| Your toy train chugs along slowly without a care in
the world. During the two hour ascent, food vendors and monkeys jump on and off
as the valley glides by sedately. |
| Sprawling languidly at an altitude of 800 metres is Matheran - an undulating
hilltop cloaked in green. |
| The cliffs of Matheran with incredibly steep drops to the plains below offer
stunning viewing points. These panoramic vistas, by day and night, leave you
feeling light headed. Standing at Hart Point in pitch darkness you get a
breathtaking glimpse of the lights of busy Bombay. Matheran abounds in such
quixotically named points. popular sites for picnics and fireside revelry. |
| The old world charm of the British and Parsi home capitavtes you all the way up
to the Charlotte Lake. On each trip through the main bazaar you purchase some
of its attractions - care and leather articles, hats, chappals and the
irresistible chikki loved by young and old alike. |
| Temperatures vary from 16° C in winter to 32° C in summer with an annual
rainfall of 524 cms. It is a place to visit round the year, monssons included,
for the young at heart. MTDC provides accommodation facilities, the total
capacity being 83. |
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| Temperatures vary from 16° C in winter to 32° C in summer, with an annual
rainfall of 524 cms. October to May is the best time to visit. |
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 Nearest airport is Mumbai, 100 kms. |
 Mumbai-Neral, 90 kms. Neral-Matheran, 21 kms, Pune-Neral, 120 kms.
(Neral-Matheran mountain train) |
 Mumbai-Neral-Matheran, 108 kms. State Transport buses ply from Mumbai and Pune to Neral.
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 Self-contained rooms (38 blocks) Grpoup Accommodation (2 blocks 18
beds) and a Machan (4 beds). |
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| 9.00 a.m. |
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Mumbai and Matheran. |