Vasota Fort trek offers an ideal blend of trekking, boating, and exploration, set amidst the lush greenery of the Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary and surrounded by the serene backwaters of the Koyna Dam.
Depart from Pune by 23:30 hrs.
Meet our representative at your pick-up point. After all pick-ups are done we’ll proceed to the starting point of our trek.
Day 0: Highlights
• Travel (approx.): 150 km, 3-4 hrs.
Early in the morning, we reach the base village, Bamnoli. Take a short break & get freshen up in the morning. Have breakfast & start the boat ride from Bamnoli to the Vasota Fort base point. Approx. 1.5 hours of scenic boating through the Shivsagar Lake (Koyna backwaters). The lake offers breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains and forests.
Arrive at the starting point of the Vasota Fort trek; begin our trek from the forest checkpost. The trail passes through Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary — a protected forest zone rich with flora and fauna.
Reach the top of Vasota Fort. Entrance in the dilapidated state, remnants, Hanuman temple and Mahadev temple are the only monuments still standing on the fort. But the plateau offers a breathtaking view of the thick forest and the Koyna Backwaters. The hill where Nageshwar Cave is situated can be seen from the Kalkai Machi. From here one can observe both sides of the Ghat area as well as long drops in the Konkan.
Begin the descent back to the base point. Ensure you collect your trash to maintain the region’s eco-sensitivity. Reach the boat point for your return ride to Bamnoli.
Arrive at Bamnoli. Have a refreshments and proceed to Pune.
Arrive back in Pune by 22:00 hrs. (approx.)
Day 1: Highlights
• Altitude: ⇑ 1,530 ft. / ⇓ 1,530 ft.
• Trek (approx.): 8 km, 6-7 hrs.
• Meals: Breakfast, Packed Lunch, Evening Tea & Snacks
• Travel (approx.): 150 km, 3-4 hrs.
Always love the journey of Vasota Trek with SG TREKKERS 🥰🚩
Always Memorable Trek with SG TREKKERS.It looks like family members.Overall arrangment and food is very nice.Vasota Trek gives all experience like boating,dense forest and View from top of Fort.🥰
I like it…
Wonderful trip. Good Planning. Informative and cheerful guide.
It was a great trekking experience with S G trekkers for my trek to Vasota…
1) Trek leaders helped immensely during ascend as well as descend especially during difficult sharp descend…this was definitely moral boosting for me
2) Time discipline was perfectly managed…they were always to the schedule and at the same time providing sufficient time for sightseeing etc..
3) History of the Vasota fort its importance was very well explained by trek leads
4) Being 1st batch to reach Vasota after a gap of 20 months, our group was 1st group to reach the top and we could enjoy the same to the fullest extent without worrying about crowd
5) places selected for having Food etc. were excellent
6) Extremely nice weather with all greenery around best views of Sahyadri range with Nageshwar caves in front of us..finally travel by boat was icing on the cake ….
Overall a great experience and full credit goes to team SG trekkers – Vishal, Swapnil and entire team 😊👏👏💐💐