Trek to Gorakhgad and Malshej ghat

Posted by Anurag in travel, trekking
Friday, July 10. 2009

Trek to Gorakhgad can be counted as one of the most luxurious treks in the Sahyadri range. We left Mumbai on Saturday 4th July 2009 at 2300Hrs. It rained heavily whole day so many participants dropped out at the last minute since the train services were badly affected. As a result, the bus we hired had several seats empty and lots of place for us to sleep.

We took NH-222 from Kalyan and stopped at Dehri. Trek began at 3AM in the moonlit sky with torches. In about 2 hours we reached the base of Gorakhgad mountain and started climbing upwards in the light of dawn.

After exploring the top, taking pictures, having breakfast and walking in the clouds we were back to the highway before noon. After Gorakhgad we switched to picnic mood and started our trip to the scenic Malshej ghat.

It was an amazing trip and it seems i've taken several pictures that can make it to next year's calendar. The complete pictures from trek to gorakhgad and malshej ghat are available in my flickr set.

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Kamal - #1 - 2009-07-10 17:26 - (Reply)

Wohow!!! Even the thumbnails rock! :]
Beautiful!

levoltz - #2 - 2009-10-14 20:55 - (Reply)

Great Pics...

Aditi P - #3 - 2010-04-03 13:08 - (Reply)

Can you give me any info on the accommodation at Malshej?

Anurag - #3.1 - 2010-04-03 22:54 - (Reply)

You might want to checkout MTDC's website and look for Flamingo resort at Malshej ghat.

aditya menon - #4 - 2011-07-15 19:45 - (Reply)

No wonder that mountains are fodder for imagination... those beautiful pictures make me want to write a story full of magical birds, wizards and fairies =)

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