Sharukh Bamboat

In the third and final part of the Lohagad Fort trek series, we focus on the experience of climbing up the fort.  The first part of the trek focuses on the Bhaja Caves Lonavala. In the second part, we focused on the Bhaja Caves to Lohagad Fort base. Lohagad Fort is at an elevation of 3,389 feet above sea level. In 1648, the fort was taken over by Shivaji Maharaj. The fort was captured by Shivaji Maharaj in 1648. However, he surrendered it to the Mughals in 1665 under the Treaty of Purandar. He recaptured it later in 1670.

In the second post of the series, we move further on our Lohagad Fort trek. If you’re interested to know about how to get to Bhaja Caves you should read my Bhaja Caves Lonavala post.

We took a halt of around 40 to 50 minutes at the Bhaja Caves Lonavala. However, we realized that we were behind our actual schedule. We decided to move quickly and take the shortest route down. It would be easy to take the steps, but that would delay us by 20 minutes. In an attempt to make up for the lost time we climbed the mountain the wrong way.

Writing job can be quite challenging and at times even boring. This is mainly because you’re continuously researching and writing about things that not necessarily piques your interest. To tackle the boredom I usually look for options that allow me to travel and visit new places. I had visited Bhaja Caves Lonavala several times earlier but this time I wanted to document it.