Amboli

Amboli is one of the Hill station in Sahyadri ranges situated near Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg District of Maharashtra. I had read a lot about this hill station in newspapers that it’s beautiful, charming and pleasant during monsoon, so this monsoon we school mate planned for Amboli a two days trip.

We started our journey from Panvel by train on Friday night around 1 AM. It was around 10 hrs journey. For us it was first time that we were travelling through train for such long journey with friends. We all decided to enjoy this journey and did not go to sleep. We all took our seat in upper births letting other people relax in lower births, took out cards and started our game, almost played for couple of hours then finally decided to lets sleep because we should save our energy for next 2 days. Around 3 AM everyone went to bed but one friend still doing prank by messaging and giving miss call to others but eventually all went asleep. I used to get up whenever train was taking halt at any station.  Around 5:30 AM our train reach to Chiplun. Slowly sky also started to become bright, first from black to twilight then reddish. Our train crossing mountain after mountains through tunnels, it was good scenic through train. Greenery, waterfalls, rice farms with full of water. When our train reached to Rajapur station we all get down on platform to stretch our legs little bit. Station was not quite big, just one platform beside one mountain and also small waterfall flowing through that mountain. Still we had couple of hours in our hand till we reach destination so we again started our Mendhicoat game, this time all people were awake by the time also taking interest in our game.

Around 9:45 AM train reached to our destination that is Kudal Staion. We bid adieu to the fellow neighbour passengers and boarded ourselves on Kudal Platform. We had already booked a private vehicle to pick us from station, we dialled our cab driver and he was alredy there waiting outside to receive us. We all quickly settled in cab and our next phase of journey which is Kudal to Amboli started. It hardly took us 3-4 minutes to come out of Kudal city and our cab took Mumbai-Goa raod. Konkan roads are awesome during rainy seasons due to greenery, roadside farms and rivers with full of water. We stopped our cab beside one river to enjoy the nature.

Amboli ghat was not too dangerous to drive. Ghat was quite enjoyable as small water stream flowing through mountains. When we reach on enough height the view was too good, one side Mountain and other side deep valley, we all were capturing this monsoon beauty through our eyes and saving in our memory. After few more distance, road was completely covered by fog, visibility was also too low.

When we reach to almost Amboli, we welcomed by Amboli’s main waterfall. It was awesome, People were enjoying in that fall, I wanted to go in that fall right there but we all were tired due to overnight journey and though of getting freshened first and come back. Few meters ahead Sunset point was their but we all know that due to so much of foggy weather we will not be able to see it.  After 1 and half hour journey from Kudal we reached to our resort. We then checked in to the resort and relaxed and getting freshens up for sightseeing.

Amboli waterfall

waterfall in Rajapur Staion