Kamshet hill station - Tourist interests and information on Paragliding
Kamshet hill station is located near Bombay and Poona. This hill station is famous world over as a great Paragliding spot. Here you can find tourist interests and other informations about this place and nearby
Kamshet hill station - Favourite Paragliding spot near Pune
Kamshet is a famous hill station located in the state of Maharashtra, is 110 km from Mumbai City, and 85 km from Pune city. This is one of the famous hill stations near Pune city which is famous for para gliding activities. This place is about 11 km from the hill stations of Khandala and Lonavala, and is accessible by road and rail from Mumbai and Pune. The place around hill station is surrounded by scenery and there are small villages that are still built in the traditional style.
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It is located at a height of 2200 feet above the sea level is one of the favourite spots near Pune for Para gliding activities. It is the only tourist destination for para gliding activities in the western ghats in Maharashtra state.
The area near this hill station is perfectly suitable for flying and there are famous paragliding sites for beginners as well as experienced pilots here. Today this place is known to the world paragliding community as the Paragliding paradise in India. This place was developed as a flying holiday destination and adventure holiday destination near Pune. Tourism attractions
Para Gliding is one of the major attractions at this hill station. There are a large number of world-class para gliding facilities here which attract a great number of people interested in para gliding. This hill station is surrounded by paddy fields and sun flower fields.
Temple Hill is the main destination for Hand gliding. Temple Hill is 8 Kms. from the high way. This place offers ideal conditions for thermal para gliding. Here, a tourist can take off from a height of 175 feet above the ground level.
If you are an experienced in para gliding and are paragliding enthusiast and looking for some challenging adventure in para gliding, you can move towards Kondeshwar cliff. Kondeshwar cliff is 20 Kms. from here which offers a correct elevation for tourists. Here a tourist can take off from a height of 2200 feet from ground level. A tourist can soar high over the Pawna lake and glide over the scenery below. This is ideal place for ridge and thermal para gliding, is suitable for basic, intermediate and advanced paragliding expeditions.
It is also known as the 'Para Glider's Paradise' in India. The village of Kamshet was once a sleepy village, now developed as a major para gliding destination. As it is very near to the twin hill stations of Lonavala and Khandala, the tourists generally stay at these hill stations and visit this place for Para gliding activities.Other attractions nearby
Karla Caves: The Karla Caves are 3rd Century caves and are famous for great rock-cut architecture. Karla Caves are the largest cave temples in India. Karla caves are located very near to hill station.
Bedsa Caves: The Bedse Caves are slightly different from karla Caves and were built during the 1st Century. These caves are very famous for their animals and dancing figure sculptures.
Bhaja Caves: Bhaja Caves are a group of 18 rock-cut caves built around 200 BC and are 14 Kms. from the hill station.
The major attraction of these caves is the 14 stupas, five inside and nine outside the caves. There is a monsoon water fall near the last cave of the Bhaja caves where we can see lot of tourists visit every summer.
Kondeshwar Temple:
The Kondeshwar temple is an ancient temple well known as Shri Kondeshwar temple is situated near Pohara near to this place. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva.
The place around this temple is a great scenery view for the tourists as this place is surrounded by dense forest all around. Thousands of Hindu pilgrims come to visit this famous Shiva temple during the Maha Shiva Rathri festival. Mahasiatri is a huge festival celebrated at this temple.
Paragliding: The Para Gliding is one of the major attraction and major activity for the tourists visiting this place. The tourist come here specially to enjoy the Paragliding activity. There are many paragliding schools here for the beginners. The Para gliding courses are normally for 5 to 2 weeks time duration. How to reach
There are regular local trains which run between Pune and Mumbai.Get down the Lonavala Station you can get train to this place. The nearest is Pune Air Port. After reaching Pune Air Port, you can catch a local taxi for hire to reach here.
You can also drive to here by Road from Pune or Mumbai cities which is around 16 Kms. east of Lonavala.
