Matheran Hill Station in Maharashtra

Matheran Hill Station

Matheran is one of most popular hill stations in Maharashtra. It’s near to Mumbai and Pune. Matheran is located 80-km east of Mumbai in Raigad district is situated at an Altitude of 800m. Matheran hill station paradise has been left largely undisturbed, since the time when an Englishman, Hugh Mallet, Collector of Thane, discovered it in 1850 and declared it a fine place for shady walks.

Matheran Hill Station

Matheran is the nearest hill station to Mumbai and Pune. Especially in weekend lots of tourist comes to visit Matheran from Mumbai and Pune. This will provides them a break from the city. Tourist enjoys Matheran ringed walking tracks and the views from the look out, which drop sheer to the plains, is fantastic. On clean days it is even possible to see Mumbai from Hart Point.

Matheran Hill Station

You will get fresh air over here because vehicles of any kind are not allowed in the town, which makes this hill stations a very quiet, serene place. This ban on vehicles makes the journey to Matheran quite relaxing and peaceful for tourist from Mumbai and Pune. One more special attraction of Matheran journey without this you can’t complete your journey of matheran, and this is most favorite toy train of Matheran. Tourist involves an adventurous two-hour ascent in a toy train with food and drink vendors and monkeys jumping on and off, as the valley glides by sedately. Hikers can opt for a tough 11-km hike through thick and shady forests.

Matheran Hill Station

Matheran View Points

There are a lot of nice walks in Matheran and points like Louisa Point, Panorama Point and Little Chouk Point have fantastic views. Make it a point to watch the sunset from Louisa Point and little Charlotte Lake and the Parsi and Hindu cemeteries near Rambaug Point. For the adventure trekkers, the interesting places to visit are the romantic precipice called the "Byron Garbutt" point, "Panorama Point". Trekkers can try a footpath southwards from One Tree Hill, where Shivaji's ladder descends into the plains. This path was discovered by Mallet but was known to the local people for centuries. One can stand atop these peaks and survey the wild ravishing landscape, and the reddish brown mountain ranges. The red soil is everywhere. Matheran is a continuous poem of shady, thickly wooded paths of red mud and velvet moss, stretching endlessly.

Matheran Hill Station

How to Reach

By Air

Nearest airport is the Mumbai at 100-km.

By Rail

Nearest railway station is Neral.

By Road

Public and Private Transport buses are available from Mumbai and Pune to Matheran Hill Station.