Picturesque Panchghani

    Visiting Pune means a customary visit to Mahabaleshwar. But if you want to feel the gush of fresh air in the lap of nature and want to feel at the top of the world do visit Panchghani too! Pune has its own wonders mostly at the outskirts. 

    Panchghani is basically a hill-station located in the Satara District of Maharastra. This place acquires its name as it is cuddled among five hills of the Sahyadri mountain ranges. 

Panchghani is the second highest plateau in Asia after Tibetan plateau and is commonly known as “ Table Land”. The entire journey will be embraced by ascending narrow roads surrounding hills and lush-green pictorial view like this.

Panchghani- the Table land

Places of interest :

 Best way to visit the entire plateau is by a horse. There are horsemen who briefs about the place better than a guide. There are a lot stories about the “Table-land ” itself.

Pandava foot-print spot - will date back with few myths of ancient times.

Pandava foot-print spot

Devil’s Cave – Situated towards the southern face of the plateau it was believed to be inhabited by the Pandavas for some span. 

Tiger Cave -  It is located down the plateau which has stairs to guide to it. It is believed that during older days there used to be real tigers. There is a model tiger inside and if one is unaware then it’s a sudden terror to bump on it!

Tiger's cave

Sydney Point - Facing the Krishna Valley this point is situated somewhere amidst the hills.

Sydney Point

Apart from these there are other points like- view of Krishna river, One-tree point, Natural W-spot, Harrison’s folly and some shooting spots of movies like Alibaba and 40 thieves, Raja Hindusthani, Taare zameen par, Bajirao Mastani etc. The entire plateau has villages around so whenever you look down you get to see minature pretty houses and cottages allover.

Natural W Spot

When all the sites are covered there are options to explore horse riding as the horsemen will provide you with necessary information and leave you with the horse for a while.

Adjoining places : 

Best option is to visit Mahabaleshwar from there. While on the way visit Parsi point and Mapro / Mala’s garden restaurents.

Parsi Point - View of Krishna Valley and waters of Dhom Dam.

Parsi Point

Mapro’s Garden Restaurent - Epic joint for strawberry lovers. Farm fresh strawberry products are to die for. Definitely try strawberry ice-creams and shakes. You can visit the orchid garden and strawberry farms. There is a small shopping joint of Mapro products from which you can get home some memories too!

During summers strawberry festivals are held every year!

Mapro’s Garden Restaurent

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How to reach :

It is about 101.6 kms from Pune main city via NH48. By car it takes about 2hours to reach the destination. It would take about 3 hours to roam the entire plateau. Getting a hired vehicle is the suggested to enjoy the freedom of journey and liberty to explore photographic skills! 

Best time to visit is during light monsoons and winters.


Authored By: Sarba saha
Sarba is a Forensic Professional. By passion- a crazy- creative soul, a painter, a photographer, a wonderlust, a foodie, a reader and many more. She loves to do new things. Her philosophy of life is "Risks should be taken in life because one always gains in it, if not material but experience for sure."

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