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Salher Fort: The highest fort in Maharashtra

Manmad, Maharashtra, India

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At an astounding 1567 meters high, the Salher peak is the second highest in all of Maharashtra. Upon it stands the highest fort in the state - the Salher fort. It is one of the most prominent forts of the Maratha regime and was held by Shivaji Maharaj in the year 1671. This August, trek with us to the highest fort in Maharashtra and the twin fort of Salota. What we can promise is an exhilarating experience as you navigate your way through rock cut steps to the top of the fort, stay the night in caves and explore the ruins of the fort. Trek Difficulty: Moderate Team Size: 15 only Salher Height: 5141 ft Salota Height: 4986 ft

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We assemble at Secunderabad station at 6:00 pm to board our train to Manmad.

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6:30 am: Manmad to Salherwadi in private vehicle. Breakfast En route 9:30 am: Reach Salherwadi. Introduction and briefing. Start trek to Salher fort. 1:00 pm: Reach Salher Fort. Explore the fort and ruins. Lunch at the fort 6:00 pm: Prepare dinner. 8:00 pm: Overnight in the caves. Details On reaching Manmad, we board our private vehicle to Salherwadi which takes appx 2.5 hrs. We aim to ascend Salher via Salherwadi and decend from Waghambe. The trek route starting from Salherwadi takes appx 3 hrs to reach top. This route is all filled up with historic remains of the fort. A Bulwark, adjacent to the third entrance (Maha Darwaza) signifies the pulchritude of the past. You will find many carvings, scripts engraved on the Fort walls. Fort remnants like small buildings, temple, sculpture, cisterns are all spread out here in quite a few numbers. It is a fairly easy trek. On reaching Salher Fort, we will notice two caves, our shelter for the night. (Back to being cavemen!) After munching on our packed lunch, we will spend the day exploring the fort and it's ruins. The open temple of Renuka Devi, the Ganesha temple, the Gangasagar lake and the forts highest point. In the evening, we settle back in the caves. Start preparing a fire and cook our dinner for the night. The rest of the evening can be spent spending time with each other, joking, relaxing and playing a lot of games

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06:00 am: Wake up call. Freshen up and have breakfast 08:00 am: Start towards Salota. 10:00 am: Reach Salota and explore the fort 11:30 am: Descent to Waghambe via the col 02:00 pm: Start towards Manmad. If time permits, explore the surrounding area Details Today morning, after some yummy breakfast, we pack our bags and start towards Salota fort. Salota stands adjacent to Salher and one has to descent from Salher towards the col between Salher and Salota and climb up to Salota on rock cut steps. We need to pass through 3 entrances to reach the top of Salota. The area on the top is small compared to Salher. Few water tanks, broken temple and amazing views ; that are the only things present on the fort.After exploring Salota we fort, we start descending to Waghambe via the col, On reaching Waghambem we hop on our private vehicle back to Manmad. Lunch shall be en route. W.e can spend sometime sightseeing around the area. We will board our return train to Secunderabad from Manmad station

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Diwan Chauhan
Diwan Chauhan

I have known Reetu and Jamila for many years and have worked with them in the past. But this was the first time I decided to travel with them as a participant. When Reetu told me about exploring Spiti in winters I was completely on board. The itinerary sounded exciting and the pricing less. S my friend Manish and I immediately signed up for it. One of the best decisions I ever took. Spiti in winters in beautiful. The 7 days with the team was wonderful. We spent our days driving around the valley and our evenings dancing to pahadi songs. The planning was perfect with utmost care given in the choice of stay and comfort. Of course the highlight of the trip was spotting a snow leopard. Overall it was an amazing trip and I am looking forward to join many more with The Great Escape

Shravan Kumar Poshetty
Shravan Kumar Poshetty

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Flawless execution is what makes them unique and organiser Reetu Yadav has let all of us experience it with her executional capabilities...
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Off all, well planned itinerary and the execution is commendable. We RoK team who departed on 12th Decโ€™19 are truly happy with the onsite organiser Reetu Yadav and the offline backbone Jamila Kapasi who took good care of each of us at every stretch.
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Roopal Nagaria
Roopal Nagaria

The great escape recently took care of my 10 days family trip to Bhutan. We were 9 of us, including 2 kids and 2 elderlies. Each detail of the trip was so beautifully planned and coordinated. Jamila was personally in touch with drivers, hotels and homestay owners to ensure we ar getting the best of experience. We never even had to look for directions, call hotel or tell driver about anything. Everything was already taken care of and we were just the guests in very true sense. Such a wonderful trip it was. Everything was so beautiful including all the places where we stayed.
Much thanks to Jamila and the great escape team to make it work like magic for us!
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- Non AC train from Hyderabad to Manmad and back - Local transport from Manmad to Salherwadi - Local transport from Waghambe to Manmad - 2 Breakfast, 2 Lunch and 2 Dinner - Expert guide charges

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