Igatpuri

Igatpuri is to mumbai 130km and the nashik city to 45 km toword.igatpuri is the town and hill station of in the western ghats in the mountain of maharashtra.igatpuri is the hertage destination.visit to the igatpuri december january and februar.during this time is peak season expect littel crowd.the moderated wether experienece to september, octomber and november.

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Nice place but not best bcz there is nothing interesting without Forest , and hills , if really love Forest and see natural beauty then it's good to visit

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According to me Igatpuri is the best visiting place near about Nashik.

I am proud to say that I was there in Igatpuri for 1 year.

I enjoyed water fall in rainy season and also took bath in it.

In the winter season full Igatpuri is covered with fogg and it is cold climatic place.

And one of the best place in Igatpuri to visit is Dhammagiri. The entrance of Dhammagiri is so beautiful.

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There are two kinds of people, one who loves travel and have the speicifc places to go and second who loves to travel to different places and I belong to second category . I have heard of Igatpuri a lot from my friend's checkins . Finally I went and had a blast .

Igatpuri is a weekend getaway near Nasik . There is nothing like seightseeing but one can take rest and get peace here. There are hotels like rainforest and manas resort here. But the most trending is O2 villas .

We stayed in O2 villas and had an insane weekend. We checked Manas resort but it is like haunted place. The most appropriate season to visit is aug-dec . We went in september and we got an amazing weather like drizzles and clouds entering our villa.

O2 villa have 3 bedrooms and one kitchen, 3 bathrooms and one hall. There's kinda garden outside and huge lobby. There's cafeteria too. Swimming pool is awesome and you need to step down so many stairs for swimming pool. We got a maid for 2 nights and 3 days. Our package was for around 20000 for 5 couples and it was worth staying .

Stay in O2 villas

Train takes minimum 1 hr 30 mins from Mumbai to Igatpuri . Arrive to Igatpuri station .  You can also go by car from Mumbai, it might take one hour more than the train . You get autos from the Igatpuri station

You can order food from Zaika to 02 villas

Have an amazing stay

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As there's a long weekend coming this weekend as may 1st is Maharashtra day and then followed by Saturday and Sunday I thought of sharing something that would help users thinking to travel somewhere far and enjoy the long weekend.

This place has to be topping the charts as it isn far from Mumbai as well as the cost one may incur wont be much and it would be a pocket friendly trip.

You can visit this place with your family or friends as this place is quite nature friendly. The best season to visit this place is during rainy season when you can enjoy all the lush greenery.

The accessibility to this place is not hectic as there are trains which can reach you here as well as you can prefer roadways if you have a car.

There isn't much of tourist attractions and this place is ideal for mumbaikars and you can't recommend any foreign tourist to visit this place.

The local sightseeing is good but it would be best during rainy season or maybe even winters. Visiting this place during summer won't be a bad idea either.

You can find cheap accommodation during summers and this place is quite safe when it comes to safety.

I would recommend this place to everyone and its that part of the year where people need rest! Recommended!

PS: There are few dams as well as few temples that can be visited.

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My experience with igatpuri hill station near nashik has been very good as its a beautiful place. Igatpuri is on the way to nashik just after kasara and just 2 hour drive from Mumbai. It can be visited in any season buy I would recommend rainy season.

The place doesn't have many tourist attractions but its very beautiful because of the small waterfall, road side greenery and green valleys.

Its a place to relax and get healthy. Spend some quality time with family and friends. Its a weekend getaway for mumbaikars.

Though you can visit vaitarna dam and kasara chat along with some temples. Its very beautiful out there.

I would recommend igatpuri as its a lovely place and affordable too.

