Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary
Three hundred and twenty square kilometres around the Tansa catchment, north of Mumbai.
- Where
- Thane, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 19.5450, 73.2650
Get the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Maharashtra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary
Mahuli Fort 7.3 km
The highest point in Thane district, three forts on one ridge, and a hard scramble.
Vajreshwari Temple 26 km
A temple built on a hill of volcanic rock by a Maratha general, near the hot springs at Ganeshpuri.
Kasara ghat 26 km
The climb the Mumbai to Nashik road and railway both make up the Western Ghats.
Shiv Mandir, Ambarnath 40 km
A Shilahara temple of 1060, carved all over, with a sunken sanctum you step down into.
Alang Fort 42 km
One of three forts on one ridge near Kalsubai, and the hardest of them to get up.
Ratangad 45 km
A fort above Bhandardara with a hole clean through the rock at its top, called the eye of the needle.
Harihar Fort 45 km
Eighty degree rock cut steps, and no railing.
Ghodbunder Fort 48 km
A Portuguese fort above the Ulhas at Thane, later Maratha, and later still a Company office.
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Questions
Where is Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary?
Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary is in Thane, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mahuli Fort (7.3 km), Vajreshwari Temple (26 km), Kasara ghat (26 km).
How do I get the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maharashtra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maharashtra volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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