Trek Location
Name: Harishcandragad
Base Village : Khireshwar Base
Distance: 210kms from Mumbai(approx)
Route to reach base: From mumbai take eastern express way and get down at khubi fata. From khumbi fata take left nad reach the Khireshwar base village
Ascent time: 4.5hrs
Descent time: 4.5hrs
Height of the Naneghat fort: 4710ft
Trek Experience:I reached Kalyan by 10:40 pm. Trek Organizers stopped the ST bus for me. I got into the bus. Reached Savarne, where there is an abandoned Police chowki by 12:20 am. Waited for few more members to join. By 1:00 all the members have been joined. Had dinner.However due to some technical issues we dropped off the plan to take the Nalichi Vaat route. so planned to take the route via Tolarkhind. By 1:20 decision has been made to go to Khubi fata and then do the trek. I got a truck(filled with ACs) by 3:20 am. Reached Khubi fata by 4:30 am. Then got ready and started towards the base village Khireshwar by 4:55. Reached the base, had morning breakfast and started Ascent. The root is very slippery. Little drizzling was there. I reached the TolarKhind. The rockpatches were very slippery.Once I crossed the rockpatches, was surrounded by greenary and flowers. The trail was amazing. The view was fantastic with little drizzles and droplets on the flowers. I reached the top of Harishchandragad by 11:30 am. Went to the cave. Taken rest. ordered Rice, Roti , bhaaji for lunch from the villager who is preparing in the cave adjacent to ours. Had lunch by 3:00 pm and went to Temple for darshan and left for Kokan Kada(the best place to be during monsoon). However due to fog,clouds and rain not able to view the base of the hill from the top of Kokan khada. But there is continuous wind flow. It sarted raining heavily. However due to strong wind rain was carried away from the place where I was standing. It was fabulous to watch. Returned to the cave by 6:00 pm.
Played some games in the cave. Started cooking Maggie and Soup. Organizers are very good at cooking as well. All the equipment was brought for cooking. Had dinner by 8:30 pm. Had gossiped upto 10:30 and then slept in the caves. Sunday Morning got up by 5:30 am and got ready and started descent towards the base village by 6:30 am. Now I have taken a route via Cartoon Network(there will be 7 hills which need to cross by traversing - While ascent taken a route via Balekilla) This route is covered with nice colourful flowers. The route was quite scary while descent due to wet rocks. By 11:30 am reached the base. Went to a small dam nearby. IT was very good. Had some photshoot and then started towards the Khubi fata. We got a jeep on the way. Boarded it and reached Khubi fata by 12:30. Got a ST bus to Kalyan station. Reached station by 3:00 pm. So reached home safely. All is well.
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