Salher Forte Trek, 2nd Height Peak in Maharastra, sahyadri range

A Perfect opportunity for backpackers and people who love admiring the rich historical heritage India – trek through narrow pathways and enjoy the open panoramic views of the surrounding mountain ranges.
Date of Journey = 27 June 2021
Route : Surat - Palsana - Bardoli - vyara - bhenskatri - mahal - chankhal - don - salher wadi - salher forte & Return- Salher wadi- Don- ahwa - vaghai - vansda - Rankuva- kharel chokdi- NH 8 - Navasari - surat.

Approx Trek time : 5 to 6 hours for Salher Trek only
Difficulty level : Moderate - High; High endurance level required.
Height above sea level : 1,567 meters
Trekking Type : Hill Fort

Salher is the 2^nd  highest fort in Maharashtra, ( 1^st one is Kalsubai 1646 m) which offers spectacular views of the Baglan mountain range in Nashik. Crowned at a soaring height of 5141ft, this is one pleasant trek that provides you with the stunning views of these quaint forts

This fort has a good historic importance. Salher Fort was under Shivaji maharaj in 1671. The Mughals attacked the fort in 1672. Many soldiers died in this battle but finally Shivaji Maharaj won the battle. Of all the face to face battles between the Mughals and Shivaji Maharaj’s troops, the battle of Salher takes first place. Such a big battle was not won before. The bravery and strategy used by the Maratha troops in the battle spread far and wide and increased Shivaji Maharaj’s fame further. After winning Salher, the Marathas also captured Mulher and established their reign over the Baglan region. In the 18th century the Peshwas occupied this fort and later by the British.

This is unquie combination of new friends, we are 5 people who join this trek & plan make on 25th afternoon, & all agree to leave morning 6.00 am, we 5 are from different categories like IT field, Jwellery, Doctor, Real estate, Engineer.  we enjoy travel by intoducing ourself with our business to eachother. our first halt at Madhi Khamni, Near valol. then next stop is Don hill station, take sip of tea with rain. reach salherwadi, a base point at 10.45am.  Hire a Local Guide & start trek to ward salher forte. it is high edurance trek, with rest & trek we successfully reach at summit where parshuram mandir is at top point of salhher forte. that day totally foggy & we are under clouds, so missed enjoy the open panoramic views of the surrounding mountain ranges, but still enjoy trek.

Madhi ni khamni

@ Don Base Point

@Don Hill Station Top Point

View of Salher from Base Salher wadi

Resting Time

Difficult Time @ trek

@ Top 5141 Feet
Parshuram Mandir, Salher Fort

Vyara Forest Trecking "Time to go Uphill"

Journey date: 09/07/2017
route: surat- palsana- turn right toward songadh highway- vyara- songadh- turn left under bridge- cross railway fatak - turn left side toward hindla- medha.

Vyara forest department organise treking festival  first time in history in all over gujarat.
as part of festival their is 10 treck route which is every sunday start from 02/07/17 to 30/09/17

we join 2nd treck rout name as Time to uphill. it is on 09/07/2017 having route of medha- suratiya dungar- medha.
reporting place: Medha round office,  songdh ota road.
total distance of route is 18 km
Note: This treck only go with forest department permission.

we start journey at 4:00 am from Surat n reach 6:00 am at medha base camp
first done registration they need one photograph n ID prof.
then we take tea n start move towards path of tracking.
Mr makwana a forest officer tell us some dos n dont n make group of 50- 50 people n give green signal to move further. we are total 220 people in this track
after passing one hrs  we reach some heights n make first halt for breakfast.
visit gaykoda a waterfall top and take pictures of beautiful views
forest office give us some basic knowledge of how department works n whats is duties of their & now life about people stay in forest area or neare. also welcome a one vaidh (local old-age people having knowledge of medicinal plants ) explain about local plants n how it works in different disease.
after breakfast start  tracking again toward suratiya dunger

Suratiya dungar having history as name suratiya means before 15-25 years ago people see surat from top of dungar with help of binocular.
we see awesome views from top n rest few times and same time rain start and feel much batter with rain n then again descending toward lunch point. descending is now little bit difficult bze rain path is slippery. but all successfully return at lunch point. we reach 3:30pm at lunch point. taking lunch with local foods bhajri no rotlo, chokha ni rotli, bataka nu sak, adad ni dal, dal , bhat, onion, marcha, lime. good testy food. after finish lunch we proceed toward base came and reach 5:00pm at base camp where we start in morning.
after all awosome n life time memorable trekking
tag life from forest department is "EXPLORE THE UNSEEN"  is real mean after completing this route