trek to vasota, nageshwar, sajjangad, thoseghar, kaas
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Vasota - NageshwarTREK TO VASOTA FORT, NAGESHWAR PEAK,
KAAS PLATEAU, SAJJANGAD AND THOSEGHAR
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TREK TO VASOTA FORT, NAGESHWAR PEAK &
SAJJANGAD
It has been dream to trek Vasota and Nageshwar for years! After Harishchandragad, we
were planning this trek but could never materialize his time "# dare devils targeted
Vasota! $ut by the end of week, only % withstood firmly for this gutsy trek! &o here are
the Fearless Four'
" (ahaveer )ain *+" -.. /.-/"0
1 &oumik &wain *+" "23 1# /".0
. Atish )ain *+" 3./# /-3 2#%0
% Nitesh 4eshmane *+" 33# #33 #%30
Plan of the Trek
3 (ar "%
• &tarting at night on by our car *5 ./#km0 and reaching base village $amnoli
- (ar "%
• After sleep of .6% hours, going to Vasota $ase via boat *"/ Hrs 7ourney0
• rekking to Vasota
• rekking to Nageshwar and return
• Halt in 7ungle at tent provided by forest department
(ar "%'
• 8eturn to $amnoli via boat
• &a77angad and hoseghar visit *near &atara0
7 March 14:
Journe! to"ar#s $a%nol ' $ase Vlla(e
9e planned to start early but as usual, important work at the last moment! 9e could
start from my home at 4ombivali by -'.#pm after good supper! :or the first time,
&oumik had taste of ;<itale= a dish of gram flour, similar to ;>unka=!
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After erratic traffic 7am at 4ombivali, we could manage to reach <une by "1'## am
Nitesh was waiting for us on road I vacated the driver=s seat to Nitesh for onward
7ourney! As I know, he is fantastic driver whom I can rely blindly!
?ood thing we noticed about &oumik is he can sleep any time anywhere in any
@ondition! (e, Atish and Nitesh were en7oying songs and the road 7ourney whereas&oumik was in his sweet dreams!
9e had a break near &atara oll *Anewadi0! Atmosphere was chilled and warm cup of
tea was pleasant refreshment!
Very soon, (r ?oogle (aps warned us that we have crossed the turn! &o by taking 6
urn, we could re67oin the road towards $amnoli village! hanks to ?oogle ! Btherwise
at this midnight, we couldn=t have got any help!
Bnce we crossed &atara city C reached
Hill top, we couldn=t resist halting and
starting our "st <hoto session at around
.'1#am! 9e could wake up &oumik for
the photo session!
Immediately after few minutes, we could
see Porcupine! nfortunately, before
we could make ourselves ready for
photo shoot, it disappeared!
9hile heading towards $amnoli, we
need to cross Daas <lateau! 4riving
batten again came to me as Nitesh and
Atish both were feeling sleepy! Now it
was &oumik =s turn to be awake and
give me company!
As we crossed Daas <lateau, we
entered in forest! (e and &oumik were
very keen to see something wild! $ut
Alas!
9e reached $amnoli by %'## am Even though we did not carry winter protection wears,
we could use waste newspapers as bed sheet on bare floor of ;$hairavnath emple=!
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9ithin few minutes Atish and Nitesh started snoring competition! Even with this
background music, &oumik could sweetly sleep! I had to curse myself for not able to
sleep! &omehow I too slept thinking of the neFt day plans!
8 March 14:
Saln( throu(h Sh)sa(ar *ake
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I woke up early in the morning by 3 am!
hanks to a cock6a6doodle6do! I took
camera and started for a village round! I
could locate a public toilet and hand pump
to enable to complete morning chorus
comfortably!
I had to forcefully wake up .
Dumbhkarnas! Very soon all got ready and
reached a hotel ;$hairavnath= nearby!
After having small breakfast *% <oha, %
Bmlet and % (issal <av !0, we headed
toward $oat club!
:irst shock! $oat club informed us as we
are going to stay in 7ungle, they need to
drop us and again pick us neFt day
Hence, they will charge us double! *8s
2###!0
9e tried to resist, influence, reGuest,
threat, but failed! ltimately accepted the
price!
It was first time for all of us that we sailed
for "/ hours through a boat! &hivsagar
ake surrounded by &ahyadri peaks! It
was mesmerizing beauty of the Nature!
9e could see a herd of ;$isons= *?aurs0 at
edge of the ake
9e landed around ""'.#am at Vasota
base!
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Trek to Vasota Fort
Bur boatman was guide for us! 9e reached forest office 9e clubbed the luggage
reGuired for trek and kept remaining at forest office!
Here we began ascending towards Vasota :ort!
At around "/ minutes= walk, we filled up our bottles with natural water source! Very soon
we reached our first landmark ;Hanuman emple=!
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9e reached at a spot where one way goes to Vasota and other to Nageshwar! ?uide
told us that while going 7ust follow the pugdandee *foot path trail0 and while returning
7ust follow a stream which will lead you towards Hanuman emple!
