Weekend Trip To Lonavla

Monsoon Trip To Lonavla

Date:  30th July 2016

Since monsoon started me and my wife Supriya have planned to travel Lonavla. We started our journey around 7AM from Viman Nagar. Weather was awesome. It was drizzling with heavy fog. 

Lonavla

About Lonavla

Lonavla is a popular town and a hill station in the Pune district of Maharashtra. This hill-station is located on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway and is about 60 kms from Pune. Lonavla is famous for a popular candy known as 'chikki' and is also a major tourist stop-over between Mumbai and Pune. The lush blanket of green surrounding this hill-station springs to life during the Monsoon season. Many popular Bollywood films have used the picturesque backdrop of Lonavla which is blessed with waterfalls, lakes and greenery. The name 'Lonavla' is derived from 'Len' and 'Avali' that roughly translates to 'the resting place of stones'. This scenic hill station was initially a part of the Yadava dynasty. Later, the Mughals used this beautiful hill-station as a strategic location against their rivals. In 1871, Lonavla and the sister hill-station, Khandala, were discovered by Lord Elphinstone. Nearby attractions are Lohgarh fort, Lion Point, Tiger Point and the Duke's Nose. With a population of 60,000 souls, Lonavla is must-visit hill station on the way between Mumbai and Pune.

Trip Map

We choose old Bombay highway road for our journey so that we can enjoy country side.

There was not much of traffic due to rain.

We took few pit stops to enjoy the nature. We planned to visit Mulsi Dam, Tiger point, Loin point, Tungarli Lake and Wax museum.

Towards lonvla

Places to see

In Lonavla, there are a variety of places a tourist should visit. Apart from the breathtaking views of the lush-green trees and shrubs, the hills, the waterfalls and the Lonavla Chikki, there is a lot more to see at this mystifying hill station. Tourists can visit Khandala as well, which is a neighboring hill-station. The Karla, Bhaja and Bhedsa caves are a must-visit for those wanting to soak in medieval splendor. There are a few hill station points that offer a tremendous view, some of them being Rajmachi Point, Tiger Point, Lion Point, Duke's Nose and Shooting Point. The Wax Museum is located 3 km from the railway station is a fairly new attraction for tourists. The Tungarli Lake and dam are also worth visiting, especially, during the monsoon season. For those seeking history-based adventures, the Lohgarh Fort offers a palatial view of the battle-station of Chhatrapati Shivaji.

We reached Lonavla around 8:30 AM. Since we did not had breakfast we stopped at Shivsagar Restaurant. After having breakfast we started journey towards Tiger point. On the way we came across beautiful waterfall near Baje Village.

Baje waterfall

Towards tiger point we came across heavy rain with thick fog. 

We had no other choice other than stopping car nearby restaurant.
With nice whether my wife Supriya suggested to have tea and pakoda.
Surprisingly the Pakoda and Tea combination was tasted really good in that chilled weather.

After sometime rain seems to be slow down and we left towards tiger point. Around 10:00 AM we reached Tiger Point. Weather was clear.

Tiger point in thick fog

We started taking some snaps of ours in that awesome weather. Usually the tiger point was bit crowded but due to bad weather it seems like clean hill station.

Snacks near Tiger Point:-Corn Pakoda- 20 RS
-Maggie- 25 RS
-Tea- 15 RS
-Sweetcorn(Roasted/boiled)- 15 RS

There are some daba style restaurants where you can have lunch but they are not hygienic.

We left from the tiger point after snap shooting. It was almost noon, as weather was clear we left tiger point to cover other places of Lonavala.

Near mulsi dam we stopped for view. View was good.

 Lot people were stopping near the bridge. At some point it created a traffic jam.

After spending some valuable time we planned to visit wax museum.

Wax museum is located near lonavala exit point. We need to go below the bridge to reach wax museum.

We did not find wax museum as good as we imagined. So after sometime we left the area headed back to NH4 for nice restaurant for our lunch.

We stopped near hotel Vaishali and had some local food pitla bakari. 

We reached pune around 3:30 PM.



Total Expenses:
Petrol : 500 RS

Lunch Food : 300 RS
Snacks: 200 RS
Chikki: 100 RS

I will be posting my next trip as soon as possible.

Thank you readers,
Happy Travelling