Greetings friends....
Following the track to explore new places, once we happened to visit this wonderful place called Sagachiwadi which is hardly at any distance from Bhivpuri.
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| Welcome to Bhivpuri |
Bhivpuri is
one of the best places to visit during monsoons as it lies between the Matheran
range stretching towards panvel and Karjat region.
It can be
reached via Rail and Road. Situated 93kms from Mumbai city, this place offers a
great view.
Almost every
alternate Sundays we visit the Waterfall for rappelling events.
For first
timers this event works out to be a combo – Trek + Rappelling. This route is famous among trekkers as trek to
Garbett point can be done from here as well.
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| Sugranicha Khopa (weaver birds nesting) |
The trek
starts at DHOM dam (Reservoir) formed for supplying water towards bhivpuri.
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| Dhom reservoir and the terrain |
The trail
starts from here with uneven terrain running parallel to the dam and providing
scenic panaromic view of waterfalls and lush green mountains.
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| u start feeling stressfree |
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| Panaromic view |
It takes
almost 45-50 mins to reach the waterfall, but you wont feel the stress.
Moving ahead
we reach at a flat stretch where we also arrange Night campings.
Just ahead of
it is the small pond where you can dive into it and enjoy the waterfall.
From
here the route diverts, on the left it goes to the Diksal waterfall where
rappelling events take place. It’s a nice medium heighted waterfall of 130ft.
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| Diksal Waterfall |
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| Rappelling event at the waterfall |
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| towards Sagachiwadi above the waterfall |
Above the
waterfall is the small village of sagachiwadi which houses hardly 10-12
families, their major chunk of income comes from such events where they provide
quality food at reasonable rates.
And a school
which is upto 7th standard.
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After the
wonderful lunch some take a small nap, some enjoying the village life while some
just sit around and admire the beautiful nature.
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| Paddy fields |
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| View of Garbett point |
By 3pm
we start the decend towards Bhivpuri and arrive at the same pond where the route diverted
By 5pm reach Bhivpuri station and start the journey back to the land of Dreams – Mumbai.
Looking forward for this wonderful trek with all of you.
Thanks & Regards,
Sumeet Rao (Sumya)
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