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Only 5 days old! This tiny, tiny leopard cub was recently rescued when villagers scared mum away during a harvest. In a joint effort, Wildlife SOS and the Maharashtra Forest Department examined the cub and successfully reunited the wee male leopard with his mother [WATCH] near Junnar, Maharashtra.
If you haven’t seen the NatGEO WILD series Jungle Animal Rescue, it is now available on YouTube!
Habashi Mahal / Malik Ambar Mahal Hapusbag, Junnar, Maharashtra, India. (via Instagram: Devashish Shah @travel_0_graphy)
India is host to nearly 1,300 different bird species, including the iconic peafowl, India's national bird. Many of these birds are migratory guests from 29 countries and fly to India every year. This threatened paradise flycatcher was spotted near our Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Centre in Junnar.
This photo was taken by staff photographer Akash.
Wildlife SOS
Nimgiri - Hanumantgad - Hadsar - Chavand - Shivneri TREK.
From 24-26th October 2025 (Friday to Sunday) weekend, I trekked to these 5 forts in Junnar area of Nagar in MH.
Route:
Friday > second last train to Kasara > hired non-AC Omni van from Asangaon > 8 people (2 group leaders & 6 participants) > drop at Khandyachi wadi near Nimgiri at 4:30 am.
Saturday > sleep off at 4:30 am > trek started at 6 am > Nimgiri > Hanumantgad > descend & lunch at Khandyachi wadi > drop in van to base of Hadsar > descend & return to Khandyachi wadi for dinner & sleep.
Sunday > 6 am > van dropped to Chavand base > trek & descend > proceeded in van to Shivneri base > trek & descend > proceed in the van to hotel for lunch > van dropped us at Kasara railway station > train to home > 8 pm reached home.
Expenses: 2400/- per head from Kasara to Kasara in a hired non-AC vehicle (Omni van, which was uncomfortable in the back seats) + 2 breakfasts + 2 lunch + 1 dinner.
Hadsar = Parvatgad & Chavand = Prasannagad.
Enjoy the short video of some scenes from the trek.
DURG & DHAKOBA trek near Junnar
On 20-08-2023 Sunday, we 3 friends decided to trek to a new place, that had never been visited by any one of us.
The blog post is divided into 4 parts:
How did we go?
Time line.
Experience in photos & videos.
Expenses.
HOW DID WE GO?
Durg & Dhakoba are two separate places marked on Google maps. They both can be trekked separately or together (as we did). It is type of a range trek, where the mountains connect the 2 places. Here the two places are on the top of the mountain and are connected by an undulating plateau.
Area: Junnar.
Base villages: Ambe for Durg & Amboli for Dhakoba. Villages near Ambe are Ambe Hatwij and Bhivade Khurd.
Since the base villages of Durg and Dhakoba are different and on opposite sides, the start and end points of our route is different. Thus the coming & going journey are different and trek route seems complicated.
Route: Kalyan - Malshej Ghat - Junnar - Ambe - Durg - Dhakoba - Darya Ghat - Amboli - Junnar - Banker Phata - Malshej Ghat - Ambernath.
Kalyan railway station - Kalyan ST bus depot - Bus going to Akola dropped us at Madh - tumtum or tempo ride from Madh to Junnar - Junnar ST bus depot - Bus to Sukal Wadhe - Alight from this bus going to Ingloon village. The bus will go to Pimparwadi.
Now you are already on the top of the mountain once you alight from the bus. The steep ascent from Bhivade Khurd village was not needed to be climbed due to the bus journey.
TREK ROUTE:
The shape of the GPS route is like a table. You start at one of th e legs and then cross the flatness, to reach the opposite leg of the table, because base villages of Durg and Dhakoba are separate and on opposite sides of each other.
Trailhead: Namdevwadi in AMBE village > Durga mandir - base of Durg - Dhakoba base - Dhakeshwar (Dhakoba) temple - Darya Ghat - Bhivade Budruk (trek ended) - Amboli.
Return route: Bus from Amboli to ST Junnar bus depot - jeep hired - to Bankar Phata - car hired - to Ambernath - rickshaw to Ambernath railway station - train - Dadar - home.
Grade: moderate to difficult, because of its length. Almost 14 km walk through the plateau on the mountain top, which has gentle uphills and downhills. The plateau was shrouded in clouds and visibility was low in the monsoon season. The descent from Darya Ghat to Amboli is steep and slippery, riddled with caves and waterfalls.
Guide is a must, as the forest is dense and covered in fog. The route is long. There are many trails, which may mislead the trekker. A villager knowing the path can be the best and safest company.
TIME LINE:
19-08-2023, Saturday.
Second-last train from Dadar to Kalyan.
Spend the night at Kalyan.
20-08-2023, Sunday.
05:00 Kalyan ST bus depot to Madh by Akola bus.
07:30 breakfast at Madh.
08:30 reach Junnar ST depot by tempo from Madh.
10:00 reach Ambe by bus to Sukal Wadhe near Inglun.
10:30 - trek starts from Ambe Hatwij/ Namdevwadi.
16:15 - trek ends near Amboli via Darya Ghat.
16:30 - ST bus from Amboli to Junnar.
17:15 reach Junnar ST bus depot.
17:45-18:00 - jeep drops us at Bankar Phata.
18:15-18:30 to 20:30 - car ride from Bankar Phata to Ambernath.
20:50 - train to Dadar from Ambernath.
23:00 home sweet home.
EXPERIENCE IN PHOTOS & VIDEO:
Nandi at Dhakoba or Shri Dhakeshwar Temple.
VIDEO is here!
EXPENSES:
70/- rickshaw from home to railway station & back.
35/- train tickets.
150/- ST bus ticket from Kalyan to Madh.
70/- breakfast at Madh.
33/- tempo ride from Madh to Junnar (Rs. 100/- for 3 passengers).
35/- ST bus ticket from Junnar ST bus depot to Pimparwadi.
200/- guide fees (Rs. 600/- for 3 of us) from Ambe Hatwij till Dhakoba temple.
Our guide arranged another villager who dropped us from Dhakoba temple till start of Darya Ghat.
30/- ST bus ticket from Amboli to Junnar (last bus is at 16:30 from Amboli).
100/- jeep from Junnar St bus depot to Bankar Phata (Rs.30/- is per head seat in shared jeep, which accomodates 14 passengers, crushed).
200/- car ride from Bankar Phata to Ambernath (600/- for 3 of us).
20/- rickshaw from Ambernath to Ambernath railway station.
30/- ice cream.
TOTAL = 975/- per head in TTMM with 3 friends who shared the common expenses, risks and responsibilities equally.
Naneghat or Naneghat is a mountain pass in the Western Ghats range between the Konkan coast and the town of Junnar in the Deccan plateau.
Naneghat also referred to as Nanaghat is a mountain pass in the Western Ghats range between the Konkan coast and the ancient town of Junnar in the Deccan plateau. The pass is about 120 kilometres north of Pune and about 165 kilometres east of Mumbai. It was part of an ancient trading route, and is famous for a major cave with Sanskrit inscriptions in Brahmi script and Middle Indo-Aryan dialect.
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