Aurangabad Trip Overview
Embark a journey to explore a notified National Geo-heritage Site with a certified guide. Located around 130 KM from the city of Aurangabad, Lonar Crater can be reached in a 3 hours drive. Lonar Lake was created by a meteor impact during the Pleistocene Epoch. It is one of the four known, hyper-velocity, impact craters in basaltic rock anywhere on Earth. The other three basaltic impact structures are in southern Brazil. Our certified guide will take you around for a hands on experience of this geological wonder.
For those with an interest in wildlife, the monitor lizard is reported to be prominent in the area. One can also spot peafowls, gazelles, black-winged stilts, brahminy ducks, grebes, shelducks, red-wattled lapwings, parakeets, robins, wild boars and many more.
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Duration: 14 hours
Starts: Aurangabad, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Embark a journey to explore a notified National Geo-heritage Site with a certified guide. Located around 130 KM from the city of Aurangabad, Lonar Crater can be reached in a 3 hours drive. Lonar Lake was created by a meteor impact during the Pleistocene Epoch. It is one of the four known, hyper-velocity, impact craters in basaltic rock anywhere on Earth. The other three basaltic impact structures are in southern Brazil. Our certified guide will take you around for a hands on experience of this geological wonder.
For those with an interest in wildlife, the monitor lizard is reported to be prominent in the area. One can also spot peafowls, gazelles, black-winged stilts, brahminy ducks, grebes, shelducks, red-wattled lapwings, parakeets, robins, wild boars and many more.
Stop At: Lonar Crater, Lonar 443302 India
Lonar Lake, also known as Lonar crater, is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument, saline, soda lake, located at Lonar in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India. Lonar Lake was created by an asteroid collision with earth impact during the Pleistocene Epoch. It is one of the four known, hyper-velocity, impact craters in basaltic rock anywhere on Earth.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Gomukh – Dhar Temple, Lonar Lake, Shivaji Nagar, Lonar, Maharashtra 443302, India
Gomukh Temple is located along the rim of the crater. A perennial stream emerges from here and pilgrims visiting the temple bathe in the stream.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Daityasudan Temple, Lonar, Roshanpura, Lonar, Maharashtra 443302, India
The Daityasudan Temple is an excellent example of exquisite sculpture and outstanding architecture. The detailed carvings that cover the entire surface of the temple depict everything from deities, stories from the puranas and epics, to history from that era to erotic imagery.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Motha Maruti or Sleeping Hanuman Temple, Lonar, XGQ5+QQV, Maharashtra 443302, India
Motha Maruti temple is near the Ambar crater lake, with the idol made of rock believed to be splinter of the meteor that created the crater.
Duration: 20 minutes
