Thursday, July 2, 2015

Palasdhari Waterfall: Expect unexpected



Route: Pune - Chandani Chowk - > Lonavala -> Khopoli -> Palasdhari -> Khopoli -> Lonavala -> Chandani Chowk - Pune
Travel Distance: Approximate 164km
Travel Time: Sunday, 7am – 4pm
Best Period to Visit: Prefer heavy rain day in Monsoon season

I heard about waterfall - Palasdhari, a lot of time, but did not get any footprint of this landmark on internet. However, as a travel opportunist, I decided to visit this waterfall and experience on my own.

Journey:

I kick off my bike from Chandani Chowk, Pune and drove straight to Lonavala at 6.00 am IST via Old Pune-Mumbai Highway. As a frequent travel, early morning in the Lonavala never disappoint in any season. I visited Lonavala almost in every season, although I visit Mumbai on my bike through this route almost every month. It was Sunday and of course as expected people start hitting this place in this season without miss.

I was very luck to land early (at 6.45 am IST) in the morning to witness movements of clouds and easy breath making me relishing. Spending almost an hour, I started my next journey to most curious place to me i.e. Palasdhari.

Reaching Palasdhari:

As a traveler, I experienced technology always at help when you going to a place that less traveled. I searched for Palasdhari on Google Map and started moving to the destination via Khopoli. At 2-3 km after crossing Khopoli on highway, you can find road to Karjat. Famously called 'Karjat-Khopoli Road', where you can skip the highway and prefer this road as shortcut to Karjat.

Experience at Palasdhari:

Palasdhari is one of the train station as well. As I reached the spot, I saw huge gathering of people moving in and out the waterfall location which is just at walkable distance of 15-20 min from Palasdari Station or Karjat-Khopoli road. I drove my bike till in reaches I found no road towards waterfall. I parked my bike and started walking.

Till I reach the spot, I realized that most of the crowd is belongs to Mumabi, citing Sunday, the road was overflowing with crowd as well. When I reach at the waterfall, I got completely disappointed as it was very small waterfall where water is falling from merely 15-20 ft.

I never dare to step down under this waterfall as there was very little space and crowd was crazy to get under the water. When I was there for some time, one of the guy approached me asked, "Why you are so dry?". I said "Are you Mumbaikar?". He nodded then I replied "You can enjoy (everywhere), I am going back.". I believe, I visited wrong time as there was no rain since last couple of days. So I advice to visit this place during heavy rain days to avoid displeasure like me.

I spent another 30-45 min and come back to the place where I parked my bike. I sat for few minutes to experience the green field around which was more mesmerizing than the waterfall. It was 1.00 pm when I reached Khopoli for lunch.

Returning Pune:

After having lunch, I started my journey back to the Pune via Lonavala. It was sunny day still Khandala-Lonavala section was so crowded showing effects of weekend. I reached Chandani chowk by 4.00 pm IST.

Read my travel experience:

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