ALEXANDER POINT

Date :
Grade : Moderate
Cost : ₹ 1,500
Highest Altitude : 2625 feet (800m)

Major Attraction :
Camping under stars,

View of Garbett Point, Morbe Dam,
Matheran forest walk

Meeting Point :
Karjat railway station Escalator on EMU Platform Number 2/3 at 7:28 pm (After reaching meeting point, call our trek leader. Contact detail will be provided on the event day)

Key Info :

Trek Duration : 2.5 hours ascend, 1.5 hours walk
Water Sources : Matheran and Base Village
Washroom Facilities : Near Matheran railway station only (at the end)
Technical Climb : No
Base Village : Katwan
Nearby City : Karjat
Mode of Transport :
Auto/omni from Karjat to base village
Omni from Dasturi Matheran to Neral railway station
Vehicle Travel Distance :
Karjat to base village : 17kms
Dasturi Matheran to Neral : 10kms
Batch Size : Minimum 7, Maximum 35

Tentative Schedule :

Saturday
Board CSMT-Karjat fast local and get down at Karjat (If you miss the train, you miss the event)
05:33 pm : CSMT
05:47 pm : Dadar
05:58 pm : Ghatkopar
06:13 pm : Thane
06:28 pm : Dombivali
06:38 pm : Kalyan
07:28 pm : Karjat
07:30 pm : Move towards base village
09:30 pm : Start the walk towards Katwan village and Have dinner

10:30 pm: Set up Tents

11:00 pm: Campfire and Games

12:00 am: Sleep in tents

Sunday

06:30 am: Wake up call and Wrap up camp

07:15 am: Breakfast and Freshen-up

08:00 am: Start trek with short briefing and introduction

11:30 am : Reach Alexander Point and have lunch break (Can have at Matheran at own cost)

01:00 pm : Walk towards Dasturi Taxi Stand, Matheran
02:00 pm : Reach Dasturi and take taxi to reach Neral
02:30 pm : Reach Neral and board 02:30 pm CSMT Fast Local
04:13 pm: Reach CSMT

Cost Inclusions :

Travel from Karjat to base village
Travel from Dasturi to Neral by private/sharing taxi
Breakfast
Tent Stay (Bedding not included)
First aid, guide and expertise charges only

Things to Carry :

2 litres of water
Head Torch/Torch
Packed lunch or snacks for lunch
Trekking shoes (Action Trekking or Coaster CTR shoes are recomended, avoid Forclaz/Quechua/Running/Other sports shoes for treks in Maharashtra)
Glucon D or Elecrolyte Powder
Medicine as necessary to you

Important Note :

1. Once we reach Alexander Point, Matheran market is 20 mins walk, there are many restaurants there, so if you do not wish to carry lunch, you can have lunch at Matheran. Lunch is not included in the cost. Washroom facilities are also available near Matheran railway station and Dasturi taxi stand.

2. We will just provide tents, hence please carry bedding/mats/sleeping bag for yourself.

Overview :

Alexander Point trek is an off-beat trek. It is one of the many routes to reach Matheran via trek. This trek starts from the beautiful Morbe Dam near Karjat. From here you walk for almost 2 hours going through the valley to reach Katwan village, this walking trail has few water streams and also view of countless waterfalls in Monsoon and one can also see Sondai Fort and Irshalgad from the route. From Katwan village you climb up steep through dense forest and untouched trail which is mostly used by local and you seldom see other trekkers on this trek. As you approach the top the forest opens up and you get to see the aerial view of the entire trail you walked, morbe dam, Matheran forest and countless waterfalls in both the valley surrounding the trek route. You end this trek at Matheran and then take taxi to come down to Neral, it involves 2 hours trail walk and 2 hours climb and no descend. If you want to avoid crowd and experience nature in it's raw form, then this is the trek for you.

How do you determine your fitness?

Trekking requires good cardiovascular fitness. One can improve this by going for a run on a regular basis and breathing exercises also helps. Smoking also hampers lung capacity, avoid smoking if you want to improve your cardiovascular health.
Even though trekking requires full body strength but strong lower body helps a great deal. Hamstring, Glute and Calves are main muscles that are put to test on treks to name a few. Gym goers often pay less attention to lower body workouts and hence sometimes struggle on trek.
Some treks have less elevation gain (height gain) but are long treks, those trek require good endurance. Endurance can not be built overnight, it takes a long time and constant active lifestyle.
Just because you take long walks, do yoga or go to the gym does not necessarily mean that you are in good fitness. The type of workout you do and your cardiovascular fitness is what matters on treks.
If you have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 25 then you should only start with Easy treks.

How do we grade our treks ?
Easy: Ideal for first timers but if you are not in good fitness or have a less active lifestyle then select treks which have less than 2 hours of climbing.

Easy Moderate: Ideal for first timers, but requires good endurance as these treks may have longer duration of climb even though terrain may be easy.
Moderate: These trek require good fitness and the terrain can be challenging, like constant climb or tricky patches. These are usually recommended only if you have done a few treks before and have done well on them. Fit and active beginners can also do these treks but we always suggest to start with easy treks.
Moderate-Difficult: These trek are only for trekkers who have done few moderate level treks before and have good fitness and endurance.

Difficult: These treks either have long trekking hours or have technical climb or both. Only suitable for people who trek regularly.

a) You can cancel your booking 2 days prior to the start of the event day and take 80% refund (E.g. For Sunday morning event you can cancel up to Thursday night 11:59 pm, however for events leaving Saturday night you can cancel up to Wednesday night 11:59 pm)

b) If you cancel after that time limit, then you will neither get any refund nor the amount will be adjusted in future events under any circumstances.

c) However, you can always send someone eligible as your replacement. No extra charges or cancellation charges will be levied for the same.

d) Our events are planned assuming normal weather and normal conditions, in case of occurrence of any natural calamities, riots, political unrest, outbreak of disease or other such circumstances which are beyond our control, the event may be cancelled, Leaders decision will be final and binding on all participants, under such circumstances, No refund will be provided.

e) Any eligible refund as per above policy will be processed within 3 working days.

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