We have been based in the lake-district o
f Kamshet, 3 hours from Mumbai (Bombay) since 1996. Green fields, sunlit lakes, rolling hills, ancient cave temples, medieval forts and a number of great flying sites in the vicinity make this area the ideal adventure base for us.
We have discovered a variety of sites within the area suited for training, hobby pilots and the more adventurous pilots. The hospitality and warmth of the village people have aided our exploration activity and enriched our experience. Our efforts have helped develop this a
rea into a ‘Paragliding Stronghold’ frequented by pilots of all abilities from all over the world. Come fly with us and discover the freedom and beauty of this area.
Our main emphasis is teaching people how to fly and enjoy the purest form of free flight known to man. Our sites are flyable between October and June. Our activities cover paragliding training courses, site explorations, introductory tandem flights, paragliding holidays, and multi activity adventure holidays
The core team at Nirvana Adventures:
Nirvana Adventures is run by a core team of pilots, adventure enthusiasts & nature lovers and supported by an extended family of frequent visitors and well wishers from across the world.
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Sanjay Rao: Has been spending time in Kamshet for the past 10 years. In 1996 he discovered free flight and set up Nirvana Adventures with the idea of developing the area for flying. His knowledge of the area and his relationship with the local people has been instrumental in opening up the area for flying to the PG community. He has lived most of his life in Bombay but his family hails from South India where he spent a few years studying engineering. Sanjay speaks the local languages. His friends know him to be a great cook, a good organizer and a party animal.
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Sanjay Pendurkar: Has been flying for the past 6 years. An avid mountaineer, he has extensively trekked in the Western Ghats and has led expeditions here and in the Himalayas. He is passionate about flying and the outdoors. A jeweller by birth and by profession he was born in Konkan, a tiny stretch of land between the Western Ghats and the sea. But the hills are his true home and he cannot bear to be away from them. He has paratrekked and flown some of the most elusive peaks of the region and has flown extensively in the Himalayas as well. Pendurkar speaks all the local languages and dialects.
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Astrid Rao: Manages the marketing and administration from the city office. She grew up in a little village by the sea in Mumbai and traces her ancestry back to the original inhabitants of Bombay. She graduated with honors in Ancient Indian Culture and tourism and has had a successful carrier in advertising and ad film making in the city for 10 years although today Nirvana Adventures, Paragliding and her son take up much of her time.
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Yogi: Hails from Himalayan country. At 17 he left his remote village high in the mountains of Nepal to look for adventure. After a chance meeting with Sanjay Rao he came to work with Nirvana Adventures at Kamshet. He took to flying as a fledgling takes to the air. Yogi has been living and flying at Kamshet since 1999. He has watched the weather daily since and is finely in tune with it. He is also admired for his kiting skills. Pilots flying at Kamshet invaribly prefer to wait and watch until Yogi takes off and accesses condtions before spreading their wings.
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Accommodation:
The Native Place guesthouse is located in an isolated position overlooking the serene Vadivali lake. This sensitively designed 'home' for nature lovers and horizon gazers, has a spacious, contemporary Indian motif. Planned to effectively use the natural contours of the land, it has many delightful levels that lend a distinctive provincial charm to the building.
Two internal courtyards, a living room leading out into a leafy porch, six large rooms, sun decks and loads of covered & uncovered terrace space add up to a unique open plan. Students are housed in dorms and in tents pitched on the covered terrace. A separate suite of showers and loos service the dorms and tents. Tents are fitted with comfortable mattresses, sheets and pillows.
Food: A full-fledged kitchen serves all meals 
and refreshments. The food served here makes for a great introduction to Indian cuisine. Sanjay, himself a great cook oversees the menus and often puts on his chef’s hat. Friends know him to rustle up a mean stew, subtle veggie delicacies and a spicy chicken curry. Since Kai and Meltem visited we now serve nouvelle cuisine as well.
The weekend barbecue is party time at the guesthouse and traditional delicacies can be sampled on festive occassions.
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