Fireflies : A summertime light show

10 June 2019📆
What an amazing day it was!!!

My cousin and me left Nashik in pursuit of fireflies . We were headed to camping which is organized by "Durgaraj" for the same. We reached 🚗 camp site of Durgaraj around 5:30-5:45 . We enrolled our self at the reception and had a tea (Biscuits too).Tea ☕🍪 was awesome and we later came to know that it was prepared in earthenware .

Sun Set

As the weather was so pleasant & the sun was about to set, we decided to stroll around. As we walked around, we came across this spot where we witnessed a sunset at the backdrop of valley.View was so breathtaking that I felt, I could spend rest of my life watching it. Then as we were headed back to campsite, the skies started to change colours .The hosts were allotting the tents to the guest and suddenly Black clouds were all around the skies. Furious winds replaced the calm weather. Then arrived the thunderstorm⛈️🌪️. I thought that winds and water would destroy the tents at camp,but to my surprise tents were intact.

Base Camp

Team of Durgaraj was very comforting and helpful in this stressful situation. Even during this thunderstorms, team was executing their task diligently. Few team members were busy looking after tents, few were interacting with guests to comfort them and others were busy preparing dinner for all. Like the tea, the dinner was also prepared in earthenware & with traditional chullah. Taste of food was heavenly 😋😋. The meal consisted of शेवभाजी🍲, बटाटा भाजी, पोळी, दाळ-भात🍛, ठेचा, लोणचे, सॅलड 🥗 along with the sweets. After dinner, everybody gathered around for chitchat🗣️.

Now around 10:15-10:30 we hit the trail towards jungle🌳. It was this walk🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️ during which, the purpose of our visit was accomplished, where we saw mesmerizing view of thousands of fireflies lighting up the forest. The trail leader( Shubham&Om) briefed us about life cycle of firefly & told few interesting facts about fireflies. The walk was around 40-45 min and 3-4 km.

Fireflies

This was the most profound experience of my life which I would never forget. Then after walk , we returned to camp🏕️ & had peaceful sleep in tents. Tents were clean and comfortable.

Sun Rise 

We woke Up⏰ around 5:30 AM next morning to watch sun rise.🌄 There was dam nearby, about 20 min walk from campsite where we went to see the sunrise. Around 6:34 AM, Sun rose above the peak of Bhamagiri hill (which is approx 4300 ft height) ⛰️.

Again for the last time😌,we returned to camp for breakfast. Tea and delicious poha😋 was served. Finally we exchanged goodbyes and gratitude.

It was a wonderful experience of my life♥️.

I request🙏🏼 all to visit this place at least once in life.

Hospitality 10/10🌟
Food 10/10🌟
Fireflies Experience 10/10🌟
Tent Quality 8/10🌟