Igatpuri

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Igatpuri is about 140 Kms from Mumbai. A small town at about 1900 ft above sea level, on the Mumbai - Nashik route.
Reaching there:
Road: Regular ST buses between Mumbai & Nashik. Driving-NH 3 via Shahpur and Kasra Ghats. Takes 3 hours.
Rail: Tapovan Express to Igatpuri. Or A Local train to Kasara from CST. And bus or taxi from Kasara to Igatpuri. About 2.5 hrs in train and about 30-40 minutes by road from Kasara to Igatpuri.
Accomodation: There are a couple of hotels. Manas Resorts and Ganak Motel over look the valley and the rivers. Hotel Ashwin is in the town. Golden Resort is about 5 kms from Igatpuri and is nestled between the hills. We stayed at Ganak Motel and had food at Manas and Ashwin.
What to do in Igatpuri: Walking. Climbing the hills. Falling. Rolling in the Valleys. Chasing the streams and waterfalls. Trekking to mountains.

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Somewhere on the road. Patches of green begin. Restless Camera. View from the bus

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Tea break

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A view from the bus. Climbing up the Kasara ghats.

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Exploration Igatpuri begins. The Camel Valley

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The spectacular Camel Valley - Must see and explore in Igatpuri

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Camel Valley

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Camel Valley. A sudden depth of 1000 ft from nowhere

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An unnamed waterfall in the backdrop. Camel Valley

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Camel Valley

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Camel Valley

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One slip to 1000 feet depth. Camel Valley

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At Camel Valley

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Camel Valley

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Another view from the hotel

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River running parallel to the Railway track

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Valley, stream, bridge and the mountain

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Stream...

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Down in the valley. It is the hotel up there

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Under the railway bridge

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Way to Tringalwadi

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An unnamed mountain

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Valleys. Waterfalls. And far away is the Tringalwadi fort

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On top of the village. Two boys decided to accept our offer for a click

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Green... green.... it is magical

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its magnificient

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You will never feel leaving this place

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View from the top of a village. On the otherside is the hotel

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Green carpets all over the place

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Tempting green meadows

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Crossing a stream. Slippery rocks with a reasonably strong flow

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BridgeOverTheValley

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Talegaon Dam

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Backyard of the hotel

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View from the room on a cloudy morning