2022 started with New Adventure 'CAVING'
Welcomed our New Year 2022 with New Adventure!
My hubby(Pratik) and I were on a trip to kokan on 1st Jan 2022 which is my native, since childhood I had seen kokan in bits and pieces and so thought to continue to explore in the same way so this time it was Ratnagiri I chose.
After a family gettogether at my native(near Kankavli), we both started our journey towards Ratnagiri enroute we planned to visit Kunkeshwar Temple and Vijaydurg Fort.
Vijaydurg Fort
We stayed back in a hotel called Seafans which was right in front of the sea though I kept wondering why the name seafans instead of seaface🤔😬
The next day early morning we planned to visit Ratnagiri Fort which is called Ratnadurg Fort or Bhagawati Fort, which is a fort located 2 km in the Ratnagiri district, of Maharashtra. This fort is important in the Ratnagiri district. The fort is the main tourist attraction due to the Bhagawati Temple inside the fort.
Bhagvati Mandir
Outside Ratnadurg fort we came across a poster which read 'CAVING WITH PROFESSIONALS' Team RATNADURG ADVENTURES. We immediately tried calling on to the nos displayed, we had no clue with the details about this activity, does this happen on weekdays or weekends? How many no of people are required for the minimum batch..nothing..our answers were called by one of the professionals in the team and he said give me 15-20mins we would get back to you.
We both were very excited and we wanted some new experience apart from what we do usually (hiking).
We waited almost for half an hour impatiently thinking we won't get called back and we should start on our return journey and bang on we received a call saying you can come to the spot where caving activity takes place and carry your extra pair of clothes with you which was already mentioned in the poster.
Being adventure lovers we both had a beautiful experience for the next 1 hour which was exclusive to only 2 of us.
CAVING
To add on some information regarding this activity they don't do this activity commercially it is only for people who are interested in exploring and yes to a decent public who respects nature and conserve. Duration for this activity is 1 hour, anyone above 10 years can do this activity, the season is from October to May, the difficulty level is medium and they are available on request and their contact no 9082107801. Fee-500/- pp
To share our personal experience we had never done this before, sliding down a cave, climbing 10ft and wearing a life jacket and floating into 25feet water which has bats and other species which has absolute zero light and only with the help of a head torch we could experience the cave which was naturally formed due to hitting of seawater on the walls for years, detailed explanation from our instructor Ganesh Chaughule Sir
Cave stone type:Basalt. Cave length: 325ft
Water journey length:250ft Cave depth in water-20-25ft
Cave width in water area: 9 to 10ft
Cave height from sea level: 30ft.
Our whole journey was way thrilling.
We returned our journey by having amazinseafoodod which was just next to our stay 'Masala Kitchen'.
My hubby(Pratik) and I were on a trip to kokan on 1st Jan 2022 which is my native, since childhood I had seen kokan in bits and pieces and so thought to continue to explore in the same way so this time it was Ratnagiri I chose.
After a family gettogether at my native(near Kankavli), we both started our journey towards Ratnagiri enroute we planned to visit Kunkeshwar Temple and Vijaydurg Fort.
Vijaydurg is the oldest fort on the Sindhudurg coast,
Presently the area of the fort is about 17 acres and is surrounded by the Arabian Sea on three sides. Shivaji Maharaj developed Vijaydurg as an important base for Maratha warships and this is one of only two Maratha forts where Shivaji Maharaj personally hoisted the saffron flag.
Presently the area of the fort is about 17 acres and is surrounded by the Arabian Sea on three sides. Shivaji Maharaj developed Vijaydurg as an important base for Maratha warships and this is one of only two Maratha forts where Shivaji Maharaj personally hoisted the saffron flag.
We stayed back in a hotel called Seafans which was right in front of the sea though I kept wondering why the name seafans instead of seaface🤔😬
The next day early morning we planned to visit Ratnagiri Fort which is called Ratnadurg Fort or Bhagawati Fort, which is a fort located 2 km in the Ratnagiri district, of Maharashtra. This fort is important in the Ratnagiri district. The fort is the main tourist attraction due to the Bhagawati Temple inside the fort.
Outside Ratnadurg fort we came across a poster which read 'CAVING WITH PROFESSIONALS' Team RATNADURG ADVENTURES. We immediately tried calling on to the nos displayed, we had no clue with the details about this activity, does this happen on weekdays or weekends? How many no of people are required for the minimum batch..nothing..our answers were called by one of the professionals in the team and he said give me 15-20mins we would get back to you.
We both were very excited and we wanted some new experience apart from what we do usually (hiking).
We waited almost for half an hour impatiently thinking we won't get called back and we should start on our return journey and bang on we received a call saying you can come to the spot where caving activity takes place and carry your extra pair of clothes with you which was already mentioned in the poster.
Being adventure lovers we both had a beautiful experience for the next 1 hour which was exclusive to only 2 of us.
To add on some information regarding this activity they don't do this activity commercially it is only for people who are interested in exploring and yes to a decent public who respects nature and conserve. Duration for this activity is 1 hour, anyone above 10 years can do this activity, the season is from October to May, the difficulty level is medium and they are available on request and their contact no 9082107801. Fee-500/- pp
To share our personal experience we had never done this before, sliding down a cave, climbing 10ft and wearing a life jacket and floating into 25feet water which has bats and other species which has absolute zero light and only with the help of a head torch we could experience the cave which was naturally formed due to hitting of seawater on the walls for years, detailed explanation from our instructor Ganesh Chaughule Sir
Cave stone type:Basalt. Cave length: 325ft
Water journey length:250ft Cave depth in water-20-25ft
Cave width in water area: 9 to 10ft
Cave height from sea level: 30ft.
Our whole journey was way thrilling.
We returned our journey by having amazinseafoodod which was just next to our stay 'Masala Kitchen'.
Do visit this activity if you are keen while on your next visit to Ratnagiri.
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