Vasai is located almost 50-60 km from Mumbai and it is easy to travel in Mumbai with local trains. For one day trip you must visit the well known beaches and the Tungareshwar Temple. It is mainly known for Wildlife sanctuary. Best time to visit here is during monsoon as you will get to see many species and flora and fauna. Vasai East is best for nature beauty.
How to Reach Vasai ?
By Train :- Trains are available from Mumbai i.e from Kopar. Shuttle Trains are available in the morning from 6.00 am and in the evening from 5.00 pm. The other route is from Dadar.
By Road :- From mumbai take Eastern Express Highway(NH48) to vasai road. It will take around 2 hrs approx. From pune take Bengalore-Mumbai highway which take approx 4 hrs 22 min to reach vasai.
Places to visit
- Tungareshwar Temple
Tungareshwar is mainly known for 2 spots, one is wildlife sanctuary and another is Lord Shiva temple. This temple is located extreme inside into the dense forest. The road is upside down and with lots of slippery stones around. This temple is located at the highest peak where you can enjoy the nature at its best.
During summer the streams and waterfalls are unseen. We need to wait until the next monsoon arrive. There are no washrooms available inside. While heading inside you can enjoy the streams and a waterfall in the middle of the road. It feels pleasure to experience the nature surounded by many birds, streams, various butterflies and insects.
We have to head inside with these pathway where you can experience different kinds of trees on both sides. After reaching to the destination, there is also an Ashram called as Chakachak Ashram on the other end of the temple. You can also take a visit over there.
Along with the Lord Shiva temple there is also Goddess temple named Jagmata Mandir. This Lord shiva temple also have Ram kund on backside. There are many devotees who worship Goddess and ord shiva during Maha Shivaratri and also during summer festives.
These are the entry steps of reaching to the Goddess temple.
Near by temple there are many shops for having a good food. The best part is Misal, Vadapav with amazing green chutney(known as Tehcha in Marathi) and Ginger tea(Adrak ki chai) are tempting.
2) Suruchi Beach – Vasai
This beach is located on the west coast. This is one of the cleanest beach . This place is amazing surrounded by pine trees and sand. You can click various cool pictures for you social media. The best time is to visit by 4 to 6 pm in the evening.
How to reach ?
The distance from vasai station is about 8 kilometers. You can either take a bus or auto to reach there. Approx time is 25 minutes from station.
This place is better for morning and evening walks. This beach is known as clean beach so do not litter around. If you carry any kind of stuffs or plastic bottle with you, place it inside the dustbins.
Here you will find the many boats carrying goods as well as ferry boats for travelling. This view you can see from the vasai fort and it was built to strengthen their naval superiority.
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