HARISHCHANDRAGAD FORT TREK & KONKAN KADA CAMPING

Like every trekker, I wanted to explore this massive beauty – Harishchandragad fort. As usual, I asked my team to plan Harishchandragad trek on weekends. It is a very special fort for every trekker due to the awesome Konkan Kada and evening Sunset at this place is a very unique experience. So we planned for Konkan Kada camping this time.

Mumbai to Harishchandragad

Everyone reached Kalyan station by 7 AM. We had booked a private Bus which took us directly to the base village Harishchandragad fort i.e Khireshwar. On the way, we saw the wall of Moroshi Bhairavgad fort trek and start point of Naneghat Trek.

The route to Khireshwar village

Later, the bus crossed twist and turns of Malshej Ghat. After crossing Ghat, we reached Khubi Phata which is just 4 km before Khireshwar. The last patch of muddy road was built on the wall of Pimpaljoga dam. It was calm, choppy and freshwater. The dam is also famous for lakeside camping similar to Pawna Lake camping in Lonavala.

Harishchandra Fort Trekking routes

We saw a needle hole on one of the ridges. Then, one of the trek leaders shared that it is the route through Junnar Darwaja which is nowadays rarely opted by trekkers. Our trek route was via Tolar Khind by crossing 7 hills. There are many routes to Harishchandragad fort, via Pachnai village is the easiest and Nalichi Vaat being the most difficult.

Harishchandra Fort Jungle route

We started with the barren muddy road which got converted into the dense forest in a few minutes. It was a dense jungle route. It was so much dense that you can only find the walls of trees with 2-3 ft visibility.

Scared heartbeats of trekkers

While everyone thinking of deadly animals in this forest, we heard the dangerous sound of a tiger. It was a mimicry artist. It was almost 85% similar to the actual roar of a tiger. But, we were aware of that as we listened to the intro round carefully.

Awesome viewpoint

We met another set of tired people at this point. We took a break and clicked on many pictures.From this point, there are again two routes. After shed, there is a left turn which is said to be a shortcut but you need to climb a steep hill. Other one straight normal route is long one by walking around that hill.

Where is Konkankada?

I thought as everyone was hungry and tired, must have forgotten the Konkan Kada. After satiating food one trekker came to me and said – Still the question remains the same that where is this Konkankada? And everyone laughed synonymously.

The final walk to Konkan Kada

It was not a climb but a normal walk of 45 minutes. We asked everyone to hurry to make it before sunset.

The best Sunset of Konkankada

We reached on time. There was a small hut of villager where everyone dumped their bags and next was the cliff with 90 grade. Leaders made that evening more special by bringing hot tea on the cliff. Evening wind, hot tea, awesome sunset, and some amazing songs for the background was the moments. These are very short moments but for that, you need more hard work which is nothing but climbing 7 hills.

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