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We left for Igatpuri by Tapovan on Friday morning and reached there by 9 am. After lot of research on various sites I opted for Ganaka Valley view which is bang next to Manas on the NH as it is a budget hotel. There is not much option for hotels here.Mystic Spa's reviews were not good, Ashwin is in the city, Manas too costly, Meghdhanush in interior but not a scenic location. The place is a chilled out monsoon getaway for mumbaikars with breathtaking mountain and valley views, numerous waterfalls and greenery everywhere.We walked through the sailing clouds which engulfed the hills every now and then. Ganaka has clean rooms and bathrooms and the view of the bridge across the valley. But avoid this hotel as it has beds made with ply placed on iron rods which creaks a lot. They do not have generator back-up and you would be locked in your room without any TV or charged mobile. They do not have a 24 hrs pantry.

On the first day we got a delicious breakfast and dinner but the same could not be provided on the second day because the manager was absent. They could not provide us contact nos. of any other hotel so that we can order the same from outside nor were they willing to go themselves and bring the food. In the pouring rains we had our B/F in adhaba opposite and tried Golden REsort for lunch. GoldenResort would be a best place for a family with their meals included package which is run by a punjabi owner.

It is located just at the foot of two mountains and you need not venture far for enjoying waterfalls. Morevoer it has allitems for kids including swimming pool. Two days are sufficientfor relaxing as well as half day sightseeing. The Vipassana Centre is a marvel.

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After a long time, finally a 3 day weekend was coming that would give me time off from office. As usual, I began my new weekend getaway search from 2 weeks before. Scanned through many many travel blogs, sites, etc etc.

Finally, the less distance from Mumbai (about 130 kms) and some good reviews made me go for this place for a night stay. I started my journey with my permanent travel partner- my wife on Friday morning at about 8. The route- well please do not consult any maps, etc, etc… just take the eastern expressway, it connects you to Nashik highway and that’s all. Igatpuri is right on the Nashik highway, no turns required to be taken anywhere.

The road is good to begin with-first 40 kms and after that its disaster. Single (one by one) road with ghats and traffic jams. A short journey takes easily 4 hours !! My 1.5 city gave a pathetic mileage. However road widening work was on and should be complete by now.

So, more about the place now. Well to be precise, Igatpuri is few resorts made on the Nashik highway in the middle of nowhere. The place has absolutely nothing to offer. It is only the resorts present there. So go there only if you are looking for a ‘resort vacation’. All around all you can see is the highway and a small village if you go off the road in few lanes.

Important: Do not get excited by seeing the rail bridge picture of Igatpuri in magazines and sites as that place comes only on the way and is visible from a particular point only. If you are driving yourself, you will not be able to see it.

So since Igatpuri is all about few resorts, here is what you should know about the resorts before going there. The best resort is Manas Lifestyle Resort. Its around 4500 per day and heavily booked and has all the major facilities you would want. Right next to it is Manas Resort and costs about 5000 per day.

This one is supposed to be the original Manas but the new one is way better. The Manas is very small compared to Manas Lifestyle. In case you do not get booking/ place here, go down the road and you’ll see a narrow muddy lane on the left with a sign board saying Golden Resort. This one is decent value for money. Very basic rooms but neat and clean. You can easily get accommodation for 1500-2000 per day.

Food: Golden Resort  is 100-130 buffet per meal. And the food is simple and good ! Must have a meal here. I would suggest not going for any other resorts/ hotels as they are quite bad. Manas Resort food is extremely nice- 300 buffet. Manas Lifestyle is okay but there is much more variety. But I must say that it has amazing pastries in the pastry shop.

En route, you can visit Shangrila resort for snacks. From Igatpuri- Bhandardara Its 60 kms from here towards east side (if Mumbai is south and Nashik is north). As I had gone during hardcore summers, the place was dead with not much water in the damn and waterfall, that are the main attractions of this place. On the way, you pass tress with millions of bats hanging on them, very interesting..

Cheers !

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Me and a few of my friends were planning a trip to some faraway place.We considered many places like malshej ghat, ajanta ellora etc, but for some or the other reason we went on canceling them. Then finally someone suggested Igatpuri, and thus began our R&D on the place. After many hours of surfing and brainstorming we caught hold of a tourist map of Igatpuri, and finalized the places we shall visit.

