DAPOLI

Dapoli is hill station in Ratnagiri District.There are so many places around Dapoli - Beaches - temples, Caves, Forts - like...It is a small yet nice place. It is at a height of 700 to 800 feet from the sea level & is a cool & pleasant place. As it is located at a height, it is surrounded by beautiful natural surroundings. People are attracted to Dapoli village because of its natural beauty. In summer holdings & Christmas holidays, people especially from Mumbai & Pune come to spend their time.

The Britishers selected Dapoli as the place for their military camp being cool place & so it came to be known as camp Dapoli. The camp are consists of Dapoli, Gimhavane, Jogale & Jalgaon. In the year 1880 Alfred Gaddne started a high school (A.G.High School). Many well known people were the students of this school. Bharat Ratna, P.V. Kane & Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had studied from this school. Also you can see here Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, This is world famous Agriculture College.

How to Reach :

From :Mumbai to Dapoli 250 Kms by State Transport Bus (ST)

By Konkan Railway, get down at Khed and from Khed take ST bus to Dapoli (Buses ply every Half an hours)

Can also be reached by private buses ply Khed to Dapoli

Amboli : Ganapati temple in Dapoli taluka is famous due to marble idol of Lord 'Siddhivinayak'. It is situated on Dapoli-Aanjarle road. It is at a distance of 7 km from Harnai.

There is a great festival on 'Maghi Chaturthi' day. Getting there by Road : 22 km from Khed - Mumbai-Goa Highway-NH17 By Rail : Train upto Khed from khed Dapoli 27 km. By Air from Mumbai.

Places to see near by Dapoli is Harnai Beach and Suvarnadurg Fort 15km from Dapoli.

Ladghar Beach 10 km.

Anjarle Beach & Ganpati Temple 20 km.

Dabhol-Godess Chandika & Enron 28 km.

Dapoli - Konkan Krishi Vidyapith (Dapoli)

Panhalekaji Caves 40 km

Murud Beach Palghar Saneguruji Birth Place

Kanakdurg Sea Fort 15 km.

Murud Beach 11 km.

Keshawraj 8 km