Everything you need to plan a Karjat weekend, written by the team that runs three villas inside the Villa Montana estate. How to get here from Mumbai, which waterfalls are running, the treks, the caves and the best things to do around town.

Kondana Caves, Rajmachi and Peth Fort treks, Ulhas rafting, ND Studios and Matheran, with distances from the estate and the right season for each.
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Bhivpuri, Kondana, Palasdari, Zenith and the quiet Ulhas valley streams, ranked by flow and crowd, with safety notes from people who live here.
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About 90 km by road and 100 km by rail. Local and express trains, the three road routes, costs, traffic windows and directions to Villa Montana.
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