Written by Randolph Pereira
Once at the base we had to pay Rs20 each to take entry in the Bird Sanctuary and then pay an additional Rs210 as a deposit which we would get back if we brought all the plastics, silver foils, bottles back while coming failing to bring even one item would result in the money going and even an additional fine .As we started our trek few of us where ahead , few of us where seeing the map and realized there was a hard and steep way and a long and easy way so we decided to go by the steep way for that to there were to ways to reach soon kevin and kartik shouted" dude we will all take the route from the jungle instead of walking the road come back".
Listening to him all started the trek we walked for 20 min and all fell we were on the wrong route soon we seen a sign named transit end but all 11 of us ignored it and moved ahead. Now we reached a spot whose only way to move forwarded was through the waterfall which was dry as it had not yet rained we all begin climbing the waterfall and after 45 mins we reached a spot where we got a trail named moor taka trail which was going towards the left .After looking at the map we thought it would be better going ahead straight .So after a break of 10 mins we had again ignored the path and moved ahead in the direction of the waterfall .Again after 30 mins we where literally losted in the jungle all of us removed our mobiles to get gps co-ordinates(so funny) and soon decided instead of going back we make our own way towards the top.As we were climbing it became evident that if we would not get a path above it would be a difficult descent still we continued our climb which went through cliffs and rocky patches .After an hour we had reached the fort but(there is always a but )instead of reaching the forts entrance we reached behind the fort and the only way was to climb a 10 feet wall .
With the risk of something happening we all decided it would be better to descend and catch the correct route .The descent at the top was little scary but our past experience made it easy as it took us an other 1 and half hour to reach again at the bottom we realised we missed that left turn that we had got early and we had ignored so we all decided to go north and after 10 mins we got that turn .Finally we were back on the right path and somehow reached the base.Half of us were ready to take the path and start the trek all over again and some of us were tired and were hesitating to climb as it was already 4:30 and it would get dark.So all og us decided to chuck the plan of going back up again.We rested clicked some photos of the birds in the cages took our deposits and waited for a bus.
As we were waiting for the bus we got a tuktuk which took all 11 of us to the station .Some of us boarded the andheri and some the CST train and left towards home .It was a good trek which was easy but because of our stupidity we could not complete it. But the tough jungle route was a far more better experience than it would have been by going by the simple route.So it was fun anyways. And not to forget our group called Junnar Boyz/Junnarites is extending day by day so happy Trekking ...
This time we were doing a relatively easy trek as compared to many others done before,only 1410ft approx. We were 11 of us with the usual 7 of us adish , kevin, kartik ,preshit ,tany,clinton and me and here further joined by 4 new members Paulson ,ambrose ,Shannon and nitish .As planned we all met at kurla station boarded a train to panvel at around 6.45am and reached panvel at around 7.45 am and waited for the remaining ones .Once all arrived we asked the rickshaw fellows about the price to reach us to karnala base,they said Rs 200/per rick .Hearing the price we asked the locals about the buses who suggested we walk ahead and catch any bus that went to ratanagiri or pen .As we were waiting for the bus we met some students from another Engineering college from Mumbai and then requested the driver to take us all there ,we all sat in the bus the price of the ticket was Rs. 28 and we reached the base in about 20 mins.
Once at the base we had to pay Rs20 each to take entry in the Bird Sanctuary and then pay an additional Rs210 as a deposit which we would get back if we brought all the plastics, silver foils, bottles back while coming failing to bring even one item would result in the money going and even an additional fine .As we started our trek few of us where ahead , few of us where seeing the map and realized there was a hard and steep way and a long and easy way so we decided to go by the steep way for that to there were to ways to reach soon kevin and kartik shouted" dude we will all take the route from the jungle instead of walking the road come back".
Listening to him all started the trek we walked for 20 min and all fell we were on the wrong route soon we seen a sign named transit end but all 11 of us ignored it and moved ahead. Now we reached a spot whose only way to move forwarded was through the waterfall which was dry as it had not yet rained we all begin climbing the waterfall and after 45 mins we reached a spot where we got a trail named moor taka trail which was going towards the left .After looking at the map we thought it would be better going ahead straight .So after a break of 10 mins we had again ignored the path and moved ahead in the direction of the waterfall .Again after 30 mins we where literally losted in the jungle all of us removed our mobiles to get gps co-ordinates(so funny) and soon decided instead of going back we make our own way towards the top.As we were climbing it became evident that if we would not get a path above it would be a difficult descent still we continued our climb which went through cliffs and rocky patches .After an hour we had reached the fort but(there is always a but )instead of reaching the forts entrance we reached behind the fort and the only way was to climb a 10 feet wall .
With the risk of something happening we all decided it would be better to descend and catch the correct route .The descent at the top was little scary but our past experience made it easy as it took us an other 1 and half hour to reach again at the bottom we realised we missed that left turn that we had got early and we had ignored so we all decided to go north and after 10 mins we got that turn .Finally we were back on the right path and somehow reached the base.Half of us were ready to take the path and start the trek all over again and some of us were tired and were hesitating to climb as it was already 4:30 and it would get dark.So all og us decided to chuck the plan of going back up again.We rested clicked some photos of the birds in the cages took our deposits and waited for a bus.
As we were waiting for the bus we got a tuktuk which took all 11 of us to the station .Some of us boarded the andheri and some the CST train and left towards home .It was a good trek which was easy but because of our stupidity we could not complete it. But the tough jungle route was a far more better experience than it would have been by going by the simple route.So it was fun anyways. And not to forget our group called Junnar Boyz/Junnarites is extending day by day so happy Trekking ...
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