Neral, India
taxi stand, Matheran
N/A
+91 9370035834
This is a detailed review and extracted from a terrible experience at dasturi car parking and only meant for tourists going to Matheran. The price board says the parking fee is only 30 bucks but these guys took 80 from me. These guys not only run the WORST car parking centre in the world but also pursue people till almost half a kilometre to get a ride withe their horses which apparently costs 2000 bucks for a person.You could argue with them but they form an entire group and try to convince you to take the horse ride. The entry fee to enter inside Matheran is an added 50 per person. These people don't even give personal space for you and your family or friends, they keep on interrupting about their price plan on their horses. This horse ride shows almost 5 view points in Matheran and goes through the market area. These guys finally told the price as 500 per person on the horse only till the market, but a labour guy on the middle of the trek, about 200meters from the point where they stopped pushing, said he would offer only 100 bucks for the same ride. So you are seriously looted for the worst service they give. I suggest that only if you are a very old person, you should take the horse trip. Otherwise, it is a very awesome 1.8km hike to the market. The hike is totally fun if you don't mind the horse poop every where in the hiking path. There is an alternative route to Matheran, the toy train route. Follow the tracks from Aman lodge to Matheran station it is a much quieter and better route then the route filled with dust, monkeys and horse poop. Matheran is the best place to go compared to others hillstations such as Lonavala and Mahabaleshwar. But these guys ruined the whole experience at the start. I've attached pics of sceneries, horse stables, rail roads, train station, and Dasturi car parking. One of the parking pics shows a person convincing a tourist to take the horse ride with a torn photo of a woman riding a horse and a map beside showing view points.
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Safe and Secured Parking spot with Surveillance enabled. Need to even out and make better for rainy season.
This is the last point to take your car to park for Matheran. This place is dusty. Need to car carefully so you can able to take out your car . Charges is 50 rupees for 1st day . 30 rupees per next day onwards.
Last point to reach Matheran hill station by car. No vehicles are allowed to enter Matheran hill & you have to either walk or ride horse/man puller to avoid pollution and maintain tranquility of the place. Nice idea to preserve eco system & enjoy green hills in a nonpolluted atmosphere.
Worst I have ever seen. No care about the tourists. Just looting the tourists. Double charging the customers. Parking is very crowdy and unorganized. Local taxi drivers or monkey may damage your car. If you love you car don't park it here.
Good place for sending time in nature!
Horse riding agency with an open car parking in forest of Matheran hill station. Parking area is not very good,even the ground is also not plane, but as per location I thing this is the way parking lots are made or you can say they have some staff you guide you where to park your car and charge you the money. It is under tree parking so risk of falling tree branches is always there.
This is the only parking option available for Matheran, beyond this point no motor vehicle is allowed. Parking is very haphazard, no proper parking bays, people park their vehicle randomly and there is no person dedicated to control it. Parking for a day costs 50/- Keep windows closed and food items hidden as that may attract monkeys who can create chaos inside your vehicle !! Once you reach you will find coolies and horse ride operators surrounding you, but for them this is the only business opportunities. I also found them polite and helpful !
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