Mumbai To Mahabaleshwar

Mahabaleshwar Tour

Post by Manikumar | Mumbai | May 31, 2006

From mumbai or pune by road. Lots of tourist buses are available. The taxi people over here are very helpful. Any time in night you can roam about without any fear. Do not get into the water at any lake or pools for more than half an hour even in the afternoon.

Eco Friendly destination

Post by Suresh | Mumbai | May 30, 2012

First time travelers, it is good you take public/private bus trnasportation as it is not so safe to drive, not bcoz of road conditions but due to very deep curves which going up to top of the mountain called Mahabaleshwar, to avoid invite unfortunate accident. Visitors can enter wither from pune or pane side. it is ~150 KMs from mumbai. it's better to take train to pune or atleat till Mumbai for out station visitors then rest can be travelled through road. Do propoer planning before starting sight seings. There is only 2 directions you have to plan 1) Towards Pratap Garh 2) Panchgini. Even for Pratap Garh, public bus is avaialbe from bus depot [which in the centre of market]. Visiting Pratap Garh is half day tour, but exauhstive so better take rest during remaining day. Atmost visit market in evening b/w 6-9 PM. thera lots of attraction on the way to Panchgini such as Strawbery Gardens, Amusement Park, Lord Shiva Temple, Venna Lake and most popular Mapro & Mala factory. Againg this is half day tour so have good rest during other half. Do proper bargain before hiring cabs [which is the only option] for sight seings to avoid unpleasent arguments at the end of the day. Mostly full day cab [9AM to 6PM] will charge Rs 1500 which has capacity to accommodate 2 families.

Just cant get enough...!!!

Post by Shagun | Nagpur | Apr 26, 2011

It is about 130kms from Pune and the road is a delight with the sights. NH7 is a dream ride and plenty of street side food joints to keep you full for the journey. Driving in the ghats is not advisable in the dark so make sure you start early and head back right after sunset.

HEAVEN ON HILLS

Post by Vikas | Mumbai | Jan 16, 2011

It is better if you book through a traveller like holidayiq, as they will book everything for you the a/c mercedes coach, a hotel to stay 'as per your budget', they also organise a sight -seeing as per your stay days. this way you dont waste time to look around for hotels or cars to travel or places to visit, hence i would reccomend if you are going with your spouse you better book through holidayiq you will get the best. if you want to travel by your own car try and reach by 8:30 or 9:00 in the morning as the hotels get empty by this time and it will be easy for you to check in directly instead of waiting for their previous guest to check -out.it will also be a great help if you do not have any booking in any of the hotel as at this time you can hunt for the best hotel that you want stay in at the best rates. and dear friends it is in your interest to book the hotel through reliable tourist agent than booking on your own as the pictures on the net of the hotel could be mis-guiding, hence i say book through holidayiq.

Heaven on Earth

Post by Darshan | Baroda | Jan 19, 2008

After reaching Pune station by train, in the morning we took MSRTC bus from Swargate for Mahabaleshwar. (There is no train going to Mahableshwar directly) MSRTC bus starts in the morning around 6.00 a.m with quite good frequency. But it is better to get reservation to get seat for 3 hour run. (Bus ticket: 90 Rs per seat) For almost all hotels at Mahableshwar, Check in time is 9.30 a.m. and check out time is 8.00 a.m. so one has to plan their tour accordingly. The atmosphere at Mahableshwar is pleasant and full of greenery; definitely it is heaven for someone, coming from concrete jungle. On the last day, we checked out the hotel in the morning 8.00 a.m. and moved to visit few sightseeing points and catched the MSRTC bus in the afternoon 2.00 pm towards Mumbai. It takes 180 Rs per seat in MSRTC bus and 7 hours to reach Mumbai central. You can also opt for private luxury bus (which also start at 2.00 pm) which takes 400 Rs in so called Volvo A/C bus, but before booking, please confirm whether they are reaching to Mumbai directly (in 7 hours) or via Pune (in 9 hours)