A small fort with a staircase cut through the inside of its own summit pinnacle.
- Distance
- 6 km
- Duration
- One Day
- Season
- Monsoon, Winter
Easy
₹899
per person
30 of 30 seats left
Fort Trek · Ahmednagar, Sahyadri
Harishchandragad Trek
A fort plateau with the Konkan Kada cliff, an ancient temple complex, and the option of an overnight.
Khireshwar / PachnaiModerate4.9(25 reviews)
Representative AURALIS trek photograph — not shot on this route.
- Distance
- 10 km
- Max altitude
- 1,424 m
- Duration
- One Day Trek
- Best season
- Monsoon & Winter
About this trek
What the day is actually like
Harishchandragad is less a single trek than a small world on top of a mountain: a temple complex carved partly out of rock, a cave-cut water cistern, and the Konkan Kada — a concave cliff that curves out over the Konkan like the inside of a bowl. We run it via the Pachnai route, which is the most manageable of the approaches. Even so it is a long day, and the fort rewards people who are not in a hurry.
Itinerary
Hour by hour
Depart Mumbai
Overnight travel to Pachnai village.
Base and briefing
Tea and briefing at the base.
Ascend via Pachnai
The gentlest of the routes up the fort.
Temple complex
Kedareshwar cave and the temple area.
Konkan Kada
Time at the cliff, well back from the edge.
Descend
Return to base and lunch.
Depart for Mumbai
Evening return.
Timings are indicative and shift with weather, traffic and group pace.
Included
- Return travel from the Mumbai pickup point
- Trek leader and route guidance
- Basic first aid support
- Entry and forest permissions where applicable
- Group photographs shared after the trek
Not included
- Personal expenses and shopping
- Anything not listed under inclusions
- Travel insurance
- Personal medication
What to carry
- 2–3 litres of water
- Trekking or sports shoes with grip (no sandals)
- Rain jacket or poncho during monsoon
- Quick-dry clothing and one spare set
- Personal medication and any prescriptions
- Government photo ID
- Power bank and a charged phone
- A bag for carrying your own waste back
- A headtorch with fresh batteries
- A warm layer
Safety notes for this route
- Trek leaders sweep the group from both front and back.
- Route is briefed at the base before the climb begins.
- Basic first aid kit is carried on every departure.
- Departures are reviewed against the weather forecast and may be changed or cancelled for safety.
- The Konkan Kada is an unfenced concave cliff. Participants stay behind the line the leader marks.
- The cave cistern is deep and cold. Entering it is not part of the itinerary.
Meeting point
Dadar (East), Mumbai — exact pickup point shared on WhatsApp after booking
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