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PEB Fort We are back again with a new trekking experience. This time it was PEB Fort, also known as Vikatgad. We have been planning to go on this trek ever since we completed Prabalgad, as you can see it from Prabalgad. Some of our friends, who had done this trek before, advised us to go with a group, as one can get a little lost on the trek for first time. Hence, once again we booked our trek via Trek Mates India (TMI). It cost us 550 INR per person. This trek started on 7th night and finished on 8th morning. At Neral Station Our meeting point was Neral Station, around 1:30 am in the morning. We boarded the last fast local (CST to Karjat) from the Ghatkopar station. The train was a bit late and we met few other members of the trekking group. The train was supposed to arrive at 11:42 but we boarded the train after 12 in the midnight. Unfortunately, there was another unscheduled halt before Thane for around 20-25 minutes which further delayed us. We reached Neral Station a

The target - Dhak Bahiri Cave We finally got to do something, which we had wanted to do for a long time - a night trek with a trekking group. The destination was Dhak Bahiri Caves situated on outskirts of Karjat, around 90 km from Mumbai. We both were very excited as we had never been on a night trek and especially not with a group. We went with a trekking group called TMI (Trek Mates India). We were charged 1100 per person, which was pretty reasonable considering they provided us with transport, lunch and breakfast. Start of the trek with torches Our meeting point was Pritam Hotel, near Dadar station at 10:30 pm on Saturday 9th April. We reached there in time but the bus got delayed. It was private non AC bus. We left from Dadar station around 11:15 pm and did two more pickups at Chembur and Sanpada bridge. By now we had all the people in the group. It was a group of 28 people including the organizers. We traveled for around 2 hours. The traffic congestion was horrible an

Continuing from our previous blog of Kalavantin Durg .... The target Once we came back from the Kalavantin Peak and reached the base of the stairs, there was a very narrow trail towards the left, which according to the shopkeeper led to the Prabalgad Fort. The other way was to hike all the way down to the base camp and then trek back up again through the different route. Cave in the hill So we set out target reaching to the Prabalgad Fort and follow the shortest possible way, even if it was a little riskier and harder.We decided to take the trail. Just few meters into the trail we came across a cave cut in the hill rock. It was perfect square cave. Trail start to Prabalgad We were not sure that if it contained any harmful creatures or insects and hence explored only few meters into the cave and then came back. We also abandoned the cave exploration as we did not have a torch with us. We kept moving on the trail and there was another group also which was moving behind