I had been to a weekend trip to Bhimashankar with The Western Routes. A very well organised and refreshing trip it was!
We left at 6.30 am from Pune, had breakfast en route and reached Bhimashankar Temple around 10.30 am. The Temple is not so grand. There weren't many people that day and yet it was crowded and congested inside. After taking darshan we started our walk into the Bhimashankar jungle. It is a beautiful forest! The main attraction of the forest is the giant squirrels. We were unfortunate to spot any! They say the best time to spot them is between 7 to 9am or 4 to 6pm. We spent around 2 hours at the forest and then reached our hotel, Blue Mormon, at 2.30pm to have a lovely and much needed lunch!
We checked into our rooms. The rooms are decent and clean. There is a Lake in the resort where we enjoyed swimming!
We were a group of 17 people. We enjoyed the evening playing dumb sheras. Then we had dinner and went for a night trail. The night walk seemed scary initially. But once I had passed the scary phase, I realised it was beautiful! We sat on the ground in the dark looking up at the sky- which was clear. Thousands of tiny stars twinkled and took us into a peaceful, dreamy world!
We got up the next day and after a lovely breakfast we went for a trek to the Nagphani point. The day was cloudy. And though we hoped it would rain, it didn't! It didn't rain a single drop through out our trip! Yes, June end and the monsoons have refused to visit this part of the world, not even at a place like Bhimashankar! Coming back to the trek... It is not a hard trek. Most of it is a walk along the slopes. Not too much of rock climbing. It didn't take us too long to teach the top. The view from the top was breath taking!
Though we did not hurry and enjoyed all points on way, we reached down by 11.30am. So we went back to the resort for another dip in the lake! We had lunch and left Bhimashankar at 3pm. Were back home by 7.30 pm with 1 leisure break on way at hotel Purohit.
The trip can also be done in 1 day. You should start from Pune at 6am. Go directly to the Temple parking and do the Nagphani trek. You should be done by 12.30. Go to Blue Mormon resort, have lunch, relax, swim in the lake. Leave the resort at 3.30pm and then do the jungle walk. Leave Bhimashankar by 6.30pm to reach back home at a decent time.
Do note that the parking near the Temple is a big chaos. For the trek and jungle walk, you need to park near the Temple. Tip - Park your vehicle as far from the Temple as possible else you may spend too much time trying to get out of the parking lot!
We left at 6.30 am from Pune, had breakfast en route and reached Bhimashankar Temple around 10.30 am. The Temple is not so grand. There weren't many people that day and yet it was crowded and congested inside. After taking darshan we started our walk into the Bhimashankar jungle. It is a beautiful forest! The main attraction of the forest is the giant squirrels. We were unfortunate to spot any! They say the best time to spot them is between 7 to 9am or 4 to 6pm. We spent around 2 hours at the forest and then reached our hotel, Blue Mormon, at 2.30pm to have a lovely and much needed lunch!
We were a group of 17 people. We enjoyed the evening playing dumb sheras. Then we had dinner and went for a night trail. The night walk seemed scary initially. But once I had passed the scary phase, I realised it was beautiful! We sat on the ground in the dark looking up at the sky- which was clear. Thousands of tiny stars twinkled and took us into a peaceful, dreamy world!
We got up the next day and after a lovely breakfast we went for a trek to the Nagphani point. The day was cloudy. And though we hoped it would rain, it didn't! It didn't rain a single drop through out our trip! Yes, June end and the monsoons have refused to visit this part of the world, not even at a place like Bhimashankar! Coming back to the trek... It is not a hard trek. Most of it is a walk along the slopes. Not too much of rock climbing. It didn't take us too long to teach the top. The view from the top was breath taking!
Though we did not hurry and enjoyed all points on way, we reached down by 11.30am. So we went back to the resort for another dip in the lake! We had lunch and left Bhimashankar at 3pm. Were back home by 7.30 pm with 1 leisure break on way at hotel Purohit.
The trip can also be done in 1 day. You should start from Pune at 6am. Go directly to the Temple parking and do the Nagphani trek. You should be done by 12.30. Go to Blue Mormon resort, have lunch, relax, swim in the lake. Leave the resort at 3.30pm and then do the jungle walk. Leave Bhimashankar by 6.30pm to reach back home at a decent time.
Do note that the parking near the Temple is a big chaos. For the trek and jungle walk, you need to park near the Temple. Tip - Park your vehicle as far from the Temple as possible else you may spend too much time trying to get out of the parking lot!
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