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Kaas Plateau is located at a height between 1200-1240 m and about 25 km away from Satara town. Edit
Detail InformationEdit
Kaas Plateau is full of wild flowers during the months of August and September. These flowers bloom on their own and stay for about 2–3 weeks (depending on the monsoon and other weather factors). Recently it has been declared as Biodiversity World heritage site by The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). The Kaas Plateau also known as the “Kaas Pathar” which is situated in the Western Ghat Sahyadri range, 22 kilometers from Satara city in Maharashtra state of India. The name Kaas originates from Kaasa tree (Elaeocarpus glandulosus). Leaves of this tree turn green to red as they mature. It gets white flowers only for 15 days in the month of March. The area of plateau is approximately 1,000 hectar.
Kaas Plateau
HistoryEdit
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Must SeeEdit
Popular.
Visiting TimeEdit
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Closed OnEdit
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Best Season to VisitEdit
Throughout the year.
Best Time To VisitEdit
Morning, Afternoon, Evening.
Time Required for SightseeingEdit
1-2 Hours.
Ticket Required : Yes Edit
Individual National Adult Rs. : N.A.
Kids Rs. : N.A.
Individual Foreigner Adult Rs. : N.A.
Kids Rs. : N.A.
Still Photo Camera Rs. : Rs 10 each.
Video Camera Rs. : Commercial photographers while the amateur photographers will be charged only Rs 50.
Guide Required : No Edit
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Dress Code (If Any) : No Edit
Dress Require: N.A.
Restaurants NearbyAdd / Edit
- Simranjeet Restaurant ; Nisrai Phata, Nh 4, Satara H O, Satara – 415001 ; Ph/M – 9850798157, 9850183019 ; Food Serve – Punjabi Restaurants.
How to ReachEdit
Taxi : Transfer taxi services is useful for the travellers who wants only pickups and drops facility means transfer from one Satara place to another like airport pickups and drops, railway station pickups and drops, bus stand pickups and drops and hotels pickups and drops.
Bus : Satara is well connected to all nearby towns through buses, and frequent buses will be available to the towns and cities of Pune, Mumbai, Raigad, Khandala, Guhagar, Chiplun, Baramati, Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani. Both semi deluxe buses and deluxe buses will be available to Satara and important cities like Mumbai and Pune will even have air conditioned coaches that ply to Satara. Bus fares for the normal class of travel will range around Rs 150-200 from the nearby locations within the state.
Train : Satara itself has train stations and is well connected to the rest of country through railways.Satara has a railway station that is fairly active, and many trains that run from the neighbouring state of Karnataka pass through this railway station. You can opt for trains from Bangalore and Mysore that pass through Satara and reach Dadar, Gandhidham, Ajmer and Jodhpur. These trains will charge around Rs 350 for the basic class of travel and Rs 1200 for AC First Class. Day trains will also cost you around Rs 350.
Air : Satara does not have its own airport but the nearest airport of the region is Pune located at a distance of 110 km.
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Things to CarryEdit
- Carry bottle of drinking water.
- Take your necessary medications and keep extra stock with you in case of emergency.
Safety / WarningEdit
- Visitors carrying plastic bottles or other plastic materials will have to pay deposit of Rs 50 per plastic material and the deposit will be refunded only after they display these materials on their return at the exit point.
HelplineEdit
- Police Control Room : 100/ 02162-230580
- Ambulance : 102
- Fire : 101
