Panchgani - Five Plateau Hill Station

Only sixteen kilometers from Mahabaleshwar, the hill station of Panchgani is lesser known to tourists but no less in anyway. Swoops around bends with abandon, offering heart stopping views of the river krishna on one side & the coastal plains on the other.A key geographical feature is the table topped plateau (panch = five, gani=plateaus) shaped by flattened volcanic rock.




Panchgani with its pristine natural beauty and rejuvenating oxygen levels has a TB Sanatorium. Patients are known to get better faster at Panchgani owing to the pure environs offered at Panchgani. It can be seen in the old architecture of the old British buildings, the parsi houses, & the boarding schools that have been for a century or more.

In the evenings it turns into a makeshift fair with ferris wheels, pony rides and a variety of food stalls.Panchgani is often referred to as the 'Mecca of Maharashtra' If you want to enjoy the beauty of the hill Station Panchgani you may go for a pony ride.

The ride through the hamlets, farms and ravines with the gorgeous greens and the ravishing river Krishna of Panchgani will surely enchant you. Situated in the Western Ghats Panchgani is close to important cities like Mumbai and Pune. There are as many as twenty boarding schools in Panchgani.

Panchgani does not experience major temperature variations. Though the monsoons are rather heavy. The temperature ranges between sixteen and thirty-five degrees throughout the year.

You can commute to the beautiful place by following routes-
By Air: The airport at Pune is nearest to Panchgani at a distance of 98km.

Road & Rail: Pune is a popular railway station for tourists to Panchgani at a distance of 98 km from Panchgani. Though the railway station nearest to happens to be at Wathar. Panchgani is well linked with Mumbai and Pune through road.

Panchgani is the quintessential and a place for those seeking resort from polluted metro cities.The months from September to May are the best time to visit Panchgani.