On a foggy Saturday morning we started off for Igatpuri at about 7.30 am. We had rented a Travera for the trip. There are trains and buses also available but since the tourist attractions in Igatpuri were far away from each other, we decided to take our own vehicle.And believe me it was a wise decision.

How to reach: Igatpuri is a very small town lying on the Mumbai-Nasik route, mostly unheard of and largely passed unnoticed by the many cars rushing by on the busy highway. And that perhaps is the most lucrative part about the town - just half a kilometer from the highway; it manages to be peacefully nestled in the hills, completely escaping the bustle. The journey seemed to be a roller coaster ride, especially on the ghats. But the route remained a beautiful green throughoutIgatpuri is almost 130 Km from Mumbai by road. Make sure that you leave Mumbai by 7.30 am otherwise you are bound to get caught in dreadful traffic.

Road :We started off from Vashi at about 7.30 am. We took the road leading to Mulund and then at the Airoli flyover we took a right turn and headed towards Thane. Its better to take the road via Kalyan as this one had 3 tollnakas which won’t make you any happy .

The morning was quite misty and we were enjoying the early morning chill. We had planned to have breakfast on way and stopped at BHAGAT TARACHAND -a pure veg. restaurant which is fastidiously clean, airy and serves wholesome food. If there are no tables available you can opt for self service too. It comes to the left hand side (towards Nashik), this restaurant is about 80kms from Mumbai, just before Shahapur. But I would not really recommend this one if you don’t wish to spend Rs 15 on a cup of tea :-)The road ahead was even more beautiful once you cross Kasara. You can get a proper map of the region from the link: https://deepabhi.tripod.com/images/igatpuri.jpg, and believe me this is the only standard map we got on the net.

Where to stay: We wanted a low budget accommodation so we selected Ganaka motel.(Ganaka motel, Igatpuri: 952553-243204, Mumbai: 24306030, 24451791, Proporietor- Ganesh Kamat, Mobile- 9820867755, general rooms-Rs 300, deluxe rooms-Rs 375).The first look of the motel was however scary enough for us. It looks some kind of haunted house. Still we decided to have a look at the rooms and although the rooms are not furnished lavishly, but the basic needs are well cared for.The backside of the hotel looks on to a valley and I must say it offers the best view of the valley, better than what Manas and other expensive resorts provide. Two railways tracks cut across this valley. The huge canvas presents a breathtaking view. We finalized three rooms and started our journey towards bhandardhara.

Bhandardhara Region:Follow the following route to reach Bhandardhara : from Igatpuri take the first right after the kitply factory on your right. The factory is about 4-5 km after GANAKA->Take the right->drive through the Ghoti Village->take the first right again, and keep following the road till the railway crossing->Then you will pass by a village called Dewla->Keep going, till you find another t-junction (and this has an MTDC board)->and take a right there->Keep going till you reach the Shendi Village -> again take a right to reach the MTDC resort

Arthur lake : The MTDC resort overlooks the beautiful Arthur lake.It is formed by the waters of the Pravara River. Bhandardara is well known for the Wilson Dam which was built in 1910 on the Pravara River and is almost 492 ft above sea level. The Umbrella Falls are also in the vicinity. Besides being a scenic spot and offering some breathtaking views this water body is also used for hydro-electric power generation.

We had lunch at the MTDC resort. The food was good and the ambience pleasant.We started for the Wilson dam post lunch. But unfortunately the dam is closed for viewers.

The backwaters of the Wilson Dam reflect the gorgeous image of Mount Kalsubai, the highest peak (5, 400 ft) of the Sahyadri ranges in Maharashtra . Ideal place for trekking. There is a small temple at the top, with an old well in its backyard.

Amruteshwar temple: The other places of interest around here are the Agasti Rishi Ashram, Ratangad Fort and Amruteshwar temple.We were running short of time so we started towards Amruteshwar temple.There are two way:either you take a boat and cross the Arthur lake , else you go by the road.The boatman charged an absurd amount of Rs 200 per head so we preferred the road.

