In continuation to my last post on Things to do during Camping I am writing next post on type of camping and locations suitable for you.

Its obvious that latest trend is to spend sleepless nights during camping with enjoyment of Guitar music, bonfire, games and ghost stories … rather than spending night in air conditioned hotel having a small swimming pool.

Camping sites allow you to enjoy clean and fresh air, spending nights under millions of stars .. swimming in big pool with million gallons of water in it .. wow .. fishing .. sky gazing .. bird watching ..

Camping type and options near Pune , Mumbai & Lonavala

Camping booking form for different locations, we will try to give you best options

• Lakeside camping

  • People love lake view from their tents
  • Get up early morning you ought to see beauty of lake
  • Pawana lake is famous for the beautiful views
  • Bhandardara
    • about 160 kms from Pune
    • Places to visit are Bhandardara Dam, Umbrella Waterfall, Randhaa Waterfalls, Harishchandragad and Ratangad Fort
    • Lake view is awesome and you can tent camp anywhere
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• Beachside camping

  • Kashid beach
  • Alibaug beach
  • Murud beach
  • Bordi beach

• Camping under the stars

  • Pawana lake
  • Rajmachi
  • Velhe
    • about 46 kms from Pune
    • Places to visit – Torna fort
    • You can also do camping on Torna fort
    • Many village homes provide homemade food, also hotels are there
  • Bhor
    • about 54 kms from Pune
    • There are many bollywood films locations near Bhor
    • Places to visit Kalubai Mandir and Bhatnagar Dam
  • Lonavala
    • about 65 kms from Pune
    • Many hotels and campsites are there near Lonavala
    • Places to visit are Karla Caves, Lion’s Point, Lohagad Fort, and Bhaja Caves
  • Panchgani
    • about 100 kms from Pune
    • Best place for camping during summer holidays, its green, its cool
    • Places to visit are Sydney Point, Parsi Point, Table Land, and Lingmala Waterfall

• Jungle camping

  • Vasota Jungle Caming
  • Koyna backwaters Jungle Camping

• Fort camping

  • Harishchandragad camping
  • Kalsubai camping

• Cave camping

  • Kataldhara camping (near Lonawala)

• Hill view camping

  • Rajmachi

• Monsoon camping

  • monsoon camping shall not be done on forts due to poisonous reptiles (Cobra, Krait,Russell’s viper)
  • goto safe places which are plain with crush sand which does not allow reptiles to move easily (they don’t like)
  • visibility shall be there, preferably lights all the night, so that any snake is easily visible during walk for toilet or roaming around, do not depend upon the mobile lights which are not so good during night to view snakes or reptiles
  • goto developed campsites only, with generator backup (its common in Maharashtra to have no power for days during monsoon season in villages)

• Eco adventure camping

  • Many developed campsites are there for adventure camping near Kamshet and Hinjewadi

• Aqua adventure camping

  • in Konkan region many sites are now developed like Tarkarli for Aqua activities along-with camping

So what I am doing is getting some options for camping near Pune, Mumbai and Lonavala for you, just fill in the inquiry form and I will try to provide you best options, with this it will also help me supporting my site expenses and you will get a known option.

Camping booking form for different locations, we will try to give you best options

Now coming to the nearby places for camping near Pune, Mumbai or Lonavala, most famous place is Pawana dam. In resent years it has became so famous that thousands of tourists are going to spend weekends and nights there.

Nightlife has developed due to illegal activities are permitted and in resent years deaths due to drowning are increasingly reported
(refer to my previous report after visiting Pavna dam after a techie died .. it throws light on the present situation at Pawana lake – https://trekbook.in/2018/01/visit-pawna-camping-sites-2-techies-drown-pavana-backwaters.html/ )

However if you see there are cases of drugs & liquor, deaths due to drowning so I feel it is unsafe unless you are sure about legality of sites. I  had visited to the different camping sites touching to the Pavna lake but could not find which of them are legal sites !

Why to find alternate places to Pavana dam for camping ?

• Too much crowd which is drinking liquor and drugs near Pawana lake
• No control from Police or Forest department
• Increasing number of cases of drowning in the pawana lake water
• Unsafe practices followed
• Unhygienic campsites developed just to make money
• Constructions has happened over government land which are illegal, by going to such campsites we are providing support to people who are involved in such illegal activities ! I suggest not to support them