Why this ride
A 476 km round trip from Lonavla - roughly 7 h 00 in the saddle. On the way it passes Raigad, Suvarnadurg and back through Raigad. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Lohagad and Suvarnadurg
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 476 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 00
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Lohagad
In the monsoon, Lohagad disappears into the clouds and reappears, drenched and green, with waterfalls pouring off every ledge. This hill fort stands on a ridge of the Western Ghats a short distance from Lonavla, between Mumbai and Pune, and its walls and gateways crown a basalt plateau a few hundred metres above the surrounding valleys. Its name means iron fort, and it is one of the forts associated with the Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji, which in 2025 were grouped together on the UNESCO list as the Maratha Military Landscapes.
Read the complete Lohagad write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Lohagad is where the day begins. Next is Raigad.
2. Raigad
Raigad is a flat-topped mountain in the Sahyadri, the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, with cliffs falling away on almost every side, and it was chosen by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as the capital of the Maratha kingdom. In 1674 he was crowned here, a ceremony that announced the Marathas as a sovereign power in the face of the Mughal empire, and the fort became the political heart of the young state. Today the summit holds the ruins of the palace, the market street with its rows of stone shop plinths, water tanks cut into the rock, and Shivaji's samadhi, which draws a steady stream of visitors who come as pilgrims rather than tourists.
Read the complete Raigad write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Raigad comes up about 139 km into the recorded legs. Next is Suvarnadurg.
3. Suvarnadurg
The Konkan coast of Maharashtra is a long green strip between the Sahyadri hills and the Arabian Sea, and every few kilometres a fort stands on a headland or an island. Suvarnadurg, the golden fort, rises from a rocky islet just off Harnai, a fishing port with a morning market that is one of the sights of the coast. The fort was strengthened in the seventeenth century by Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha state, as part of his drive to build a navy, and later it became the base of the admiral Kanhoji Angre, who ruled the sea here for decades and clashed with the British, Portuguese and Dutch. The walls are of black basalt, thick enough to withstand cannon fire, and they stand out against the green water.
Read the complete Suvarnadurg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 237 km into the recorded legs you reach Suvarnadurg. Next is back through Raigad.
4. back through Raigad
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Raigad write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Raigad, late in the day. Next is Lohagad.
5. Lohagad
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lohagad write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Lohagad. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Lohagad to Raigad
Lohagad → Raigad is 139 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Raigad to Suvarnadurg
Raigad → Suvarnadurg is 98 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Suvarnadurg to back through Raigad
Suvarnadurg → back through Raigad is 100 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Raigad to Lohagad
back through Raigad → Lohagad is 139 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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