Just at the entrypoint of Amruteshwar there is a checknaka and that person charged Rs 190.Finally after much persuasion he let us go for Rs 50:-). The road towards Amruteshwar is absolutely stunning. Lush green fields, blue sky and Mount kalsubai in the backdrop.

The Amruteshwar temple left us spellbound by its beauty. This temple is famous for its intricate carvings, in the Hemadpanti style, which can be traced 1, 200 years back in history.

Randha falls:There is the Konkankada a beautiful valley with waterfalls but due to time crunch we headed for Randha falls.These picturesque falls are enjoyed only during the monsoons when the water level in the lake is considerably high.

Trimbakeshwar and Dhammagiri: The next day we made an early headstart for Dhammagiri. Take the first right turn from the main road before the petrol pump, ask for Dhammagiri to any villager. Unfortunately we reached there a bit early so the guard did not allow us in.We decided to come back later and started for Trimbakeshwar temple.

The road leading to Trimbakeshwar is even more fascinating with varied hues of blue, green and yellow.Trimbakeshwar, which is 28 kms from Nashik. one of the twelve JYOTIRLINGA of the world. The extraordinary feature of the Jyotirlinga located here is that it has three faces embodying Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu & Lord Mahesh(Shiva). The temple is known for its appealing architecture and sculpture and is at the foothills of a mountain called Brahmagiri. Godavari River originates on Bramhagiri Mountain and meets to the sea near Raj Mahendri, AP.

After almost an hour of standing we got darshan of the deity.

We had breakfast here and headed again for Dhammagiri. We almost missed it again since after two ‘o clock no one is allowed. But we managed to get in and one of their shisyas showed us around. Green hills and trees surround Dhammagiri. Clean air and lots of open space. Birds chatter to make up for our imposed silence. The large Golden Pagoda is the central theme of Dhammagiri. Here Vipasana, "Seeing Clearly, " is taught. People maintain silence; do not speak at all for ten days. The meditation program is available to people of all nationalities. After collecting brochures and bidding farewell to our guide we headed for Mumbai.

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Its was a gr8 experience altogether. We were group of 8 guys for weekend outing, so we planned for IGATPURI . One of the best hotels over there is GOLDEN RESORT. We were dicey on road travelling reason rain, so we took Express train from dadar at around 6.55am reached there at around 8.45 am & 10 minutes from station to resort by rickshaw charged us 50 bucks per rickshaw(only communication there in igatpuri). Dropped at resort, here I must tell u the resort itself is surrounded by mountains & good scenic view. We took charge of our room, it was domitory room(mean 12 beds in a room, seems like a hostel;) immediately after freshen up had breakfast we left for trekking which was a gr8 gr8 experience(u know 8 guys & wat a fun, completely freak out, tension free from mumbai crap polution). we been to nearby waterfalls n all.After that straight to resort swinming pool been there for 1 hrs or so. then we had a call for our lunch(which was again in package with hotel). we were completely out of stock had to get more booze.soo have to hire rickshaw again to station. from there we requested rickshaw guys for a good place to show >then we been to one huge waterfall a place which is completely isolated, no crowd nothing. had fun. just we. & back to hotel.WOW.

I would recommend u guys to have a look at this place atleast once. untouch beauty.

n Last but not least Golden resort was gr8 at thier service. OK+ type food when u r in package. but we were prepared for that. no issues.

Best Experience:Hightlights was the resort itself as it was surrounded by hills / mountains gr8 waterfalls & good for treking(careful after drinking)

AND can u imagine 8 guys in a rickshaw, it was a normal mumbai type rickshaw & that rickshaw fellow challenged he can take uptil 10 guys in one. WOW.

I simply LOVED it.;)

Worst Experience: Worst experience was, we could'nt get to see Bhandara dam as its the famous place around there as rickshaw guys are too costly to make you reach there( if u have ur own vehicle then no prob).

Then to get anything on eatables we had to go at station road by again hiring rickshaw which was costly affair but you can always bargain it out with them.

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