CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Junnar it runs 515 km to Junnar; allow about 7 h 42 of riding. The stops in between: Lohagad, Raigad and back through Lohagad. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Shivneri is a hill fort above the town of Junnar in the Sahyadri range, and its fame comes from a single event: Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha kingdom, was born here in 1630. The fort stands on a steep, flat-topped hill of black basalt, one of the many Deccan trap formations that give western India its distinctive stepped skyline. Seven gateways, each with strong walls and sharp turns, lead up the slope, and inside the fortifications are cisterns, a small mosque, a temple to the goddess Shivai after whom Shivaji is said to have been named, and a cluster of old buildings, including one said to mark the room of his birth.
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Shivneri Fort is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Lohagad comes up about 126 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
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about 262 km into the recorded legs you reach Raigad. Next is back through Lohagad.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lohagad write-up.
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back through Lohagad, late in the day. Next is Shivneri Fort.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Shivneri Fort write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Shivneri Fort. That is the ride.
Shivneri Fort → Lohagad is 126 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Lohagad → Raigad is 136 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Raigad → back through Lohagad is 139 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Lohagad → Shivneri Fort is 115 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.