Japalouppe & Imagicaa Snow world

Diwali season and friends visiting over. One such night while having conversations on varied topics , plan of visiting Japalouppe took shape.
Japalouppe is an equestrian centre on the old Mumbai Pune Highway just before the toll plaza. They have horse riding training centre and a pet farm.
We started from our home in pimple saurldagar at around 8:10am to reach Japalouppe by 8:45am on a Sunday morning. The tickets were booked online  in advance for the 9am tour.
They have tours at different time slots throughout the day, choose the one that suits you best. 
We got wrist bands from the reception which are mandatory for the entry. Someone from the crew escorted us to the breakfast area. They had a good variety of options ranging from bread butter, cheese sandwich to pav bhaji ,dhokla to pizza , pasta waffles and tea, coffee in beverages. The taste was good and the seating area was clean, tidy and shady ensuring good comfort to the guests.
We had proper breakfast followed by a brief introduction session by the crew.
They had got buckets with food to feed the birds and animals we were going to meet on our tour.


They had hens, roosters, birds, ducks, geese, tortoise, turtle, horses, rabbits, pigs, wattle hogs, goats, sheep, guinea pigs.
We fed all of them, petted them, held few of them in our hands/laps.
We completed the tour and came back to the starting point where the kids enjoyed some swings and we clicked some pictures. 


We then thought of going to snow world by Imagicaa.
It took us around 1.5 hours from Japalouppe to snow world. 
Because we intended to go to snow world, bags and phones were not allowed inside. Basically keep all your belongings in the car itself. We just took one mobile phone inside by paying 100₹ to click pictures inside. Socks are mandatory, else you'll need to purchase from their counter.
They provide jackets, boots and gloves for everyone.
It felt really hot while we were putting on the gear , but it was sub zero temperature maintained inside.


The slots were 45 mins each and it was a totally amazing experience.


The entire day was perfect and all of us enjoyed thoroughly.

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