8:00Bhandardara road trip from Mumbai: 48 hours
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The trip place by place, with a route map: Arthur Lake, the road to Ratangad, Sandhan Valley and the drive home.
Published October 7, 2026See the whole Bhandardara tripChapters
- 0:00Route map: Mumbai to Bhandardara
- 0:20Day one: Ghoti to Bari road
- 0:40Kalsubai range and Bari village
- 0:55Bhandardara and Arthur Lake sunset
- 1:17Dawn at Arthur Lake
- 2:15Villages on the way to Ratanwadi
- 3:17Road to Ratangad Fort
- 3:38Ratanwadi backwaters: the submerged forest
- 4:03Lake day
- 4:51Samrad: Sandhan Valley clifftop
- 5:14The road home
- 6:36Samruddhi Mahamarg
- 6:47Marigold fields near Sinnar
- 6:56Windmill plateau sunset
- 7:38Expedition complete
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