Explorer

Monsoon treks are always a delight. Sahyadris are at their beautiful best in the monsoons. This year though the monsoons have been late in coming. I decided to go for the Tringalwadi trek almost at the Last moment. I called up Vinay, the trek lead to check whether I could be accommodated. To my surprise, I could join the trek. We were a group of 28 people. After catching the Tapovan Express at 6:48am we landed at Igatpuri at about 9:30 am in the morning. After having our Breakfast in the local udipi hotel we started the trek towards the Tringalwadi village after taking directions from the hotelwala. After passing through the Wagh Khind the route we took traversed several village farmlands. We kept on asking the passerby’s for directions. Outskirts of the village we saw a small snake probably a hatchling. From the Tringalwadi village we were guided by a localite to the top. We started out by moving towards the PandavLeni. We met a group of trekkers there who assured us that the fort top...