Tailbaila,one of the beautiful and secluded villages in Sahyadri's, a wonderful place to visit if you are looking for a very easy trek with mesmerising views.I came here with my dear friend and co-trekker Siva(Baba you missed a spectacular view) on a duo trek.It is around 33kms from Lonavala.It is accessible by shared vans from Shivaji Udyan or ST buses from Lonavala.We took a shared van till Amby valley which costed us 30 INR per head and took a ST bus from there which dropped us 3km from Tailbaila.It is a pretty easy walk even at peak mid-day as the road is all shady with trees on either side.
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Enroute to Tailbaila
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our rest point just before the village,not that we were tired.Just for the feel of it :P
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That's Durgheshwar hill where climbers come for technical climbing.As me nor my friend do not have enough climbing skills we trekked just to the mid point where the partition can be seen.
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There is a temple constructed at the junction.It looks like a dead end from there,but go ahead into
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trees and walk for 5mins and you can see spectacular view of Amby valley from this point
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It took us 30mins to trek up leisurely.Route is moderately steep with loose rocks,but overall it is a very easy trek.There is no place to camp on the top,except for the temple.
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We decided to camp in the village and pitched our tent at the starting point of the village.There is a vast dry grass land stretch with even ground surrounded by mountains as this is the last village in sahyadri range,so basically we can camp anywhere!.
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Durgeshwar from side view..Me with a horn :P
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There is a hotel at the entrance of the village,not a typical hotel,it's basically a home cooked food provided for visitors and they charge 100 per meal.I absolutely loved the food.We pitched our tent,but slept outside on a tarp in our sleeping bags as the sky view was spectacular.
Here I'm in TailBaila on a not so chilly winter night with a blanket of shining stars soothing me into sleep,but my heart refuses to drift away into dreams wondering if it could have a better view than this.To add to this shooting stars made my day and I can't imagine a better way to spend my new year.I woke around 5 in the morning.This time it's just moon and few stars.Attended to my nature calls in the moon light..:P. Village was still sleeping,So I lied down again looking at the moon and dozed off.Finally woke up again to the most beautiful colours of sunrise!!
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Morning stroll!
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This time we got a bus from village to Lonavala at 8:30 AM costing 40 INR per person.Siva had to leave to Hyderabad and I couldn't go back to Mumbai knowing that I can't see those beautiful colours of night and day lying in nature's lap.So I decided to go on a solo trek(which I was longing to try from a while).I chose a relatively easy and familiar place,Dukes nose to trek as this was my first solo.It is 10kms away from Lonavala train station.I bid my friend farewell and took a rickshaw to Kurvanda base village.I started trekking right away to the top as I know the route will be pretty clear.
I had enough supplies and local police station numbers (thanks for my concerned friend to share those details)and pepper spray to drive away insects if any.I was here before two years for rappelling with Mumbai Explorers.It took me 40mins to trek up as i started at peak mid day.I reached to the peak around 1pm.So here I'm on Duke's Nose resting just below the peak(this is the only place you get shade when it's sunny) for the next half day.
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I will camp on the peak at night.I'm using this half day to bring out the writer in me,hence this post.I created this blog years ago,but this is my first post.You can guess how lazy I'm in penning down my thoughts.I always wanted to blog about my trips,finally this solo trek gave me the push I needed.Hopefully I'll continue this and write about all my future treks and trips.All excited to camp on Duke's nose to take in all that nature have to offer me.
In LOVE with Nature and it's colours!!
I've been to many places in sahyadris,organised treks with Great Hyderabad Adventure Club(I'm so proud and thankful to be part of it,as my journey to Nature started with it and whatever skills I possess today is all because of the knowledge GHAC has imparted upon me)
Disclaimer:All pic credits to me.Solo treks are not recommended,risky and dangerous.Please make sure you think all angles before you go to secluded areas.
You can well describe as a natures crown rather than horn :-)
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