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Matheran
Where the People are a "Friendly and
Hospital Lot"

Your toy train chugs
along slowly without a care in the world. During the two
hour ascent, food vendors and monkeys jump on and off as
the valley glides by sedately.
Sprawling languidly at an altitude of 800 metres is
Matheran - an undulating hilltop cloaked in green.
The cliffs of Matheran with incredibly steep drops to
the plains below offer stunning viewing points. These
panoramic vistas, by day and night, leave you feeling
light headed. Standing at Hart Point in pitch darkness
you get a breathtaking glimpse of the lights of busy
Bombay. Matheran abounds in such quixotically named
points. popular sites for picnics and fireside revelry.
The old world charm of
the British and Parsi home capitavtes you all the way up
to the Charlotte Lake. On each trip through the main
bazaar you purchase some of its attractions - care and
leather articles, hats, chappals and the irresistible
chikki loved by young and old alike.

Temperatures vary from
16 degree C in winter to 32 degree C in summer with an
annual rainfall of 524 cms. It is a place to visit round
the year, monsoons included, for the young at heart.
MTDC provides accommodation facilities, the total
capacity being 83.
Weather
Temperatures vary from 16 C in winter to 32 C in summer,
with an annual rainfall of 524 cms. October to May is
the best time to visit.

Getting There
Nearest airport is Mumbai, 100 kms.
Mumbai-Neral, 90 kms. Neral-Matheran, 21 kms, Pune-Neral,
120 kms. (Neral-Matheran mountain train)
Mumbai-Neral-Matheran, 108 kms. State Transport buses
ply from Mumbai and Pune to Neral.
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