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KOTHALIGAD

Date : 26th May, 2024 (25th Night)

Grade : Easy

Cost : ₹ 999

Highest Altitude : 3100 Feet (945m)

Major Attraction :

Fireflies View (Subject to weather conditions), View of Windmills, Caves

Rock Cut Stairs to reach the Top, Ancient Canon

Meeting Point :

Karjat Railway Station EMU Platform Escalator towards Pune end at 12:50 am (After reaching meeting point, call our trek leader. Contact detail will be provided on the event day)

Key Info :

Trek Duration : 3-3.5 Hours ascend, 2.5 Hours Descend
Water Sources : Base Village
Washroom Facilities : Base Village
Technical Climb : No
Base Village : Ambiwadi
Nearby City : Karjat
Mode of Transport : Omni/Tumtum from Neral
Vehicle Travel Distance : 28kms one way
Vehicle Travel Duration : 1.5 Hours one way
Batch Size : Minimum 7, Maximum 28 Participants

Tentative Schedule :

Saturday Night

Board CSMT-Khopoli Slow Local and Get down at Karjat (If you miss the train, you miss the event)

10:28 pm : CSMT

10:46 pm : Dadar

11:03 pm : Ghatkopar

11:19 pm : Mulund

11:23 pm : Thane

11:47 pm : Dombivali

11:58 pm : Kalyan

Sunday

12:50 am : Karjat

12:55 am : Move towards Base Village

02:30 am : Start Trek after short briefing and Introduction

06:00 am : Reach Top, Witness Sunrise and Have Breakfast (Bring Your Own)

07:30 am : Start Descend

11:00 am : Reach Base and Have Lunch

12:00 Noon : Move towards Karjat

01:30 pm : Reach Karjat and Take 1:55 pm Karjat-CSMT Fast Local 03:55 pm : Reach CSMT

Cost Inclusions :

Travel from Karjat to Base Village and Return
Lunch (Veg Thali at Base Village)
First Aid, Guide and Expertise Charges Only

Things to Carry :

Torch (Head Torch recommended)
2 Litre of Water
Trekking Shoes (Action Trekking or Coaster CTR Shoes are recomended, Avoid Forclaz/Quechua/Running/Other Sports Shoes for Treks in Maharashtra)
Glucon D or Elecrolyte Powder
Medicine as necessary to you

Important Note :

Fireflies sighting are subject to weather conditions, they are ideally visible after the first rain and during pre monsoon period.

Overview :

Kothaligad is an all season trek, in winters and pre-monsoon one can do this as a night trek. Whereas in monsson one can do this as a day trek. In monsoon one gets to see the lush green view of surrounding mountains and view of waterfalls. In pre-monsoon one gets to witness fireflies and sunrise and crystal clear views of nearby mountain range and windmills. This is a an easy trek, can even be done by beginners, the first half is an inclined walk and the final fort climb is an hour long climb to reach the top. The main attraction of this fort is the chimney climb, the path carved from the rocks to make way till the top, ancient cannons and caves.

How do you determine your fitness?

Trekking requires good cardiovascular fitness. One can improve this by going for a run on a regular basis and breathing exercises also helps. Smoking also hampers lung capacity, avoid smoking if you want to improve your cardiovascular health.
Even though trekking requires full body strength but strong lower body helps a great deal. Hamstring, Glute and Calves are main muscles that are put to test on treks to name a few. Gym goers often pay less attention to lower body workouts and hence sometimes struggle on trek.
Some treks have less elevation gain (height gain) but are long treks, those trek require good endurance. Endurance can not be built overnight, it takes a long time and constant active lifestyle.
Just because you take long walks, do yoga or go to the gym does not necessarily mean that you are in good fitness. The type of workout you do and your cardiovascular fitness is what matters on treks.
If you have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 25 then you should only start with Easy treks.

How do we grade our treks ?
Easy: Ideal for first timers but if you are not in good fitness or have a less active lifestyle then select treks which have less than 2 hours of climbing.

Easy Moderate: Ideal for first timers, but requires good endurance as these treks may have longer duration of climb even though terrain may be easy.
Moderate: These trek require good fitness and the terrain can be challenging, like constant climb or tricky patches. These are usually recommended only if you have done a few treks before and have done well on them. Fit and active beginners can also do these treks but we always suggest to start with easy treks.
Moderate-Difficult: These trek are only for trekkers who have done few moderate level treks before and have good fitness and endurance.

Difficult: These treks either have long trekking hours or have technical climb or both. Only suitable for people who trek regularly.

Booking Process:
1. Check details of the event on website.

2. WhatsApp us on 7400174767 for Seats Availability.

3. If seats available then Check Payment Policy and Make Payment to Confirm Seat(s).

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5. Share Contact Number of people you registered for the event (in case you booked for more than 1 person).

6. Get added to WhatsApp group 1 day before the Event.

a) You can cancel your booking 2 days prior to the start of the event day and take 80% refund (E.g. For Sunday morning event you can cancel up to Thursday night 11:59 pm, however for events leaving Saturday night you can cancel up to Wednesday night 11:59 pm)

b) If you cancel after that time limit, then you will neither get any refund nor the amount will be adjusted in future events under any circumstances.

c) However, you can always send someone eligible as your replacement. No extra charges or cancellation charges will be levied for the same.

d) Our events are planned assuming normal weather and normal conditions. In case of occurrence of any delayed cancellation of local or express trains, natural calamities, riots, political unrest, outbreak of disease or other such circumstances which are beyond our control, the event may be cancelled, Leaders decision will be final and binding on all participants, under such circumstances, No refund will be provided.

e) Any eligible refund as per above policy will be processed within 3 working days.

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