Lohagad Fort!!!

Hello everyone!!!

Are you monsoon lover? Are you interested in trekking in monsoon? If your answer is "yes" Then I would like to tell you that, Lohagad will be the ideal destination for you.

Lohagad Fort is one of the beautiful and most visited forts in Maharashtra and also very popular heritage sites near Pune.

About Lohagad

The Lohagad Fort is also known as Iron Fort, this is a historical fort situated along the Sahyadri hills in Lonavala region of Maharashtra. This fort is one of the best tourist places to visit in Lonavala as well as the most popular historical places in Maharashtra. Shivaji Maharaj used lohagad for keeping his treasury.

This fort is designed in the shape of the tail of a scorpion. You can reach is the fort from any of its four entrances, namely Maha Darwaja, Ganesh Darwaja, Hanuman Darwaja, and Narayan Darwaja. You can visit Shiv temple and Laxmi Kothi (caves which were used to store loot from Surat).

Who can visit Lohagad

• People who love trekking.

• People who love monsoon.

• People who love exploring new places.

• People who love waterfalls.

Lohagad is an ideal trekking destination for trekkers from Pune and Mumbai because of its accessibility, ease of trek and lush green surroundings. Lohagad trek is very popular, especially during monsoons.

How to reach lohagad

From Lonavala Lohagad is at a distance of 11 km , from Pune is at 66km & from Mumbai is at 111km, the Lohagad Fort is a situated along the Sahyadri hills in Lonavala region of Maharashtra. If you are at Lonavala Station then take a local train towards Pune and alight at Malavli Station from there either you can take a sharing auto to Lohgadwadi Village or else Walking.

You can take Malavli as a base of this trek, which is around 7 km from Lohagad. It is a simple, very scenic and pleasant trek and the distance from Malavli and Lohagad can be covered in three hours. If you are on a picnic then you can drive a car till base rather than trek. You can also cover Bhaje caves.

Tourist attraction

Vinchu kata

The main spot of Lohagad fort trek is the ‘Vinchu Kata’ fortification resembling a scorpion’s tail.

Bhaja caves

Visapur fort

visapur fort is quite difficult for trekking purpose.

Food

You will get a portion of delicious food at the base of the village of the fort known as Lohagadwadi. Homestay is also available there.

You can enjoy pure Marathi veg thali as well as Tandur Tea at the base of Lohagad.

Monsoon is the best time to visit Lohagad fort.

For more information visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohagad#History

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