Adventure Geek Invite you to the Prabalmachi Fireflies trek.

Prabalmachi is located between Matheran and Panvel and comes under the Raigad District in the state of Maharashtra, India.This is a very small and remote village on the base of Fort Prabalgad. The beauty of this place is due to its rustic location where you find lots of nature and no pollution at all. Trek to Prabalmachi is about 1.5 hrs to 2 hours from its base. Height of the Prabalmachi village is 390 meters above sea level.

The village of Prabalmachi is the ‘base camp’ for a trek up the Prabalgad Fort (766 m) and Kalavantin is a 500m .It is located near the Machi and Vajepur villages. The Prabalgad Fort stands at an elevation of 2,300 feet in the Western Ghats. The fort was previously known as Muranjan until it was taken over and renamed by the Maratha forces under Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s rule. The fort has a Ganesh temple and some unidentified stone ruins. Its sister fort is Irshalgad. Right next to Prabalgad, to its north, lies the steep Kalavantin fort.

Prabalmachi Fireflies trek 2025

Firefly Trek 2025

Meeting Point: Panvel Station by 6.15 pm.

For those reaching Directly at the base, the village will send the location on WhatsApp

Panvel Slow Local

04:51 pm CST

05:09 pm Vadala Road

05:20 pm Kurla

05:40 pm Vashi

05:49 pm Nerul

06:11 pm Panvel

Thane Slow Local

05:23 pm Thane

05:40 pm Koparkhairne

05:52 pm Nerul

06:04 pm Kharghar

06:15 pm Panvel

Itinerary

Day 1:

06:30 pm Meet Adventure Geek Team at Panvel station and move towards Thakurwadi by local transport for Prabalmachi Fireflies Trek

07:30 pm Reach Base village, freshen up, gear up for Prabalmachi fireflies trek

07:45 pm Introduction round and brief on rules and regulations to be followed by everyone at the event

Reach the plateau by 9.30 pm. Dinner time freshen up and enjoy local cuisines specially cooked for us.

10.00 am Night walk to spot Fireflies around us enjoy watching them 

back to the campsite, and If tired can retire and take a rest in the tent.

Day 2:

07:00 am Wake up call, freshen up.

08:00 am Breakfast.

09:00 am Start descending post-breakfast along with the beautiful memories from the event

10:30 am Start return journey towards Mumbai by local transport

11:00 am Reach Mumbai and bid adieu with a promise to meet again.