New Year Night Trek and Camping at Prabalmachi

Small Steps Adventures: New Year Night Trek and Camping at Prabalmachi.

Type: Hill Fort

Height: 2320 Feet above MSL (Approx)

Grade: Medium

Base Village: Thakurwadi

Region: Panvel

History:

Prabalgad fort, or Muranjan fort in its present form, was built during Bahmani Sultanate to keep an eye on Panvel Fort and Kalyan Fort in North Konkan. Around 1458 AD, Malik Ahmad, the prime minister of the kingdom of Ahmednagar, took over the fort during his conquest of Konkan.  During the collapse of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate, Shahaji tried helping them unsuccessfully against the separate forces of the Mughal Empireand the Adil Shahi dynasty and moved to Muranjan, along with wife Jijabai and younger son Shivaji for a brief period.

The fort was conquered by Shivaji from the Mughals in 1657, after he establishing himself in the Kalyan-Bhivandi area.

There is a dense forest on the way till the top. Historical references indicate that Freedom fighter Umaji Naik made a stay here in 1826. The fort top commands an excellent view of the surroundings with Prabalgad in the front. Matheran, Chanderi, Irshal,Karnala, Manikgad, etc can be easily identified.

Also, Get ready with your cameras to shoot the actual stars. Nothing can beat the visibility of stars in dark skies.

Meeting Point at Panvel railway Station, 6:30 PM

Trek schedule
Sunday 31st December 2017:

6:30 pm:  Meet at Panvel Railway Station

6:45 pm: leave from Panvel for base village

7:30 pm: Introduction & Start trek

9:00 pm: Reach prabalmachi (base village / Camp Site), Dinner and shoot the actual stars

Trek schedule next day i.e on 1st January 2018:

7:00 am: Wakeup Call & Refreshment.

08:30 am: Breakfast at Prabalmachi.

09:30 am: Start descending prabalmachi and reach Panvel railway station.

COST:

INR 1300 Per Head Tax Applicable

Inclusion: -

• Dinner (veg / non veg)
• Toilet facility
• Camping in tent.
• Breakfast &Tea
• Travelling from Panvel to Panvel
• first aid kit
• Expertise charges.

Excludes: -

• Any other personal expenses other than above
• Gst (5%)

Things to carry:-

• At least 2 ltrs of drinking water.
• Torch with extra batteries.
• Photo ID card.
• Good trekking or sport shoes.
• Some ready to eat food (plum cakes, biscuits)
• Jackets (photo acche aate hey)
• Electral/Tang powder/Glucose-D/salt
• Cap, camera, mobiles phones, socks, extra pairs of cloths. (if required)
• bedsheet / chadar
• Any personal medicine.
  ****Please do not carry or wear any valuables, ornaments, jewelry, etc. If carried, then we Do Not take any liability for the same.

Rules:

• Smoking and drinking alcohol is strictly prohibited.
• Trek leader's decision will be final and binding.
• Small Steps reserves all the right to change/deviate/cancel the plans without prior notice.
• Telephonic confirmation is mandatory; if unable to contact us then send a text message and we will call you back.
• Please avoid wearing Gold and other jewelry.

Please do not carry handbags or Jholas or Sling bags on treks.

Contact:

Ravi: 7738073691

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