Bhandardara Road Trip from Mumbai | 48 Hours – Arthur Lake, Ratangad & Sandhan Valley (4K)

Bhandardara road trip from Mumbai: 48 hours in the Sahyadri, filmed as a cinematic 4K travel film. Ghat roads past Igatpuri and Bari, golden hour and a mirror-still dawn on Arthur Lake, the road to Ratangad Fort, the submerged forest at Ratanwadi, a swim in the backwaters, the Samrad clifftop above Sandhan Valley, and a windmill sunset near Sinnar on the drive home along the Samruddhi Mahamarg. CHAPTERS 0:00 Route map: Mumbai to Bhandardara 0:20 Day one: Ghoti – Bari road 0:40 Kalsubai range & Bari village 0:55 Bhandardara & Arthur Lake sunset 1:17 Dawn at Arthur Lake 2:15 Villages on the way to Ratanwadi 3:17 Road to Ratangad Fort 3:38 Ratanwadi backwaters – the submerged forest 4:03 Lake day 4:51 Samrad · Sandhan Valley clifftop 5:14 The road home 6:36 Samruddhi Mahamarg 6:47 Marigold fields near Sinnar 6:56 Windmill Plateau sunset 7:38 Expedition complete 📍 PLACES IN THIS FILM • Ghoti – Bari road and the Kalsubai range • Bari village • Bhandardara and Arthur Lake (Bhandardara Dam) • Ratanwadi and the road to Ratangad Fort • Ratanwadi backwaters – the submerged forest • Samrad village and the Sandhan Valley clifftop • Samruddhi Mahamarg and the windmill plateau near Sinnar 🧭 BHANDARDARA TRIP PLAN • Distance: about 180 km from Mumbai (4–5 hours) via the Mumbai–Nashik highway, Igatpuri and Ghoti • Best time to visit: the monsoon and just after (July to October), when the ghats are green and Arthur Lake is full • Ratanwadi is the base village for the Ratangad Fort trek; Samrad is the village above Sandhan Valley • Our route home: Sinnar and the Samruddhi Mahamarg 🎬 Watch the 15-minute version of this trip:    • Видео   📱 Bhandardara Shorts:    / @theroamfold   Filmed on iPhone 14 Pro and Google Pixel • Edited and colour graded by The RoamFold MUSIC (Pixabay Content License) • Trailer Cinematic – The_Mountain • Cinematic Journey – Sutton • The Architects Awaken – Christian Scholl (Tangere Mundi) • Battle Cinematic Heroic Orchestra – Echoes_of_Lumen • Cinematic – Alex Morgan Subscribe for more road trips and cinematic travel films:    / @theroamfold   The RoamFold. Every road, unfolded. #Bhandardara #RoadTripFromMumbai #Sahyadri #ArthurLake #Ratangad #SandhanValley #MaharashtraTourism #TheRoamFold