“You must give everything to make your life
as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.”
― Roman Payne
When you are bitten by that crazy bug
called wanderlust, your heart always wants to run away from the usual humdrums of
everyday life at any given chance. And, if you get to wander every weekend, nothing
like it.
I always promise myself that I would remain
at home during weekends but my heart keeps nagging me to let loose, run away
and escape. After returning from Dudhsagar a week before, I had decided to take
a break from trekking for sometime. Yes, you heard me right… “Take a break from
trekking”. There has hardly been any weekend that I was home since the start of
May 2015 hence, my guilt ridden conscience advised me on the above.
Well, come Friday evening and my feet started
itching, fingers already on the keyboard searching for next trekking schedule
on Trek Mates India. ;)
Couple of friends had already planned to
tempt me by sharing pictures of the upcoming Sunday trek. The conclusion, I
decided to keep my promise of staying at home over the weekend for some other
time. Booked myself for the Sunday trek, “Trek to Matheran via Garbett Plateau”.
I have been supremely late in posting about this trek
due to some xyz reasons but it’s better to be late than never.
Fact
File:
Matheran is a splendid hill station in
Raigad district of Maharashtra. Located around 90 kms from Mumbai and 120 kms
from Pune, Matheran is also known as the smallest hill station of India. It is
also known to be the most unpolluted hill station of Maharashtra and Asia’s
only automobile-free hill station.
This exquisite place was discovered in 1850
by Hugh Poyntz Malet, the then district collector of Thane.
Matheran is located at an elevation of 2625
feet above MSL. It covers an area of 8 square kilometers in Sahyadris, The
Western Ghats. It has also been declared as the eco-sensitive region by the
Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India.
The
close proximity to Mumbai and Pune makes it a popular weekend getaway
destination.
The hill station is also a home for large population
of monkeys including Bonnet Macaques and Hanuman Langurs. This place is a haven
for snakes from harmless keelbacks to pythons to deadly cobras and vipers.
There are several trekking routes to
Matheran to reach the famous Sunset Point, Garbett Point and One Tree Hill
Point
The Trek:
The complete story is published in Tripoto.
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| Two-Gether |
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| The Garbett Plateau - At our Right |
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| And here comes 1st Groupie |
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| Get Blown Away |
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| Craziness |
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| Beating the heat |
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| The Rain Dance |
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| Through the Fields |
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| Splashed |
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| F.R.I.E.N.D.S |
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| The Headstrong Group |
Trekmates- Keep trekking, keep adventuring and keep smiling.
**Click on the pictures for better resolution
Picture Credits- Vaibhav, Arun and Dipanwita
Share your thoughts with me at dipanwiita@gmail.com
What a fun-filled post, with buddies! Nice knowing about this small hill station...lovely pics too :)
ReplyDeleteEven I was unaware of the fact that Matheran is Asia's only automobile-free hill-station. Sometimes I feel how little we know about our own country.
DeleteThanks Alok. :)