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HARISHCHANDRAGAD

Date: 2nd, 2024 (1st Night)

Grade: Easy

Cost: ₹ 1,399

Highest Altitude: 4665 Feet (1422m)

Major Attraction :

Clouds and Indravajra View (If weather conditions are suitable), View from Kokankada, Ancient Temple and Caves, Pushkarni

Meeting Point :

Kasara Railway Station Ticket Window : 12:13 am (After reaching meeting point, call our trek leader. Contact detail will be provided on the event day)

Key Info :

Trek Duration : 2 Hours ascend, 1 hour walk, 1.5 hours descend
Water Sources : Base Village and Near Temple at Top
Washroom Facilities : Base Village (After Trek not early morning before trek)
Technical Climb : No
Base Village : Paachnai
Nearby City : Igatpuri
Mode of Transport : Sumo from Kasara (10-12 Seater)
Vehicle Travel Distance : 100kms one way
Vehicle Travel Duration : 3.5 hours one way
Batch Size : Minimum 8, Maximum 30 Participants

Tentative Schedule :

Saturday Night

Board CSMT-Kasara Slow Local (If you miss the train, you miss the event)

09:32 pm : CSMT

09:50 pm : Dadar

10:06 pm : Ghatkopar

10:22 pm : Mulund

10:27 pm : Thane

10:51 pm : Dombivali

11:03 pm : Kalyan

Sunday

12:13 am : Kasara

12:20 am : Move towards Base Village

04:30 am : Reach Base Village

04:45 am : Start Trek after short briefing and Introduction

06:30 am : Reach the Top and Walk towards Kokankada

07:30 am : Reach Kokankada and Have Breakfast

09:30 am : Start Descend

12:00 Noon : Reach Base Village and Have Lunch

01:00 pm : Move towards Kasara

04:30 pm : Reach Kasara and Board 5:03 pm Kasara-CSMT Fast Local

07:19 pm : Reach CSMT

Cost Inclusions :

Travel from Kasara to Base Village and Return
Breakfast
Veg Lunch
Entry Fees
First Aid, Guide and Expertise Charges Only)

Things to Carry :

Torch (Head Torch recommended)
2 Litre of Water
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. Sightings of clouds and Indravajra (Circular Rainbow on clouds) is subject to weather conditions. During pre monsoon period chances of these views are high but can not guarantee the same.

2. This is a one day trek so due to time constraint we will not visit Taramati Peak.

Overview :

Harishchandragad has something to offer in almost every season. During pre-monsoon period one can witness the cloud show and Indravajra (circular rainbow) on these clouds if weather conditions are suitable. One can do night trek and if lucky can also witness fireflies at start of the trek. Apart from this the view from Kokankada is breathtaking as always and the visit to ancient temple and Shivling to add more to the highlights of this trek. In pre-monsoon we trek from Paachnai route, which is the easiest route to reach Harishchadragad and takes less than 2 hours to reach Kokankada from base village. This is a must do trek in pre-monsoon season and can be done even by beginners.

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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