02 Feb 2023
Booking for collection at 8am with an english speaking guide, at our hotel, for no one to turn up. After being able to finally get through to the tour company to be only told their office hours start at 9, though Tripadvisor has them listed at 7am.
Driver eventually turned up, around 945am after being given wrong pickup point, and was almost noon by the time we got to Sinhagad fort. The time up there was enjoyable, but on returning to the car we found the driver had no knowledge of what the rest of the tour should and felt like he just wanted to go back to Pune and drop us off at the hotel. He kept insisting Lavasa would be closed by the time we get there, but we insisted to go. Only 50% of the tour was really completed.
Driver barely knew english, and only as we had a friend along who could communicate, were we able to get anything done.
The drive back to Pune at times felt dangerous, i.e. hitting speed bumps at almost full speed.