About Hill Skippers

We are a normal couple like many other couples working in the corporate culture with arduous working hours. We are friends, couple, partners in crime for any and all activities that add thrill and enjoyment in life. Initially, we used to have a fixed routine - wake up, go to office, go to gym in evening, go to malls on weekends, watch all the movies etc. Obviously, we got bored of the routine in no time and that when we decided to bring variety to our life. We made it a mission to enjoy the life to the fullest, amidst the busy working culture of metropolitan city - Mumbai. Hence, we started looking for options. For past few years we have been trying our hand at various hobbies and activities. We have created this blog for all the other people out there, like us, who also want to add a spark to their lives and need information of trekking, hiking, swimming, skating, art and craft, nail art etc. We will try to provide the most realistic and accurate information in a fun manner and hope it helps everyone. The blog will not be limited to one activity or sport. Whatever we will try, you will know. Its out attempt to share our experience. Please get in touch if you are interested in any of our activity and wish to join or need information. Refer to the email ID at the end.

With Love - Babli & Arunesh

Hill-Skippers

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Kalavantin Durg Trek

We are back again with another trek. This time we went to Kalavantin and Prabalgad, which we will cover in two separate blogs. When we decided to go on trekking our only destination was Kalavantin, but we ended up covering Prabalgad also in the same day. We chose Kalavantin based on the difficulty level, a little more than our previous Mahuli Trek. Also, it looked challenging in photographs and various accounts we read online. This time we had proper trekking gear - trekking shoes, trekking poles (one for each of us) and trekking bag. Start of the hiking trail This time we knew it would be hot so we left at 5:30 in the morning. But as soon as we left from our home, we found that out bike had no fuel. So we wasted around 30 minutes searching for an open petrol pump. Finally we got fuel and left for Kalavantin. To reach the parking spot you will need to reach the Thakurvadi village. You can ask the villagers to reach the parking spot. It took us around 1 hour 45 minutes to reach t

Kalsubai Trek

Kalsubai Peak Hey guys we are back with another trekking adventure and this time it is none other than the highest peak in entire Maharashtra - Kalsubai Peak. Kalsubai is a mountain in Western Ghats range and is also known as Everest of Maharasthra. The peak is at around 5400 feet height. We did this trek in previous monsoon season. Sleepy bats just like us We did this trek with Mumbai Trekkers trekking group. This was out first trek with this group. Our trek started from the Dadar Station which was meeting point for all the people. We left the Dadar station around 11 via a private bus. The destination was Bari village at the base of Kalsubai mountain. We reached the village around 5 in the morning. We had light breakfast at the base village. The weather was very nice with clouds and slight drizzling. The base village was crowded with a lot of trekkers and trekking groups. We could also see a couple of school trips also happening the same day. While we were waiting for every

Dhak Bahiri Cave Night Trek

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

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