Type                                                   : Korigad fort is a hill fort.      

Difficulty level                                   :  Korigad fort is easy trek.   
Height                                                :  Korigad fort is 3048 ft (929 Meter) above sea level.       
Base village / District / Taluka         :Peth Shahpur / Pune / Mulshi, Maharashtra, India.

          'Shivaji Maharaj' captured this fort along with Lohagad, Visapur, Tung and Tikona in 1657 and included this fort in his Swarajya. Colonel brother captured this fort after a big struggle on 14th march he dropped a cannon ball in the ammunition stock of the fort he succeeded to capture Ghangad along with this fort.
Korigad has a Ganesh Darwaja which is the entrance from 'Pethshahpur village'. Fort still has many remnants of the old structure, temple of 'Korlai devi' which has an idol of 4 feet and this temple is renovated there is a Deepmala on the fort which is situated in front of the temple. There are 6 canons on the fort from which one of the canons named "LAXMI" is situated near the temple more temples can be found on the fort.

Time to reach the top
It will take around 30 min from the base village (Peth Shahpur).

Minimum Duration
1 day.

Best time to visit the fort 

Any time you can visit the fort but in rainy season it is difficult to see scenery of surrounding as there is mist and fog in this region due to heavy rainfall in this region. 

Water Availability
The water in both the ponds is not suitable for drinking or cooking. Water can be available this water can be used for cooking and drinking purposes.

Accommodation Availability
Koraidevi temple and Ganesh temple are available which can accommodate 15-20 peoples.

Places to visit on the Korigad Fort.

2 Large ponds, Korlai Devi temple, Ganesh temple, Fortification of the fort Here we can see the idol of lord Vishnu holding the Conch, Discus, Mace and Lotus flower.

Pune to Korigad Fort

From Pune to Lohagad there are ST (State Transport) buses or local transport are available to Lonavala (80 kms), or there are also Express and local trains available from Pune to Lonavala.

Mumbai to Korigad Fort

There are ST (State Transport) buses or local transport are available to Lonavala (89 kms), or there are also Express and local trains available from Mumbai to Lonavala,(local time table. Mumbai To Lonawala To go Pethshahapur reach Lonavala ask villager's route to Korigad they can guide you to the base of the fort. Try to go by your own vehicles as there are less modes of transport to the base village of the fort.

Places to visit nearby the Korigad Fort.

Lohagad Fort

        This fort is around 3400 ft and easy in climbing. The fort is from the Satvahaan period which is around 2000 years back Buddhist monks would shelter in the bhaje caves and bedse caves which are located in the Visapur Mountains. This fort was built with an intention to keep an eye on the Nane Maval, Korbaarse Maval and Andhra Maval. The fort went in the hands of nizamshahi rule in 1489 after the fall of Bahmni kingdom they managed the fort till 1630.In the same year Adilshah captured the fort from Nizamshah. After18 year's Shivaji Maharaj captured the fort from adilshah, he also captured torna after two years. Netaji Palkar was appointed as guardian of the fort and nearby areas.

Purandar was invaded by Jaisingh Mirza raje and attacked many places near Pune region and many villages with Lohagad fort. Kutubuddin attacked many villages here. From Lohagad around 1000 to 1500 soldiers came down but couldn't hold for much time and went. Lohagad went in the hands of Aurangzeb according the 'Treaty of Purandar'. Aurangzeb broke the treaty and Shivaji Maharaj won the fort in 1670.Later after 30 years Aurangzeb captured the fort in 1700, Shahu Maharaj assigned the fort to kanhoji angre.
Balaji vishwanath controlled the fort in 1720.The fort was renovated, developed the fort he made second and fourth entrance stronger. Dhondopant Nitsure shifted his treasury to Lohagad, which was treasured in Laxmi Kothi. Nana phadnis passed in 1800.General Wellesley decided to capture the fort. In 1818 during British reign they captured Visapur and eventually Lohagad went in the hands of Britishers, Without wastage of their ammunitions or wealth.

      

Visapur

            This region was under the rule of Bahmani rule but Nizamshah took over the region after them. In the treaty of Mahuli they lost the fort to mughals. Mughals were unable to administrate the fort hence Shivaji Maharaj captured the fort in 1660 and even many other forts in this region. Anyhow Shivaji Maharaj couldn't retain the fort and lost to mughals in the 'Treaty of Purandar' of 1665.
In 1682 Shahbuddin attacked this region and killed 60 Marathas, some of them managed to escape to Visapur. They were followed by the enemies. But colonel brother captured visapur fort on 4th march 1818 followed by Lohagad. There is lot of hanuman temples around the fort hence lord hanuman was worshipped on this fort.

Lonavala

              It is the place of heaven every year tourist gather here for enjoy and relaxation .It has many places for tourist to visit this region once this place was strategically important to Mughals so they kept this region with them. This region was protected by the "Maval" warriors they helped Martha and Peshwa empire to increase their territories.

It is famous for 'Rajmachi' point which is a trek spot which keeps watch on the fort Rajmachi, Valvan Dam, Lonavala Lake, Dukes Nose, Tiger's Leap Aka Tiger's Point which is a cliff having a deep of 650 meters.

There's a waterfall near this point which is only in monsoon this place feels better than 'Bhusy' dam of the same region, Karla Caves this caves where built during 3rd to 2nd century B.C by Buddhist Monks it has famous temple of Goddess Ekvira this place is visited by thousands of visitors all year around. Lohagad and Visapur fort are the nearest forts that can be visited by the visitors. Many other spots such as Bushi Dam, Lion Point, Tungarli Lake and Dam, Shooting Point, Wax Museum can be seen with Korigad.

Best hotels and resorts in near Korigad are

Fariyas Resort Lonavala. Frichley Hills | Tungarli,
Lonavala 410401, India.

The Dukes Retreat.
Pune Mumbai Road, Khandala,
Lonavala 410301, India.

The Machan.
8 km Short of Aamby Valley, Lonavala 401401,
India (Formerly the Machan & Camp Canopy).