Chiplun
About the city
Chiplun is a city on the Mumbai-Goa highway (NH-17) in western India. The city is about 320 km south of Mumbai in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. It is an industrial town catering to mostly the top pharmaceutical and chemical industries. It is a major stop on the Konkan Railway.The city lies on the banks of the river Vashishti. To the east of the city lies the Western Ghats. To the west lies Guhagar Beach, about 50 km. The region is hilly and the city is situated in a valley. The city is located at 10.76 m above sea level. The city is surrounded on all four sides by hills.
Since the city is on a major National Highway, there are adequate accommodations, including hotels, lodges including a five-star hotel. It is also a junction for those travelling to the Enron (Dhabol) Power Project. The city links the western coast to the interior parts of Maharashtra, one of the few places in that region.
The biggest hotel in the area is Quality Resort, The Riverview - Chiplun located on the Mumbai-Goa highway and is the perfect stopover on the long drive to Goa. It is especially great destination for people from Mumbai and Pune. Chiplun was severely devastated in the 2005 Maharashtra floods in which it received 300 mm of rain on 25th July 2005.
This tiny hamlet of Chiplun is probably one of your best options between the highly crowded Goa and forever-rushing Mumbai. Truly, the best thing you can do here is nothing! There are no prominent attractions and the entire city can be covered in a day. But what you do have here are endless vistas, stretching for miles and miles. The rains bring out the best here, when the entire landscape turns a cool shade of green and the Vashisthi River swells up. Add to the panoramas plenty of good food and odd knick-knacks, which make your short interlude here really special.