Kalyan to Nashik (road/rail, ~ 130 km)- Dhodambe (road, ~ 40 km) - Hatti (road, 3
km)
Time to reach the top
About 2 1/2 hrs from Hatti
Water Availability
Water cistern is available on the top close to
temple
Best season to visit
Any time
Sights to visit
Temple (Jagdamba temple), various
caves, peculiar natural wall, water cisterns, Darwaja's
Difficulty Rating
Simple
Shelter
Caves at the top
Location
This fort is a part of a Satmala range of
Sahyadri, situated north-east of Nashik city. One has to reach
village Hatti and then trek the fort for about 2 2/1 hrs (ST for
Hatti leaves Nashik in the evening at about
5 pm and same ST then leaves from Hatti
to Nashik next morning at 7 am)
Precautions
No special precautions are needed.
Sight Seeing
Temple is in fact situated in one of the caves and is in good
condition. Few other caves are also seen around and are quite big in size.
Ancient remnants
Trunk of Dhodap fort
Note
All
references regarding duration of trek and transport are given with respect to Kalyan, which
is about 50 km north-east of Mumbai.