Wanderlust of Bhivgad on 1-day Sunday Trek
7 of us friends together explore a new unknown spot, Bhivgad / Bhimgad / Bheemgad on 15th July 2018.
This seemed to us as a beginner’s trek. Simple and short. It took us around 30 minutes to climb up and the same to climb down. Hardly 2 to 3 km is the entire trek.
The blog post is divides as follows:
1) How to go (with Google Map & GPS trail)?
2) Trekking experience in video & photos.
3) Expenses.
4) Feedback (of the trek from co-trekkers).
1) HOW TO GO?
Grade: Easy.
Base railway station: Karjat.
Exit from Karjat West side and rickshaws will take you to the base villages. From Karjat East, taxis (cabs) and tumtums (6-seaters) will take you to the base villages.
Base villages: Gaurkamat & Vadap. Both these villages are only a kilometer apart.
We climbed up from Gaurkamat and got down to reach Vadap.
Dynamic Google map showing the entire trekking route is enabled here for you to view. Alternatively, one can download the GPS trail & follow it using Wikiloc App on mobile!
2) EXPERIENCE
↑ The start of the trek from Gaurkamat village ↑
↑ Rock cut caves in the mountain wall ↑
↑ Rock cut steps that can be easily climbed up to reach the top of Bhivgad ↓
↑ Reaching the top ↓
The top of Bhivgad:
Check the video our Bhivgad trek.
↑ The waterfall that is seen & can be visited from Vadap ↓
↑ Vadap waterfall ↑
The descent towards Vadap:
You will pass a flagpost that will give directions towards Dhak mountain and Vadap village. Take the Vadap route to return or descend.
↑ Other trekkers ascending from Vadap side ↑
↑ With Bhivgad behind us, we climbed a bit of the path going towards Dhak mountain. ↑
And we completed the trek successfully and reached home by 5 pm!
3) EXPENSES:
30/- Rickshaw from home to station. 60/- Return Karjat train ticket. 60/- Shared cab (400/- for full cab, shared by 7 of us from Karjat East to Gaurkamat). 10/- Tea. 35/- Shared rickshaw (100/- for 3-4 passengers from Vadap to Karjat East railway station). 30/- Rickshaw from station to home.
Total = 225/-.
4) FEEDBACK:
↑ 1 is the easiest and 5 is the toughest ↑
↑ Use trekking shoes always ↑
↑ Question & Answer ↓
↑ Question & Answer ↓
We did this trek in our usual TTMM way, as always.
