Katraj to Purandar Trek
Katraj to Purandar (K2P) range trek Katraj to Purandar (K2P) range trek was completed on Nov 28, 2015 with Santosh Kulkarni. Got the info from puneventurers FB page in last week. Its a different trek which goes more from villages/vadi's than through mountains/hills. Trek Route: Old Katraj Tunnel-Waghjai temple- Mobile Towers (go towards right direction)- Shiv temple- Daregaon-Thapewadi-Durkarwadi-Somurdi-Pokhar-Narayanpur-Purandar. We started from Katraj old tunnel at 6.30 am and reached Narayanpur (base village of Purandar) by 5 pm. Missed the route initially which costed us 2 hours. Met many people in between, mostly farmers and villagers; it was good to interact with them. Most of the route goes through farms and fields. Its 7-8 hours walk if you maintain good pace. Definitely its simple range trek with couple of small hills climbs. Points to ponder: 1. Once you cross three mobile phone towers which are close to the tunnel, you will see a hill, which is not