Here's a chance to see India's magnificent hypervelocity meteorite-impact crater. Lonar ranks 3rd amongst the world's five largest craters. Investigations reveal it to be around 40,000 years old. Within the depression lies a saline lake.

See the ruins of temples constructed in Hemadpanti style, where Lord Narasimha, Ganesh, Renukadevi and Shiva were once worshipped. At the village around the crater, you can listen to many legends about Lonar. A fascinating sight is the presence of hundreds of peafowls which live inside the crater. Besides other resident and migratory birds, you can spot monitor lizards, Hanuman langoors, chinkaras and gazelles, if you're lucky.

Getting there :

By Air : Nearest airport is Aurangabad, 122 kms

By Rail : Nearest railhead is Malkapur on the Mumbai-Bhusawal Line.

By Road : Mumbai-Aurangabad-Jalna-Lonar, 600 kms. Lonar-Buldhana, 95 kms. Lonar-Mehakar Taluka, 23 kms. Lonar-Aurangabad, 145 kms.