Rakmoddin's Travel Blog: Bike Ride

Sinhagad Fort - A Morning Monsoon Trekking

Sinhagad Fort is also unknown as “The Lion’s Fort” and most remarkable for the battle of Sinhagad in 1670.It is located at the center of a chain of other forts such as Rajgad, Purandar and Torna Fort. It was strategically built to provide natural protection due to its very steep slopes. The walls and bastions were constructed only at key places. There are two gates to enter the fort, the Kalyan Darwaza and Pune Darwaza which are positioned at the south east and north-east ends respectively.

Sinhagad Fort - A Morning Monsoon Trekking

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Rohida Fort (Vichitragad) - Quick Monsoon Trek near Pune

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Rainy season is the best start for a quick trekking to some nearby fort around Pune. After some research and reading up some blog, I and my cousin decided to shortlist Rohida fort (Also known as Vichitragad). This fort is near Bhor which is about 65km from Pune. And it is famous for its wind and mist atmosphere.

Rohida

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Khandi & Thokarwadi Dam – little known waterfalls near Pune

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Khandi is located to the north of Pune, which is around 35 kms from Kanhe phata. This place is beautiful and greenery all around, the scenery of the mountains is so delightful with its dense forest.

Khandi & Thokarwadi Dam – best known waterfalls near Pune

Khandi waterfall point

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Post Monsoon Road Trip to Madhe Ghat Waterfall

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Madhe Ghat is located in the dense forests around 70km from Pune near the beautiful Torna and Rajgad Forts.

Madhe Ghat Waterfall

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Kundalika Valley - A Mystic Mountain near Tamhini Ghat

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Tamhini Ghat and Mulshi Dam region is one the place which comes alive during monsoon. Almost everyone in Pune plan to visit it in monsoon. Kundalika valley came into my mind after searching for Andharban Trek (The Dark Forest) and I was told as it is a strange place with two huge mountain walls separated by a narrow valley.

Kundalika valley

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Ahupe Waterfall & Dimbhe Dam Backwaters near Bhimashankar wildlife Reserve

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Let me start this post with the very true line…
“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

Ahupe is one of the isolated and scenic village in Ambegaon Taluka in Pune District of Maharashtra State, India. It is around 140 Km from Pune City.

Ahupe Waterfall & Dimbhe Dam Backwaters near Bhimashankar

Ahupe Waterfall, Ambegaon

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Scenic Bike Ride to Varandha Ghat and Shivthar Ghal

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After a long time it was time to execute the most awaiting monsoon ride to Varandha Ghat. The plan was to visit the beautiful waterfalls of Varandha Ghat and Shivthar Ghal for the scenic waterfall view.

Valley view of Varandha Ghat

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Monsoon bike ride to Panshet Dam Backwaters

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It is just a small post about the bike ride to backwater of Panshet Dam and our first tree plantation ride for this Monsoon-2016. For more information about Panshet Dam do visit my old post "Scenic monsoon ride to Panshet Dam"

Backwater of Panshet Dam

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Weekend bike trip Pune-Diveagar-Shrivardhan Beach

Beaches

With a weekend plan to ride to Konkan Coast, We (myself, Javed, Azeem and Krishnant) narrowed down to Diveagar beach. Located in Shrivardhan Taluka, Raigad district in Maharashtra, approximately 160Km from Pune. This is a wonderful beach for those in search of solitude.

Weekend bike trip Pune-Diveagar-Shrivardhan Beach

Mulshi Dam at its best view

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Shrivardhan Beach – A Tranquil beach of the Konkan Coast

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Shrivardhan beach of Raigad district is one of the best and clean beach located along the Arabian Sea coastline beginning from Dighi village in the north to Harihareshwar village in the south. We missed out this place in our last visit to Diveagar in winter due to lack of time. So this time Shriwardhan beach was on high priority than Diveagar beach and Harihareshwar beach.

Weekend Bike trip Shrivardhan Beach from Pune

Beauty of Shrivardhan beach, Raigad

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Bike ride to Dhom dam near Wai

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Wai village, a place which is most of the time ignore by all the casual traveler who travel to Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar from Pune. Menavali Ghat and Dhom Dam/Lake is the most interesting place nearby Wai village. This is one of the favorite locations for Bollywood movies. Some of the movies which are shot here includes Swades, Chennai Express, Rab ne bana de Jodi, Singham, Dabangg.

Amazing view of Dhom Dam, Wai

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Slope of Hell - Kamshet, Pune

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The Slopes of Hell near Kamshet is the popular spot for most of bike rider in Pune. As the name suggest this place is really dangerous is Monsoon but one can travel and trek to this place in summer and winter.