Friday, 4 May 2018

Chinchoti: In search of Waterfall during Winter.

It was 22nd December 2017, as decided day before Me and yash planned to visit Chinchoti waterfall. I informed other tribes member also but they were like ''water in December month is very much impossible''. I saw some Recent pics on Instagram app which is a very effective travelling tool for me, just by looking at the pics through hashtag i got the good idea how the environment is going to be.

Early morning i boarded metro from azad nagar metro station to andheri station, from there to naigaon station, 'Yash was already out there by the time i reached. This was the first time i halted at naigaon, i was amazed after looking at the railway infrastructure, bridge nearby is rusted and should  be reconstructed.Then we took sharing rickshaw to chinchoti base village which is like 15km, there were 6 men inside rickshaw 3 men at the back while Me and yash at the front beside driver. The road to chinchoti base village is quite good, it goes through highway and top of that it was winter season, i was feeling the fresh air hitting my face early morning. 

Finally we reached Chinchoti base village around 8:20 am, then we started asking for direction from villagers about chinchoti waterfall who were quite shocked after hearing about our plan which was to reach waterfall spot early morning that too in December, little did they know that this flat trek was a 'walk in the park' for me as i have done more than 20 mountains trek in my life. Scenery around the base village was refreshing.

Base Village



On the way we met a dog, he started following us. First we thought he was following us with bad intention however later on we realized it was nothing like that, It's quite common in country side that dog start to follow y'all as they are well aware that these people got something to eat, last time it happened with me during prabalgad fort trek where dog protected me from notorious monkey at the peak of the forest.

Dog, Yash and Me
Path is clear, trekker with little bit of experience can easily differentiate between Trail and dried waterfall stream, every now and then yash was getting confuse with it.

   Way to Chinchoti WaterFall
It was a while since we were walking and no signs of water, yash was like ''Are we gonna see water body or not?'' I said be patient.One will encounter water body on the left side. Finally we heard water stream sound, there you go it was a clean/Transparent water body. It also indicated that chinchoti waterfall, the source of the water is nearby only. 



The water body y'all looking above right now gets muddy and water waves get crazy during monsoon, the reason it is crowded during that time. Based on my perception and research i prefer to see water body during winter season when it is calm, greenish/Blueish which is a good sign and also it is not crowded.We washed our face with that water,Took break and shared biscuit with dog who was with us and continued with our waterfall search.



Finally we reached Chinchoti waterfall, it took us like 90 minute to reach here, it was 10 am on the clock.There was a big rock on top of the waterfall, i was wondering where that water get generated from during winter season, it's not like we are leaving in some nordic region where ice get melted. 

Chinchoti Waterfall



We were very much eager to find the source of the water so we took the left route heading up ward the hill, as we trekked the route turned  raw and slippery, it was a dead end in to forest so we decided to hop back, in that process we slipped due to loose soil and it was very much red in nature. In between Yash screamed snake after that we both jumped turned out it was just a Charlemagne, damn. Anyway we went back to waterfall, rested for couple minute,shared biscuit with dog who slept for a minute,  he too was tired and after that we headed back to base village. 


We took the same means of transport as we used while coming here, Sharing rickshaw is frequent out here so don't need to worry. I was home till early afternoon and this trip only costed us around 100 Rs. Most of my friends were in shock after i uploaded the video of that waterfall on my whatsapp story.

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