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Experiences:
Hill Climb, Exploring historical fort, Exploring ancient Bhaja Caves
Planned Schedule:
Reporting at Lonavala 8:30 - 9:00 am
Departure to Visapur Fort base village near Malavli by Local Transport or Tourist (Van or Jeep)
09:30 am to 04:30 pm Trek to Visapurt fort, lunch at fort and Exploring the fort
On the way back exploring Bhaja Caves 05:00 pm Return journey from Malavli to Lonavala
Note: Its possible to reach Malavli from Lonavala by local train and take local rickshaw from Malavli till base village of Visapur fort.
Packed lunch will cost Rs.300/- per head.
Ex. Mumbai to Malavli Village and Back: Transport Rs.4500/- per Jeep (6 persons capacity). (Road tolls will be borne by the customer).
Commercial Terms:
All bookings against 100% advance, we have to manage all arrangements to create a good experience for you and your group.
cancellation policy with respect to your date of booking:
25% deduction of total camp fee booking amount for cancellation done before 21 days
50% deduction of total camp fee booking amount for cancellation done before 5 days
No refund for an cancellation done in last 4 days before your event.
For group size over 20 kindly call in person to discuss complete package cost.
A Little Bit of Visapur Fort History..
Our first major destination for the day Visapur stands tall at a height of 3567 feet; this fort is located next to another fascinating fort Lohagad. These two forts are separated by a small khind called Gaimukh. These forts were built during the period of Satavahana reign. After being under the control of Nizamshah and Adilshah, the forts were then conquered by Shivaji, Later in a treaty signed by Shivaji with Mirza Raje Jaisingh, he handed over twenty three forts to Aurangzeb. Subsequently he recaptured these forts; after his death the forts came under the rule of Mughals before Kanoji Angre won it back. During the time of the Peshwas these forts were used quite a lot. The last rulers of the fort were British.
Visapur Fort Trek Routes
Visapur can be approached by two routes; one route is to climb the trail leading to Khind between Lohgad and Visapur; follow the trail to your left leading towards Bhedse hill; along this route you will find a path which steeply climbs through a arête ending up into the fort, this is not regular entrance; we will use another route which starts from the stairs leading to Bhaja Caves; after climbing few steps you then take diversion to your left where a small trail climbs above the Bhaja Caves hill to takes you to a small plateau. From this plateau you can see the fort very clearly. You maintain your progress keep to the left hand side of the hill as you climb up along the walls till you come across a small waterfall (will be dry when we trek from here in November) and then from here a small trail leads you the start of stairs leading to the entrance of fort which has a Maruti Temple just few steps short of the entrance.
