The Rajmachi Fort is a wide fort situated near Lonavla (one and half hour railway journey from Pune). There are two paks on Rajmachi fort. The taller one is Shriwardhan and the other one is Manoranjan. [Rajmachi1]

Shriwardhan is about 910 meters and Manoranjan is about 900 meters tall.
At he bottom of these two peaks lies a village called "Udhewadi".

First road

The distance between Lonavla and Udhewadi is about 19km and best way to cover this distance is to walk! The entire path is completly surrounded by green forest and it gives complete pleasure of walking. The road starts from Lonavla railway station and it travels through Tungarli village, passing by the Tungarli dam, and enters the Rajmachi plateau.

Pune/Mumbai ->Lonavla -> Tungarli Dam -> Rajmachi plateau -> Udhewadi.

There is no trekking involved in this journey (only perspiring walk!); but there is an alternate way also.

Second road

Kondivade is small village that can be reached from Karjat (not far away from Mumbai). From Kondivade go to Kondhane, from here go to Kondhane caves. These are ancient Hindu and Buddhist caves; and these lie at the bottom of the Rajmachi. So here is the road map

Mumbai/Pune -> Karjat -> Kondivade -> Kondane/Kharvandi -> Kondhane caves ->Rajmachi
Hold on! there is third exciting road also. [Rajmachi1]

Third road

The third way is from the Ulhas valley. First go to Thakurwadi railway station (that is reachable from Pune/Mumbai); from here you can proceed to famous valley of Ulhas River . This valley provides a fantastic experience of trekking and it is also associated by the naural beauty like waterfalls and wildflowers. A road to left from Ulhas river goes straight to Kondhane caves.
So here is third road map:

Mumbai/Pune -> Thakurwadi -> Ulhas river ->Kondhane caves -> Rajmachi.

On the top of Rajmachi

FAQs

How to go?
Reach Lonavla and take a long walk to Rajmachi. Trains and buses are readily available to Lonavla from Pune and Mumbai. OR Reach Karjat and take a us to Kondhivade. OR Reach Thakurwadi and walk through Ulhas valley to Kondhane cave and then climb to Rajmachi Fort.
When to go? Best time is from June to February.
Where to stay? Villegers of Udhewadi do furnish accomadation.
Where to eat? Food is available in Udhewadi.
How much time does it take? 2 Days (starting from Pune/Mumbai).

WARNING!!

DO NOT CONFUSE BETWEEN THE RAJMACHI FORT AND THE RAJMACHI POINT.
The Rajmachi point is near Khandala (close to Lonavla), from where tourists see two peaks of Rajmachi fort.

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