Trek to Naneghat

A totally unplanned trek to naneghat - just to have a change from the daily hustle and bustle was decided at about 11.30 pm on friday night.
We started our journey to Naneghat from Kalyan - Murbad - Naneghat at about 8 in the morning. Reached the base of mountain by around 10.15.

Naneghat view from  the base

It took us about 3 hours of hard core trek to reach the top. Many places you may not find a way to go ahead. That is interesting. Proper footwear is a must for this place as you will have to hop from one rock to the another during the trek.
As there were no rains during our uphill travel, we all were sweating out while climbing.

This ghat was used as a trade route in olden times between kalyan & pune.

view from top- kalyan side

By about 1.15 we reached the top. There is a cave carved at the top where about 50 people can stay at a time. Its safe to stay there during night because of the grills and doors constructed by the villagers.There are inscriptions written on the walls of the cave.

Cave

At the pinnacle there was very less visibility because of fog. You can hardly identify any objects more than 10 meters away.
The name nane means "coin" and ghat means "pass". This is because,this path was used as a tollbooth to collect toll from traders crossing the hills.

Tollbooth

We got a small stall where we had tea & bhajiya which was very helpful as all of us were getting cold because of the strong cold winds and rain.

We changed our plan and decided to descend to the other side of the mountain- Junnar, Pune. About 1 and half hour of walking through dense fog, we reached a village named Ghatghar.

On the return journey

From ghatghr we got a bus to Junnar- which is about 30 Km away. From Junnar we went to Bunkar Phata- which is about 10 Km from Junnar by Jeep. 17 people were stuffed into one jeep. From Bunkar phata we got a bus to kalyan- A journey of more than 100 Km excess travelled.

As someone rightly said
"A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to" - We actually experienced this statement.

On the way back we came through Malshej ghat.

Malshej view

Malshej 

 It was really refreshing and adventurous with lots of images clicked and lots of memories to cherish in the days to come.

And the Caravan............