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Lonar : Crater Lake

 

Last month, I visited a unique and un-common destination, and it is Lonar lake. I visited this place by my car. It is 160 KM from Aurangabad city. You can take Samruddhi Highway and this distance can easily be covered within 90 minutes. 




Location


Reach:

I must add few lines about Samruddhi Highway. It is basically a straight line drawn on the ground. This 8-lane highway is very smooth & well-built but really boring, sleepy. There are hardly any cars. So many times, it happened that there is no one ahead or behind me. Come on, this is India, we are not use to this. 



Stay:

Well at some point you need to take exit on this highway to go towards the crater lake. We reached in the evening at 5 'O clock. MTDC room was already booked. It was well maintained. There is garden for kids, free Wi-Fi and the best part is it is just in front of the lake. There were few other guests, from India and outside. Many people visit Lonar who have some interest in astronomy, history and space events. Just a side note. MTDC restaurant food was not fancy but ok.  

Lake:

Lonar lake is saline water lake formed due to meteorite impact approximately 50000 years back. (as per the recent study). It does not appear too deep but believe me it is not small. It takes three hours to reach to the water. The only way is by walking or jungle hike. Problem is there is jungle surrounding the lake. And there are 12 Jaguar cats that are roaming around as per the forest department. There are no incidents of attack by these cats on human so far. 

You can hire a guide who can take you to the water or around the crater on its periphery. Periphery is 5+KM. There are many temples around the lake and many stories. In the Lonar town there is one temple. It is beautiful as well. Many scientists visit the lake to perform the experiments. Earlier they use to carry the stone samples to study with the hope that it is outer space object. The water and stone properties are different than surrounding objects.




For those who don't know, it is near to Aurangabad city. It is also near to world heritage sites of Ajintha, Ellora (Ellora caves), and Devgiri fort.






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