Mapro Garden

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Location: 15/1B, Gureghar, Panchgani – Mahabaleshwar Rd, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra 412806, India

Estimated Visiting Time: 1-2 hours

Mapro Gardens is a garden park in the hill station of Panchgani, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and is near Mahabaleshwar. The region is India’s leading strawberry producer. It’s a popular tourist destination. It is located in the village of Gureghar and is developed and also maintained by the food processing company Mapro. Gregor claims to be one of India’s first villages to have 100% sanitation.

Attraction

Mapro Garden hosts an annual Strawberry Festival and this festival encourages strawberry cultivation in the area. During the festival, freshly picked strawberries are lined up for visitors, and also traditional folk performances such as Shivkalin Dhol and Lezim take place.

History

Mapro is a food processing company founded in 1959, in the hill-town of Panchgani. This Mapro was started by pharmacist Kishore Vora. It was expanded by his nephew Mayur Vora in 1983.

Mapro set up a fruit processing unit at Gureghar with 12 employees and macro provided nearby farmers with technical guidance and also committed to buying their produce.

Tourist recognition led to the development of this Mapro Garden which defines the identity of Gureghar among tourists.

Inside/Outside Views

Mapro is short for Mahabaleshwar Products, a brand name associated with delicious fruit-based products and with greenery all around, one will find a chocolate factory, a restaurant, a small nursery, a children’s play area, and a retail outlet selling Mapro products.

Opening Hours

8.00 am to 8.00 pm is the visiting hours of this place.

Entry & Others Fees

It’s free of cost

Near Restaurants

Global Chaska Panchgani
Food Valley Pure Veg Restaurant
Manaswi Restaurant (Pure Veg & Non Veg)
Maratha Darbar Non veg restaurent
CLOUD9 Restaurant

Near Hotels

How to Reach

By air: Polo ground heliport airport is the airport his place.

By rail: Lonavala railway is the new railway from this place

By road: At a distance of almost 8 km from Panchgani, this Garden can be well accessed by regularly plying buses. You can also hail a cab that dropped at these macro gardens at a fair price