Whenever you hear someone discussing about Travelling in Mumbai, the conversation will surely have these places - Lonavala, Khandala etc. So, this was the 2nd Travel destination for HillTrotters in and around Mumbai. We planned to ride through these twin Hill-stations and explore must visit places near to them. Lonavala and Khandala are the twin hill-stations in Pune district of Maharashtra state which are thronged by tourists during monsoon and post monsoon till winters. and

As a kid, learning social science, I have always wanted to know more about the Sahyadri's and how they formed. This was my first up and close with the Sahyadri Range also known as Deccan Traps because of how they formed out of Volcanic lava when India split up from Madagascar to join with Eurasia. Malshej ghat is in Maharashtra state of India, and it is a mountain pass road in the Sahyadri Region. It falls on the way to Ahmed Nagar on Highway #61. We rode through the Malshej

I first heard about the Gurez valley, from an outlook blog, a heart-wrenching story about the last surviving generation of Dard tribe living in the remotest valley in India, and the news about the Hydroelectric power project on the Kishenganga river which will eventually submerge the valley in few years from 2015. The Gurez valley is located in the northern Kashmir (Indian administered part of Kashmir), just along the Azad Kashmir region of Pakistan. Dawar, Gurez Valley The p

I am basically from southern part of India, and like others from same region, I have always dreamt of catching snow between my hands and roll over the snowy terrain. I know that sounds cliche, but sometimes in life that's enough to keep you motivated and make you plan and travel far and wide. I got my date with snow, when I was on Kashmir Tour back in April-May '2018 and it was Gulmarg. The Gulmarg Gondola is one of the few highest altitude cable car attractions in the world,

This was my first experience with High Altitude trek, even though there is not much altitude gain while you pass from Kunzum la (4300 Meters above MSL) to the Chandratal lake (4250 Meters above MSL) the distance of which is around 13 km. This lake is often visited by trekkers and tourists coming in from Manali be it Hampta pass trek or by jeep ride. I had rated this place as most important one in my Spiti Valley tour of 2017, and i was not disappointed. First of all, reaching

Often it is said, the places which are either too far or too remote to reach are the doorways to heaven, and those people are "damn right".This place which was not even in my itinerary for the Spiti Dreams'17, but still made me stay there for couple of nights, thanks to our travel friend who met us on the way to Kaza in HRTC Bus. This place is tucked far away in Trans-Himalayan region, and very difficult to reach for at least 4-6 months of every year due to heavy snowfall and

"Chitkul" was just a name in my long Spiti Valley itinerary, I didn't feel like doing much research on what that place has to offer. But when I did get chance to visit Chitkul on the 3rd day of the tour, I was awestruck seeing the beauty and for the terrain it was. Literally, it was a masterpiece of nature and god's creation on the way to a cold and arid desert like Spiti and to reach Chitkul, you have to take a journey of rough and undoubtedly one of the world's most treache

After the success of South Circle-1 (Blogpost Link: South Circle -1 (Beaches & Landmarks) (hilltrotters.com)) journey across coastal Southern India, it was time for HillTrotters, to travel across the mighty western ghats and witness the amazing beauty of prominent hill stations of Kerala and Tamilnadu, adjoining Karnataka's western ghat ranges. We planned this journey only for Kodaikanal, but then we got an idea to make this a long bike ride over 4 days, and also visit Tea Es

This was an instance of dream becoming reality in my life. I always wanted to travel long distance for many days on a motorcycle, exploring some wonderful places and get the unique experience of travel. It soon became reality, when I got comfortable enough with my new Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350cc back in May 2016. I planned it over a week and came up with the itinerary which included Madurai, Rameshwaram, KanyaKumari, Thiruvanathapuram, Kochi, Calicut, Kannur and Madikeri

The Western Ghats is blessed with full of beautiful hills and mountains to trek on. While some of them are easy to moderate, the others are challenging. One of those challenging trail is near Subramanya (Kukke) region known as Kumara Parvatha peak. This trail is known as one of the most challenging trek trail in entire Karnataka state and arguably in entire South India. This was the first ever trek (official) which I have done in my career back in 2015 long before HillTrotter