Type: Land fort
Base: Dharni or Bhokarbardi (Amravati district)
Grade: Easy
The fort of Aamner is the last fort we had to cover in Amravati district. This fort is located at the confluence of 2 rivers , Tapi and one another(I don't remember the name). There is no specific recorded history of the fort. The fort is a mud fort and some of its bastions and walls are still intact.
The route we took was Chikhaldhara-Semadoh-Dharni-Dhulghat-Aamner Fort (about ~80 kms). In between we had nice snack of Rabri at Semadoh at a small dhaba type hotel. The rabri is indeed recommended if anyone goes that side. All these places are located on the route to Burhanpur (MP) from Amravati.
To get to the fort one has to cross the river (not much water in dry months).
The fort of Aamner from the base
One of the intact bastions of Aamner Fort now cracked.
The expanse of the fort
The river and the fort, you need to cross a small part to gain access to the fort
This was our last fort for day 1 and Amravati district. We set base in Dharni about 20 kms from this fort for the day and had to cover 4 forts the next day in Akola district. To cross into Akola district we had to goto Akot from here which involved crossing the Melghat jungle (famous for the Melghat tiger project) and the gates are closed by forest department from 6pm to 6am daily so we had to wait until the next day hence we stopped at a guest-house in Dharni and started early morning next day at 5am for the forts in Akola district.
2 comments:
hey is there any hotels in amravati neer those forts.I would like to visit them.
Yes you can stay in Chikhaldara where you will get more choices of luxurious, semi luxurious or budget hotels.chikhaldara is 75 kilometers away from Aamner fort,in Dharni taluka.in Chikhaldara which is itself a best hill station.you can treck here a Gawilgad fort in chikhaldara. Semadoh is also other tourist place where you can get accomodation which is 50 kms away from Dharni
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