Kalavantindurg

Height: 2300 ft
Grade: Prabalgad Easy, Kalwantin Medium
Time: ~3 hrs from Thakurwadi, Base Village
Location: Prabalgad is a fort located near Panvel.

Prabalgad fort is situated on northeast side of Panvel, on Mumbai-Pune road. One can see it from express highway as V-Shaped mountain. The left one is Kalwantin durg & on the right side is Prabalgad. But there is a dense forest on the way till the the top of fort Prabal. Historical references indicate that Freedom fighter Umaji Naik made a stay there in 1826.

Karnala Fort

Karnala hill fort near Panvel, India, was probably built by the Yadavs in the 13th century. The fort had strategic importance overlooking the Bor pass and main trade route linking the Konkan coast to the Maharashtra interior. It changed hands on numerous occasions, being occupied by the Tughlaq, the Gujarat Sultanate, the Nizam Shah and also the Marathas and the Portuguese. It finally fell to the British in 1918.
The Karnala fort complex contains two forts on higher and lower levels. In the middle of the higher level is a 125 feet high basalt pillar, known as Pandu's and shown in this picture. This was a watchtower, now home to wild bee hives.
Karnala Fort is also known as Funnel Hill. It stands on a hill in the middle of the Karnala Bird Sanctuary, a popular bird watching and hiking area in the Raigad region of India.

Type: Hill Fort Height: 2500 Feet above MSL (Approx)
Grade: Easy (1.5 hours to the top)
District: Raigad
Region: Pen
Base Village: Karnala Bird Sanctuary