Visapur Trek - How to reach there?

Not going to dwell on the history of the place called Visapur which is a fort next to all famous Lohaghad and Bhaje Caves. But here, will be giving you the details on how to reach there and what to do.

Best Option: Take a car and drive down towards Lonavala, take the second exit of Lonavala and move towards Pune you will find a Junction on the right is Malavali Station, go towards the station and drive down to Bhaje Village where you get an option to Pay and park.

Good Option: Take a Intercity Train from Dadar at 7 am, make sure you do the booking and get a reserved seat because it is one big problem in General will not cost more that Rs. 60 from Dadar to Lonavala. If the train is on time you should reach Lonavala at 9 am. Get down at Lonavala station and from there you have 2 options
Expensive Option: Well this one is a faster option as well, take a rickshaw from the station and they drop you near Malavali station (which is 12Kms from Lonavala Station) at Rs. 150 for 3 seats or if you want to continue take the same rickshaw to Bhaje Village which is another 4 Kms and charges will be crazy.
Cheaper Option: This one takes time because you will have to wait for a local train which runs between Pune to Lonavala every hour. Take one at 10:05 am, tickets will not cost more than Rs. 6 and in 5 minutes you will reach Malawali Station

OK Option: Take an Asiad or ST from Dadar station and get down at the junction of Malawali, which god only knows how long will it take and then take Rickshaw till Bhaje Village from the Junction.

On reaching Bhaje Village which is 4 kms from Malavali station you have lots of option to eat and drink like tea, coffee, misal pav, vada pav, bhaji pav which are very decent. There are no big restaurants but small ones which will serve you the basic.

Right now the actual trek starts, there are two ways to reach Visapur one is via Patan Village which is short but more tiring and other is via Bhaje Caves, longer but faster.
Via Bhaje, till reach a point where the trail to Visapur and Lohaghad changes it is a very simple route just and zig zag incline walk for which you can take shortcuts which are small and bit tiring but you reach faster.
After the new trail starts it is a very simple walk where you see on your left the massive Visapur fort.
There will be a small left on the way to Visapur top where you have to pass through a jungle which is a 20 mins walk up and then reach a point where water is flowing. This is tricky part where one has to be very careful of not putting your feet on the loose stones and taking care of the moss. Reaching the top from the start of the waterfall is around half an hour in good weather (which means sun is not shining hard).

The fort itself is so huge that you will need atleast an hour to survey the surroundings. You can also just relax and have lunch on the fort itself.

Coming down is a tricky part again you have to come down by the same route and be sure of your footings and look out for moving rocks. Once you are down you can go towards Lohaghad and there are many many eateries outside local people house and they you awesome food.

Coming back: If you have a car then just go back the way you have come. Other options are go to Lonavala Bus Station and get anyone of the bus which goes to Mumbai. Or go to the station and get into a train which is coming from Pune like Intercity but they arrive very early around 5:30 pm something or hire a cab, if there is a group of 7 or 8 you will get a Sumo @Rs. 1500 till Sion.

Well this is it...Visapur