Can you keep yourself away from social media for a day? Because from the moment you get into a forest like Andharban and till the time you get out, you will be pleased not to have dithered by technology, for the forest will speak to you in a language that most fail to understand.

Andharban literally translates to the dark forest, where dark symbolizes the dense part of the forest.

Location - Tamhini Ghat is the stretch between Kolad and these backwaters. The gradual climb opens doors to a different world of green velvety carpets, gushing streams, dark grey clouds stooping low, and the occasional waterfalls.

The rains has turned the parched land into a carpet of green with plants and flowers in full bloom such as impatience, gloriossa suparba, karvi and wild turmeric. The hills stretch towards the skies like giant walls, partly covered by mist. The wildlife species found here are danaid eggfly, blue pansy, rat snake, green vine snake, tree snake, wild hare, wild boar, civet cat, mouse deer, etc. Bird species – scarlet minivet, shikra, mottled wood owl, malabar grey hornbill.