HARISHCHANDRA GAD(FORT)

After the trekking of harishchandragadh our next trekking is at dhaak cha bhairi. Dhaak cha bhairi is near kamshet border of riagad and pune. Dhak Bahiri caves are situated at about 50 kms from Pune.  One needs to get down at the Kamshet railway station and proceed to a Jambahvli village by bus. After the reaching at pune station there is one my friend came to receive me. Now our travelling is started towards Kamshet. It’s a wonderful experience travelling on bike with high-speed. We went between june-july, every were you can see full of greenery farms, trees, etc.

Trekking had always been passion of Mr. Godbole. I also have interest for trekking but so much once he called me and said we are going for trekking. They had organized a trek to ‘Dhak Bahiri’ caves which I was precisely looking for. I had heard from a few friends and the colleagues at my company that the trek to dhak bahiri was one of the toughest treks in the sahyadris. I was a bit worried as I didn’t have any experience of ‘Technical’ treks (with ropes and other equipments). My previous experience was magnificent at harishchnadrgadh

The mood in the camp was upbeat. They all started singing and cracking jokes and I realized that it was going to be fun with these guys. We got down at jambhavli after about half an hour of a journey. The first step was the introduction and instruction round. The instructions about how to go for the trek and the safety precautions needed. We started our trek with Shekhar bhauji cracking jokes. He has got some real sense of humour I must say!

We trekked for about one and a half hour until we reached a small ridge. We trekked for about one and a half hour until we reached a small ridge. We decided to take a short ‘rest halt’ at this point. The view from up there was amazing! The real fun started from here. We carefully started to descend the ridge. Prathamesh and Chetan guided us through the patch. When we reached the base of the ridge, we all were fascinated by the beauty of nature!

We clicked some real good photos there. While going you can enjoy many waterfalls and have fun. You can also see 'Dukes Nose' which is near Khandala. First 1 Hour is just walking and nothing difficult. After which crossing a valley, walking with the help of rope and wood is really wonderfull and thrilling. On the top there is one big cave in whihc 20 people can easily accommodate. There is also small tank in which water is always there. And beside that tank there is a temple of Bhairav.

Chetan and Prathamesh told us that each one of us would require at least about 20 mins to climb the 25 feet wall to reach the caves. We started to move from there carefully towards the base of the wall. The ropes put up in the wall helped us to see through the horizontal patch with no real difficulty. After walking long distance we reach at valley. While normally standing we saw the valleys so dangerous, but crossing that valley it’s having great fun. Next level is very dangerous were 70 degree wall with no patches there is only one metal rope that we have to hold and move towards the next point. After that 90 degree wall and there a wooden big stand along with rope…which means we have to move upwards and while holding that rope. After 20miniutes we reach at the peak of temple i.e. Bhairi temple

After everyone had climbed down the rock patch, were started clicking pictures, such as group pictures greenery picture, etc. At 4p.m.we started trekking down we walked for about an hour and reached the base village Dhak. After accomplishment there is an old mahadev’s temple near that having a pond of water we all four were halt there and started swimming there. Its cold water coming from the mountains and force of water is so strong. As m standing in that water it pushes me slightly, so you people can imagine how it is.

It was about 6.15 and the sun was setting down. So we quickly started walking again towards Pune station. The experience after that was one of the best that I have ever had. Walking through the dense jungle with no torch was amazing! Myself, prathamesh and Mayursh tried to scare Shekhar bhauji by speaking about ghosts and that kept us upbeat. The base is just 10 mins ahead every time we asked and in its expectation we would continue our walk. Finally at about 9 we reached the Pune railway station.

This was one of the best treks that I had been to and got the opportunity to interact as well as make some real good friends!