Photos of Yeoor Hills - Part 4

Photos of Yeoor Hills - Part 3

Yeoor Hills

Yeoor Hills Farming

Yeoor Hills Farming

Yeoor Hills Forests

 Yeoor Hills Farms

Photos of Yeoor Hills - Part 2

 Above photo is of summer season in Yeoor Hills

 Jungle walkways (Pagdandi) of Yeoor Hills

People for morning walks in Yeoor Hills

 Yeoor Hills from above

 Morning Mist at Yeoor Hills

Yeoor Hills Village

Yeoor hills compromise of total 6 villages. Most of the villages are small and some are big, where Yeoor itself being big. There is an airforce station in Yeoor village. The main Yeoor village is well connected by road with government buses in operation along with local rickshaws.

Most of the people is Yeoor village are of Warli tribe with farming being their main source of job. They have been there even before the place was declared as national park. The tradition and culture has been passed down to generations.

Yeoor Villages:

1) Bendipada

2) Patvanapada

3) Ronchapada

4) Kokanipada

5) Vanitapada

6) Narlepada

 Yeoor Hills Main Village

Yeoor Hills Lakes

Yeoor hills blooms in monsoon. The place has many lakes inside it but most of them are manmade which is formed by the old quarries. These quarries were formed when these mountain were used for its rocks many years back. The quarries now collect water during monsoon and lakes are formed. Some are shallow some are deep.

There are around 6 major lakes formed in the vicinity of yeoor hills. The most famous are the one near the airforce station also called khadani(Quarry in english) and other at the Manpada side which is barricaded and right at the entrance gates of Yeoor. This one is also the deepest of all the Yeoor lakes where once it had crocodiles in it. Also almost all the yeoor lakes have taken a toll on human life. 

Young kids usually try to venture deep and get drown in these lakes making the restrictions more stronger in visiting these lakes. All of the yeoor lakes are deep and dangerous where as the shallow ones might have slushy base where one can get stuck.

 Yeoor Hills Lake

Yeoor Hills Lake during Monsoon

Yeoor Hills River

 River in Yeoor Hills

Bhendi Nala, Yeoor Hills River

Yeoor Hills Forest

Yeoor Hills is a part of Borivali national park. Hence it is the eastern part of the national park. This place has lots of dense flora and fauna as well as avifauna. This place is a rich source of dense shrubs bushes and various types of trees as well as fruits. The most famous are the leopards. This region has the highest density of leopards compared to other parts of India. Hence this is a protected space. This is the only place where man and leopards dwell together. 

After dark the place is not meant to be roamed freely or explore as the night time brings out the snakes, reptiles as well as the ace predator the leopards out to hunt. The forest also bears extreme climate. During summers everything is bone dry and hot where as during monsoon, there is no dearth of water.

Yeoor Dark Dense Jungle	Yeoor Green Pastures
Yeoor dry during summer	Yeoor dry during summer
Yeoor dry during summer