Murud-Janjira: A place to escape from Mumbai Madness

A small request to all: Enjoy nature, enjoy your travel but please don’t spoil MOTHER NATURE. Refill bottles, don’t throw plastic in water bodies or roads. Dispose your garbage at proper place. Cheers!

There is lot of information on internet about Murud and about Janjira fort. It is easy to decide the destination Murud and even easier for people to reach by car or for local Mumbaikars to take the sea route.

But this post is aimed for all those who don't know the shortest, scenic and cheapest way to reach Murud from Mumbai.

There are 3 legs in this route, which I will describe here.
1st : Mumbai to Mandwa(sea route)

2nd : Mandwa to Alibag (Bus: Included in ferry ticket)
3rd: Alibag to Murud (Bus)

In Mumbai, first thing you need to do is reach Gateway of India. On the left of it is the place from where you can board a ferry to Mandwa. There are 3 service providers: Ajanta (75Rs ticket), PNP Maritime services(120Rs) and Maldar(100Rs Upper deck)

Once you reach Mandwa, just sit in a bus and relax for 30 minutes. And from Alibag, take another bus which will take you through Kashid beach, get down at Murud. I stayed at Tavsalkar's hotel in Murud (in sea facing peaceful cottage). I really enjoyed the sea food, the high tides at night, swimming in sea during day(I was surprised to see the sea shrinking like anything), a ferry to Janjira fort, having a few beers and sleeping a lot.

So what are you waiting for, be there at Murud and enjoy getting away from Mumbai madness.
Cheers!