was very keen to go for this trek. This was an overnite trek and obviously my very first overnight trek and second trek in my life. I prepared to go, this time I never asked any of my friends, as last time no one had come, so I decided to go alone.
Day 1:
On Saturday 18th November’06 I met the trekking group at Dadar; we were 35 of us, in which 26 were boys and 9
girls. It was nice to see many of the people from my last trek also there, they were also happy to see me. We started at 5.00pm and reached a village named Bhaje at 7.30 pm, which is the base village and from there we began our trek. We started our trek at around 7.45pm and with the help of torches started climbing the mountains. The weather was pleasant and also all of us were very excited to reach on top. This was a 7kms stretch; we reached at the village Lohagaon at 10.15pm which is at the foothills of the Lohagad Fort. We all were extremely exhausted climbing this stretch, needed food badly. Our organizers had arranged for food and we were served with delicious marathi food with bakhri, pitla, patal rasa, etc. I was extremely relived as I did not eat from afternoon. Then the journey had still to go, we had to reach our ultimate destination. We left at 11.30pm and started to trek for the fort, this route was very difficult as the stairs we climbed were too big, to lift and climb was getting difficult, but somehow we were managing. The air was getting chilly, as we went high. Finally at about 00.15 am we reached the Maha darwaza of this fort. All of us gathered at the entrance waiting for the other members to arrive. Then we went higher up to the place where we had to do some star gazing, they had organized some people to show us the stars in the sky, also there was a telescope to show us the stars & galaxies. The sky was looking very beautiful the stars were so close to us, when we are 3400feet high. It was extremely cold there, so some of us decided to go to sleep, we slept in the laxmi kothi caves. The others were enjoying the camp fire outside. I got a good sleep after the hectic day walking.Day 2:
On Sunday 20th November’06 I woke up at 7.30am, then went out took some pictures of th
e sun rise, which falls exactly in front of the laxmi kothi. Then we had our breakfast, after that we set out to see the vinchu kata (Scorpio’s tail) this was a beautiful spot to see, then from there saw a few more spots around the fort. In the afternoon we went down at the lohagaon village, had delicious lunch again from the same marathi hotel. In the afternoon after lunch we set out to walk down, the climate was hot, but pleasant. We left at 2.45pm and reached down at the bhaje village at 4.00pm. On the way back we saw how beautiful the fort looked and also the other fort which is Visapur, just opposite to lohagad. It has some nice caves too, but we were too exhausted to walk there, so would keep it for the next time. After that at around 4.30 we left to see the Manshet river, the Pawana dam. This was a wonderful place, extremely beautiful view. We sat there for sometime and set back to come to Mumbai. The trek was a really a good experience and this time I was not tired or hated to walk ( :)
e sun rise, which falls exactly in front of the laxmi kothi. Then we had our breakfast, after that we set out to see the vinchu kata (Scorpio’s tail) this was a beautiful spot to see, then from there saw a few more spots around the fort. In the afternoon we went down at the lohagaon village, had delicious lunch again from the same marathi hotel. In the afternoon after lunch we set out to walk down, the climate was hot, but pleasant. We left at 2.45pm and reached down at the bhaje village at 4.00pm. On the way back we saw how beautiful the fort looked and also the other fort which is Visapur, just opposite to lohagad. It has some nice caves too, but we were too exhausted to walk there, so would keep it for the next time. After that at around 4.30 we left to see the Manshet river, the Pawana dam. This was a wonderful place, extremely beautiful view. We sat there for sometime and set back to come to Mumbai. The trek was a really a good experience and this time I was not tired or hated to walk ( :) 
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