Re: The JetŪ is mesmerized by the plateau of flowers: A drive to Kaas valley and beyo Quote:
Originally Posted by F150 Fantastic report. ![Clapping](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Clapping.gif)
Thank you for reporting the road condition of NH4. MH section of NH4 has always been iffy. The KA section was in top condition right ? |
Thanks a lot F150 ![Thumbs Up](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbs up.png)
Yeah the road was in very good shape on the KA side. In fact even after entering MH, the condition of NH 4 till Kolhapur, and later till Karad was very nice. Karad - Satara and then on became very patchy and bruised. Not sure if that stretch has been fixed up now though. Quote:
You drove all the way from BLR to PNQ to visit Kaas.
I live in Pune and have gone to Kaas only once. I will plan this year.
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Haha, blame other Team-BHP travelogues for giving us folks some gyaan on such beautiful places like Kaas. I wouldn't even have known of such a place if not for some of the earlier Kaas travelogues. Quote:
Nivant Resort was a good find. What was the tariff ?
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It was quite a frugal place and surprisingly efficient and clean. We paid somewhere around 2k per AC room per night, inclusive of taxes. The tariff did not include any food (not even breakfast) though - all rates mentioned on their site are for European plan Quote:
Looking at your Linea, makes me want one. But no shopping at least for the next 2 years.
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Hopefully by then, there will be better cars from their stable. 2016 Facelifted Linea with 1.4 MultiAir T-Jet at 180HP. Wishful thinking, eh?? *winks* Quote:
Originally Posted by raghunandanj Thanks much for this wonderful piece of information and pictures. This reminds me of the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand. |
Thanks for the kind words raghunandanj. Happy to know if the information is of some use to you. The actual valley of flowers that you speak of definitely is on my backlog since long. Need to plan up a trip to that place when I head up north sometime in the future. Quote:
Can you please provide some suggestions on family lodging when planning a vacation to these places, and also the best time of the year when flowers are aplently here ?
Thanks
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As far as I know, this place (Nivant hill resort) is the most convenient since it is on the Satara - Kaas road and you don't waste time getting out of the town traffic. It is a decent resort for families with very limited rooms (hence limited crowd) and provides excellent service; in fact I zeroed in on it after ampere's suggestion and tripadvisor reviews, where Nivant scores #1 for resorts in this area. It would be my obvious choice even if I visit Kaas this year again.
That said, there were some more bigger resorts we saw further towards Kaas plateau. I don't remember the names properly though. I can find out for you and post the information here on this thread in a couple of days. ![Smile](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.png)
Last edited by KarthikK : 9th January 2014 at 13:16.
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