Part 4
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After all mesmerizing view of Ghat ,Sadashiv Gad and Karad markets. now rest as early as possible as you need to wake up early morning nearly 5:00 Am for our next Spot.
Get up and Quickly be ready with Trekking attire now you will be going to experience Real Sahyadri.
after Freshen Up go near Bus-Stop Chai walas are there have a good amount of Tea and Breakfast and keep Water bottels, Biscuits and packaged Snacks with you. Keep Mobile for any problems occur(Don't worry the place have enough range to call )
Around 6-6:30 Take an Auto and ask him to Drop you in JakhinWadi ask him to drop you as near as possible to Back Entrance of Agashiv Gad (There is front also which Directly leads to Agashiv Caves and have Stairs which will not give much feel but if you are not a Trekker types you can use that path also). Like Agashiv Gad(also called as Agashiv Caves). Villagers are very helpful if you stuck in finding roads. then you will find The Board of Welcome to Santuary and you can confirm that you are On right track. Now this area is somewhat away from Normal Human places so you will find less people near Base of Agashiv Gad. then Just follow the Road and you will see amazing greenry and if You are as my saying reached Early morning you will find good amount of foggy weather Just feels Like Heaven. Even if you visit in Monsoon you will find small waterfalls as you move.
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There first Stop you will encounter is called Bhairav mandir and Buddhist Caves, If local person is not there please do not Enter without Safety Equipment's as you may encounter Snakes and some yack Frogs which you don't want to see.. then have little rest see the view of V shaped Mountains(Looks Beautiful I must say)(here at some point Try Echoing the Voices) and then march to next point which is Top of this mountain (There is one shelter like spot in between and you at least need to come here while going down and then need to move towards Cave )and is called as Mahadev Temple. From here everything looks Very Small and you feel Like you conquered the World. Now Roam around on Top and Relax in area of Temple and Eat Snacks. Then don't return Via Same Route, Now comes some Tough trekking you need to search for cave area from Top and go down in that Direction (If you observe carefully it is opposite side from where we just came) here trek can be somewhat difficult so please be careful and slow. Then you reach what is called as Agashiv caves go roam around the caves and then you can go down via Stares. But here you might not get any Rikshaw so you need to again Walk nearly 3-4 kms to get any vehicles, When we were going we found one mini truck and we sat in that.
Now You might be Hungry after this much of hassle so just reach near Bangalore Highway naka (Entrance of Karad City as mentioned in Part 1) thereby 2 spots are available 1. Manpasanad Biryani (Shout out all Non-veg Lovers) and for Vegetarians Pankaj Hotel can be nice option and Highway Dhabas are also there.
Now take some rest and come to One Secret Spot which is Khodshi Dam (it is near Renuka Temple) which is Half Built on Krishna River and good place to look at calm waters of krishna and the culture nearby. I will not recommend to swim here if you are not expert in Swiming as water levels might change any time. and please be careful. views are awesome while coming there and also at Dam also.
Update: There new gate is created from saidapur side so if you need to see this beauty for Dam you might need to get from other side that is from Khodshi village
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At the Evening You should go to Karad vita Highway Dhabas I recommend Hotel Sai Park but other hotels are also good for pockets. Non veg people should order Non veg Thalis which gives a good amount of Serving(I guess unlimited but not sure). Veg People have to go with Normal Punjabi Dishes or I will recommend best place for Veg people but it is quite far and that is Shivraj Dhaba Order there Special Akkha Masoor with Tandooris and Dahi(Yoghurt).
One Spot is remaining but it some 20km far from karad which is called Vasantgad Fort in Talbid Village. Here there is Samadhi of Shri. Sarsenapati of Swarajya that is Hambirrao Mohite who was great warrior. Almost Every Sunday people of Vasantgad Seva and Sarankshan will come there I will urge readers to go with them as they will tell you whole history of Fort. Also please Support there work by whatever means possible(Money or Physical work). These people are selflessly donating there time and money to protect the monument.
Now we had a good look on almost every spot in karad. Every place here is worth seeing Also I will Suggest people to watch Pavkeshwar Temple in any morning which is also a good spot. I will recommend if you can possible get any 2 wheeler to roam Around (Except to Agashiv). Also People find Tembhu Dam also interesting near Karad.
Now My exploration for karad ends and if you want to see some more check for my kolhapur blog
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