Bur guide was in tremendous hurry and had no courtesy to entertain us! sually,
boatman brings the trekkers guide them throughout the day and takes back to $amnoli!
However, as we were supposed to stay back in 7ungle, he could 7ust drop us and en7oy
the whole day!
9e decided to allow him return to $amnoli and trek ourselves!
At around 1'## pm, we reached Vasota!
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After sight6seeing of $eautiful $abu Dada which reminds you ;Donkan Dada= of
Harishchandragad, Hanuman emple and two ponds we started descending!
Trek to Na(esh"ar Peak
$y 1'.# pm, we were at the diversion of Nageshwar <eak! I once again checked the
willingness and energy of all to continue! nanimously we decided to reach to
Nageshwar <eak!
his was the real )ungle rek! 4ense forest! 4ifferent kinds of voices of insects, birds,
crushing of dried leaves! &lowly the 7ungle became denser and everyone was eager to
see ;9hat NeFt=!
After a walk of "/ hours, we reached at top of a mountain! )ust to notice deep valley in
front of us! Around .### to %### ft deep! 8ight6side was the Nageshwar peak
approFimately "/ to 1 km away with narrowest path 7ust at the edge of valley!
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&cene was so horrific, we were in dilemma! 9e had discussion regarding to continue orto return! As return would have been more cumbersome as well as time taking, similarly
an unusual feeling run through us! Jes ! 9e decided to proceed and conGuer the peak!
9e started slowly! :low of adrenaline was increasing with every step! 9e four were
together! alking to each other! Inspiring each other! @autioning each other! Inch by
inch, we were proceeding!
o add our thrill, on the same path, we could see fresh pugmarks as well as dung of
$ison *?aur0 and wild boar! Everything was coming in our mind! :amily, ?od, Nature,
&ahyadri, Valley, everything! 9e took 1 minutes break at a safer place!
9e decided that plan6$! In case of any mishap, remaining team will keep on moving,
reach base and then inform others for necessary action! his was must so that in panic
state, remaining crew should not do any mistake! hanks to Atish for initiating this topic!
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9e made up our minds and kept walking! $y this time, we eFhausted last drop of water
also! 9ith this miFed feeling of fear, thirst, will to conGuer and supportive approach, we
reached Nageshwar peak!
It was the feeling of great pleasure! ?reat Achievement! Bur faces were glowing like
warrior who won a big war!
After photo session, Atish spotted source of water in rock! It was " full glass of water
accumulated through seepage! &o we instantly operated pen to make it straw had at
least one seep of water each!
Des+en# to $ase a%- n Forest
Now the issue was to descend! As per guide=s instruction, should we go through stream
or return on same dangerous way! 4ecision was very simple! ?o through stream! If we
find higher difficulty, we planned to stay there till the dawn!
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:ortunately we got a well! 9e filled6up our bottles by making some ;)ugad= and filtering
water without handkerchief!
9e could spot rabbit at this location!
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4escend through rubbles of stream was troublesome! It was darkening and after a walk
of "/ hours we were unable to 7udge whether we are on the right pathK
As the darkness was increasing, we could hear various sounds of insects, birds and
animals! Again another tension! 9hat if we missed the pathK 9hat if we encounter wild
animalK 9hat if we could not get the base campK All sorts of ;ifs=!
ltimately around 2'.# pm, we could see flag of Hanuman emple! Everybody re7oiced
and shouted!
?anapati $appa (orya!!!
$a7arangbali ki )ai!!!
Sta! at Tent House n Forest
o our pleasant surprise, tent was fully eGuipped with all basic amenities! Atish and
&oumik showed great interest in bathing with cold 9ater! (e and Nitesh reluctantly
bathed with closed water! I specially, warmed up my body by doing eFercise and then
only could dare to ice6cold water bath! he source of water was from )ungle <ond piped
here through gravity flow!
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After having huge dinner and long chat, we went to sleep!
.th /ar+h 01
Wa! to Kaas Plateau
After sailing of "/ hours on return, we reached $amnoli his time, it was Atish=s turn to
drive down! 9e reached the great <lateau of Daas! In winter season, heaven comes to
this place! $ut we could able to see few flora and fauna
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Sa22an(a# an# Those(har
After Daas, we rushed towards &a77angad Had darshan of &ant 8amdas &wamy=s
&amadhi $ought kitchens of &hiva7i (ahara7 and ;@handrakor= ilak!
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9ithin 1# minutes, dishes started flowing
:riends, everything *especially mutton items0 were too delicious that we 7ust can=t
eFplain in words! Bn top of it, the owner was showing such a great hospitality that we were overwhelmed! He himself was serving and insisting on typical methods to eat
(utton6$hakri!
Another item called ;Alani (utton= was too delicious to describe!
It is life6time moment for all four of us!
Anyone who goes to &atara 7ust taste this food! Jou can never dare to miss in future!
he End of trek was so happy with our stomachs fully filled, mind fully satisfied and
overflowed with memories and lots of stories to tell!
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WE THE FEAR*ESS
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