PURANDAR FORT, PURANDAR TREK

Purandar is a beautiful hill fort located on the outskirts of Pune. The fort stands 4472 feet above sea level and is located near Narayanpur. Most of the strucutres here are still intact. It's a must visit place during the winter or the rainy season.
Below, you will get some useful information about this fort, which will help you in planning your next trek here.

Routes: From Pune, the easiest way is to go towards Saswad via Hadapsar and then take a diversion from Saswad which will lead you to the fort. There's a slight chance that you might get confused near Saswad. The locals at Saswad can help you with the directions or you can always make use of Google Maps.
The trek can be started either from the very base or the mid section of the mountain. There's a nice motorable road that will take you to the central section of Purandar. We'd recommend that you drive till the mid section if there are senior citizens or kids in your group. This way, you can reduce the trekking effort quite substantially.
A few years back, this fort used to be open 24/7 for visitors. However, there's a miltary camp near the fort now and there's a time restriction in place for visitors. You can only visit during 9am to 5:30 pm.

Difficulty Level and Other useful tips: Difficulty level is Medium. It will take approximately 2 1/2 hours to reach to the top from the very base. Make sure that you carry plenty of water and some snacks with you. The trek is not that tiring, but it's better to have supplies with you.
If you start trekking from the mid section, 30 minutes are enough to get to the top.

Camping and Accomodation: We don't think camping is allowed here as there's a strict entry and exit time for visiting the fort. However, if you are travelling from a far away place, there are plenty of hotels that offer cheap accomodation near Purandar. You can either stay at the hotels in Narayanpur or in Saswad. Both these places are only a few kilometers away from the fort.

Structures: The fort has 2 main sections. One flat area is at the center of the mountain. The other part is the actual fort
The other prominent structures on the fort are the various temples, the statue of Murarbaji Deshpande, Dilli Darwaja and the Kedareshwar temple.

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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Medium
Time for trekking: 2 hours from the base.

Located in the western ghats near Narayanpur. A Must visit for all trekkers.

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Basic Info: This fort stands 4472 ft above sea level and is located near Narayanpur. The stucture of the fort is just amazing.

Routes: From pune the easiest way is to go towards Saswad via Hadapsar and then a diversion from Narayanpur leads you to the fort. There's a slight chance that you might get confused near Narayanpur. The locals at Narayanpur can help you with the directions.
The trek can be started either from the very base or the mid section of the mountain. There's a nice motorable road that will take you to the central section of Purandar. We'd recommend that you drive till the mid section if there are senior citizens or kids in your group.
A few years back, this fort used to be open 24/7 for visitors. However, there's a miltary camp near the fort now and there's a time restriction in place for visitors. You can only visit during 9am to 5:30 pm.

Difficulty Level and Other useful tips: Difficulty level is Medium. It will take approximately 2 1/2 hours to reach to the top. Make sure that you carry plenty of water and some snacks with you. The trek is not that tiring, but it's better to have supplies with you.

Structures: The fort has 2 main sections. One flat area is at the center of the mountain. The other part is the actual fort
The other prominent structures on the fort are the various temples, the statue of Murarbaji Deshpande, Dilli Darwaja and the Kedareshwar temple.

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