Type                         Kamandurg fort is Hill fort.    

Difficulty level        Kamandurg fort is Medium to trek.

Height                     Kamandurg fort is 2100 feet(640 Meter) above sea level. 

Base village / District / Taluka -  Devkundi / Thane / Vasai, Maharashtra, India.

A stone model found in the range helps us to construe that this has been a critical spot from old times. There are some water tanks found here around 6-7 of which have been fabricated by Maratha during 1739 when the strengths battling with Portuguese reported to the Peshwa’s central command in Pune about the need of building some water tanks in the region.

There is uncontrolled deforestation in the surrounding slopes because of which parcel of soil disintegration is happening in the region. It is additionally making a move to the summit is difficult because of opening of the soil as the coupling for the soil as trees is being lost.

The fort does not have any stronghold in that capacity yet indications of this site are exhibited in the surroundings. There is one little water tank dug out in the rock are display on the western side of the fort. The fort gives excellent perspectives of Vasai Spring and its encompassing ranges, for example, Bhaindar and Vasai urban areas.

Islands secured with mangroves and salt dish close to the stream can likewise be seen from the fort. Tungareshwar slopes likewise add to the lovely landscape around the fort. The summit as it is seen from ground is not one single crest yet two crests divided by one little canyon.

The round state of the summit provides for one an impression of fountain of liquid magma. Help of a nearby guide is important to discover the way up to top. One needs to be an accomplished trekker as the slope ascension is not simple and the way is elusive.

Time to reach the top. 

It takes around 21/2 to 3 hours from the base village.

Minimum Duration 

1 day. 

Best time to visit the fort 

Any time you can visit the fort. But avoid visiting the fort during the Rainy season as the way to the fort is slippery.

Water Availability 

Water is available only in rainy season. 

Accommodation Availability 

No, shelter is not available on the fort. 

Fortifications and bastions.

way from Pune to Kamandurg fort

Pune to Kamandurg fort By Bus 

From Pune there are ST (State Transport) buses / Volvo buses available to Thane. There are many buses regularly playing between Pune to Thane or Thane to Pune. From Thane there are buses available to Vasai station, from Vasai station there are ST (State Transport) buses and auto available to Devkundi.

Pune to Kamandurg fort By Train 

From Pune junction there is train available to Thane, From Thane there are buses available to Vasai station, and then follow the same route from Vasai station mentioned above. 

Pune to Kamandurg fort By Road 

Route of Pune to Kamandurg fort Pune - Chinchwad - Lonavala - Rasayani - Thane - Vasai Station - Devkundi - Kamandurg fort.

Way from Mumbai to Kamandurg fort

Mumbai to Kamandurg fort By Bus 

From Mumbai there are buses available to Vasai station, from Vasai station there are ST (State Transport) buses and auto available to Devkundi.

Mumbai to Kamandurg fort By Train 

From Kalyan there are local trains available to Thane, from Thane there are buses available to Vasai station, and then follow the same route from Vasai station mentioned above. 

Mumbai to Kamandurg fort By Road 

Route of Mumbai to Kamandurg fort Mumbai – Kalyan – Thane – Vasai station – Devkundi - Kamandurg fort.

Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Tungareshwar is a mountain level arranged in the middle of Virar and Vasai, an hour's drive from Mumbai. It is a thick forest district with rich green surroundings and streaming waterfalls amid storms. At a height of around 2177 feet, it is a well-known terminus for trekkers and mountain dwellers.

This backwood has been announced as a natural life asylum. The timberland is a viable hall and cushion for the fauna of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali, and Mumbai.

Well-evolved creatures such as Leopards, rusty spotted cat, common palm civet, jackal, fox, common langur, mongoose and deer, Birds- 150 species such as basic kestrel, peregrine hawk, eagle, hornbill, and grey jungle fowl.

Vasai fort

Vasai fort is also known as “Bassein”, history states that Portuguese sailors investigating the north Konkan Coast, found the Arab Sultanate of Khambat or Cambay, building or revamping or stretching the fortress in the early 1400s and assaulted it in a fizzled exertion to seize it. Later, after more deliberate deliberations, the Sultanate of Cambay ceded the fortification to Portugal by the Treaty of Saint Matthew marked on the Portuguese brig Sao Matteus secured in the Bhayander Creek or Vasai Harbor.

The Portuguese initially arrived at the west shoreline of India when the Portuguese pilgrim Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut in 1498. For quite a long while after their entry in India, they had been merging their energy in north Konkan.

They had made a solid toehold in Goa, which they caught from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510. According to Historian Faria y Souza, the coast of Vasai was initially gone to by the Portuguese in 1509, when Francisco de Almeida on his approach to Diu caught a Mohammedan dispatch in the harbor of Bombay, with 24 Moors fitting in with Gujarat. 

At the time, the cession of Mumbai was of minor imperativeness - however retroactively it picked up a critical criticality when the spot passed from the Portuguese to the English in 1661 as a major aspect of the share of Catherine of Braganza, and turned into a real exchange focus - making this the settlement's most vital long-range result.