Soft Click: Lovely Lohagad...!!!

Lovely Lohagad...!!!

It is situated 52km from Pune in western India. Lohagad is at an elevatation of 3,450 feet (1,052 m). It divides the basins of the Indrayani and Pavna and is situated on a side range of the Sahyadris The Visapur fort is located on its eastern side. The four large gates of Lohagad are still in good condition and reasonably intact.

Actually we miss the morning local train of 8.am next train is on 9:55.am so we take another local train which is from Pune to Talegaon.

We start to Talegaon after reaching Talegaon take some breakfast again come to Talegaon station. Got Pune Lonavala local.

finally reach Malavali at 11:15am

How to go to Lohagad fort from Pune:-

Through Malvali Village/Bhaja Caves: This is the route taken by all the trekking groups and the one which doesnt need the use of a personal vehicle. Go to lonavala by the local train. Take another local to go to Malvali village. From Malvali village station, it is a walk of around 2 kms to Bhaja village, the base village for Bhaja caves. An upward path (stairs) would take you to Bhaja caves, but if you follow the winding path (wide enough for a car) next to the stairs, it would take you to the village of Lohagadwadi, the base village for Lohagad fort. This route is around 7-8 kms long and would take around 2-2.5 hrs on foot. But, if you have a vehicle, you can drive on this road (unless the rains have been very heavy) and go close (not exactly to) the base village. If you want to drive to Bhaja village

After reaching there we start the actual part of trek.