Ulysses 360 Degrees

In Maharashtra from the soil rise the mighty mountain range of the Western Ghats. These mountains run parallel to the western coastline of the Indian Peninsula. The average height of these mountains is about 600m in the northern and about 900m in the southern parts. The Western Ghats in Maharashtra are called Sahyadri in the local language, Marathi. The narrow strip of land between the coastline and the Sahyadris is called the Konkan. Mumbai lies in the Konkan region; a few hours of travelling out of Mumbai will take you into these exciting ranges. A person staying in Mumbai can easily go on a trek into the Sahyadris for a day or two (or even longer) . These pages contain an account of the treks undertaken by some of us. We hope that you find them interesting. For your benefit, we have also assigned grades of toughness to each of them.

The gradation is based on our experience with the various groups we have taken on expeditions to these places.

Note: The Sahyadris are the land of Shivaji. One comes across Shivaji's forts at many points all over these magnificent mountains  Stories of his life and exploits are almost legendary in this region and he is held in great reverence by the local people. Shivaji had over 300 forts under his control. He visited all of them some time or the other, but he never left his name or mark in any of them. It is disheartening that so many people have such little respect for our cultural heritage that they tend to disfigure the walls of forts, caves etc. by scratching their names on them. Such blatant disregard for our heritage sites should be strongly discouraged.