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Rajmachi Fort Camping Trek

Udhewadi, below Rajmachi2 days & 1 nightMax altitude 839 m
Ghatwalk Treks (test)
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Registered with Maharashtra’s Directorate of Tourism, certificate TEST-REG-A-0001

About this trek

Rajmachi is two forts on one hill, Shrivardhan and Manaranjan, standing over the old trade route from the Konkan up to the Deccan. Below them, Udhewadi is a hamlet of a few houses with a temple and a lake, and the only way in is on foot or by a rough track across the plateau from Lonavala. The walk is long rather than hard: about fifteen kilometres on the track, past streams and grassland, to reach the campsite by early afternoon. The evening goes to the forts, the night to the tents, and the morning to sunrise over the valley before the walk back.

Itinerary

1
Across the plateau to Udhewadi
The Mumbai coach leaves at 5:30 am and the Pune coach at 6:30, and both reach the road head above Lonavala around 9. The walk to Udhewadi takes about five hours, with lunch on the way; the forts in the evening, dinner and the night in tents.
2
Sunrise and the walk back
Sunrise from Shrivardhan, breakfast at the campsite, and the walk back to the road head by 1. The coaches leave at 1:30, and Pune is reached around 4 pm and Mumbai around 5:30 pm.

What’s included

Travel by non-AC coach from Pune or Mumbai and back
Saturday lunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast and lunch
Tents shared by two or three, with mats
A trek leader trained in first aid and CPR

Not included

A sleeping bag, which you bring
Anything not listed as included

Before you book

Grade C
Easy, with no known technical difficulty — novices can join.

What can go wrong

Loose rock and slippery ground
No mobile signal for long stretches
A long walk, about fifteen kilometres each way, mostly on a rough track
Cold nights at the campsite from November to February

Who may not join

Anyone under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicant
Anyone who will not follow safe practices and the leaders’ instructions
Anyone whose medical condition would put them at risk on the trek
Anyone who is pregnant
Anyone who cannot walk fifteen kilometres in a day

The first four are set by Maharashtra’s adventure tourism guidelines and apply to every trek. Nobody under 18 can book on TrexHive.

Permits: Forest department — arranged by the organizer. Entry fee paid at the forest check post on the Lonavala side

Ghatwalk Treks (test) runs this trek and decides who joins it. Their leaders can turn somebody away on the day for any of the reasons above.

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