Panchgani
Panchgani also
known as Paachgani is very famous hill station in Western Ghats of Maharashtra in
Satara District which attracts very large number of tourists across the year. Panchgani
is declared as the cleanest city in western zone of Maharashtra. Also, it is
very famous for boarding schools. Panchgani has very large number of boarding
schools in the area. Panchgani is very attractive tourist destination because of
its scenic view, near nature experience and sunrise or sunset points.
The town is
located at 1335 meters high from the sea level and gets its name from the five
mountains which acquire the town. The town is situated within the mountains
surrounding it. Krishna River flows through this places on which dhom dam is built
nearly 9 km away from Wai city. The place is very calm and it maintains its
pleasant climate throughout the whole year.
Initially the
town was developed by British raj and Chatrapati of Satara Pratapsinh bhosale
raje who also build Satara- medha- Mahabaleshwar road. While developing the
region many Poinsettia and silver oak trees are brought here and planted on
very large scale, since then, these trees became the face of panchgani.
The region of
panchgani and Mahabaleshwar is very famous for its juicy and red strawberries
which only grow in this region. The region provides 85% of total production of
strawberries in whole country. Strawberry festivals happens here every year in
summer time. Also, many festivals like shivjayanti, Ramnavami and Marathi festivals
are celebrated here on large scale. Many film shoots also happen here often.
How to Reach:
The Panchgani
Hill station is in between Wai and Mahabaleshwar located in Mahabaleshwar
tehsil of Satara District of Maharashtra State. Panchgani is well connected
through road and local transport. Panchgani is 45 km away from Satara city, 105
km away from pune city, 170 km away from Kolhapur city and around 250 km away
from Mumbai. The panchgani is very near to Wai and can be reached via pasarani
ghat road.
From Pune: Pune-
Surur- Wai- Panchgani.
From Kolhapur:
Kolhapur- Karad- Satara- Pachvad- Wai- Panchgani.
From Mumbai-
Mumbai- Pune- Surur- Wai- Panchgani.
Places to Visit in Panchgani:
Sydney Point
Kate Point
Bhilar- Village
of Books
Tableland
Parsi Point
Devrai Art
Village
Harrisons Valley
Dhom dam
Sunset point
Rajapuri caves
Wilson point
Mapro Garden
Places to Visit near Panchgani:
Satara: Satara City is located 45 km away from the Panchgani hill
station and medha or bamnoli village can be visited while on route.
Tapola: a very scenic and beautiful hill station in the koyna region can
be visited. It is nearly 44 km far from the town.
https://maharashtratourists.blogspot.com/2023/03/maharashtras-mini-kashmir-tapola.html
Kaas Platue: kaas Pathar is the very beautiful and scenic valley of
flowers 49 km away from the panchgani town.
https://maharashtratourists.blogspot.com/2023/03/kaas-pathar-valley-of-flowers.html
Raigad fort: The second capital of the Maratha empire Raigad fort is
located in mahad, around 99 km far from the town.
https://maharashtratourists.blogspot.com/2023/03/raigad-fort.html
Sahyadri Tiger reserve or Koyna wildlife sanctury: it is the reserved
forest spread across the shivsagar backwater of the koyna dam which is very
near to the town.
https://maharashtratourists.blogspot.com/2023/03/sahyadri-tiger-reserve.html
Forts like vasota, Pratapgad fort and madhu makrand gad are present in
the surroundings can be visited for jungle trek experience and historical
learnings.
"Leave nothing but footprints, Take nothing but memories."
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