Morbe Dam..

Rainy days and a long weekend at hand, for a moment I thought I’ll have to spend my weekend sitting idle at home.

Then an idea crossed my mind, why not just go out, soak some rain, watch some misty mountains and water gushing out of the abode of the mountains?

My husband suggested a place and the very next moment we were sitting in the car, driving towards our destination, the Morbe Dam.

To reach at the Morbe dam take Mumbai-Pune Express Highway and exit towards shedung fata (around 9 km from Panvel Railway station). When you reach at Chowk railway station (around 14 km from Shedung fata) take a right turn. A sign board at the side of the road will show direction towards the dam.



Morbe Dam-Front Gate



The Bigger Picture

 It was raining when I visited the dam, so I soaked a lot of rain as I had wished. To my bad luck the entry to the dam was prohibited and I was disappointed. So we decided to see the Irshal gad adjoining the dam. I had thrilling walk till the top of the first mountain under the heavy downpour. Although I slipped 2-3 times but that didn’t deter me from continuing the adventure. But sadly I could not complete the trail as the descending villagers advised not to climb the mountain during the rains as the trek was very slippery.

So now we decided to see the Sandip Patil Reservoir near to the Morbe dam. We had our lunch and headed towards the reservoir. Again destiny, we lost our way to the reservoir, walked through the muddy fields and bushy terrain and finally reached at the reservoir. But there’s a direct kaccha road to the reservoir beside the Sriram industries off the old Mumbai-Pune express way just before hand of the HP petrol pump near to Chowk station.



Heavenly Experience :-)





The view of the reservoir was awesome. The running water made it even more stunning. It was a perfect place to take a dip and swim, but I wish, I knew how to swim. So I made myself comfortable in the stream water which was running from the reservoir. I spend quite a quality time at the reservoir and was very happy being at that place.

During the return journey we had a cup of lemon grass flavour tea to make ourselves warm. It’s a best remedy apart from wine ;-)

Scaling New Heights…Kalavanti Durg!!!

Nature trails, smoky mountains and scenic beauty is what you desire to experience on a weekend then just pack your bags and head towards Kalavanti Durg; nature at its best.

Lush Green-Kalavanti Durg (Left side)

Kalavanti Durg is quite famous among avid trekking lovers. It is located amid Western Ghats on a hill top at a height of 2300 feet.

This was my first time trekking experience and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it.

Proud Trekker

To reach to the mountain take the Mumbai-Pune Express Highway and deviate through Shedung toll naka (about 14 Km from panvel). Trek to Kalavanti Durg is a two stage process.

 First stage starts from Thakurwadi to Prabalmachi village situated at mountain base. And the second stage is from Machi village to the mountain top. It took us around 3 hours to reach to the top of the mountain from Thakurwadi. My sincere thanks to the Mother Nature since weather was very pleasant on that particular day.

To reach at the top of the mountain we had to climb rock cut stairs through a steep slope and this is the most breath taking and nerve wrecking part of the trek. The panoramic view from the top of the mountain makes you forget the pain in the legs and the sweat from the body and gives you a sense of achievement.

View from Mountain Peak

Extreme care and safety need to be considered while climbing the stairs. To reach at the summit of the mountain peak is no Childs play so I skipped that part for some very good obvious reasons.

Machi villagers provide good food service at a very nominal price. We had placed our lunch order and continued with the second stage of the trekking and gorged on the food when we had scaled & captured the mountain peak.

Return journey from the mountain felt very easy as we had already done our hardship while climbing the mountain.

So trekking lovers just go out there and feel the adventure.

Happy & safe trekking to you!!!

 Tips:-

• You can visit Prabalgad also from the Prabalmachi village.
• Carry water bottles & fruits to quench your thirst and hunger enroute the mountain.
• Click plenty of snaps & treasure the moments.