Damdamia

To trek to Damdamia, one should reach the plateau of Siddhagadwadi (see description of Siddhagad). But instead of entering the doorway (which will lead to Siddhagadwadi), one should turn left and proceed towards the main wall of the Sahyadri. Soon one finds oneself walking at the edge, with sharp drops to the Konkan on the left, and the wall of the Sahyadri on the right. This path is the Ahupe-Siddhagadwadi path (see the description of Ahupe). Walking below the wall of the Sahyadri on this path is a great experience, and one crosses a lot of waterfalls in the monsoon, and many narrow gorges with fabulous drops on the way. The traverse on this path is more or less flat. After walking for about 45 min. on this path, one reaches a point below Damdamia where there is a bifurcation. To the right, one can see a branch climbing up towards Damdamia, which is what one should take. Taking this bifurcation leads one to the Deccan plateau (900m) in about 45min, and just after reaching the Deccan plateau, there is a path to the right into the forest climbing up to the top of Damdamia. This bifurcation is same one as mentioned on the Ahupe-Sidhhagadwadi route (see description of Ahupe). However, it is possible that one might miss this bifurcation and go ahead on the main (Siddhagadwadi Ahupe route). If that happens, one can realise it as follows. From the bifurcation point, if one goes ahead on the main route, one sees the route widening up a bit, to allow some farming to be done there. At the farming area the wall of the Sahyadri is to one's right, but the edge is some distance away on the left. From here looking back, one can see Damdamia. One realises that one is standing below another peak north of Damdamia, and one can see some sort of a cleft between this peak and Damdamia. If this happens, then one can clearly realise that one has overshot Damdamia, and then one can walk backwards on the route for about 15min, and see the bifurcation (now the route to Damdamia is on the left).
From Damdamia, one can proceed to Ahupe Ghat by walking on the Deccan plateau. The route is described in the Ahupe section. In fact, the Damdamia-Ahupe Ghat trek (climbing Damdamia from Nariwali via Siddhagadwadi plateau, walking on Deccan plateau towards Ahupe, crossing the Ahupe ring of hills to reach Ahupe village, and descending from Ahupe village to Khopiwali via Ahupe Ghat) can be done in one day (but one should be careful about route finding, especially in the monsoon). This combined trek is a great one day trek, especially in the monsoon, thrilling and a bit strenous, about 30km walk in total.