Tag Archives: Paragliding Kamshet

Nirvana Paragliding Pilot Profiles  – Sinchan Haria

Nirvana Paragliding Pilot Profiles  – Sinchan Haria

Now on a holiday in India with friends from NZ Sinchan organised for all of them to sign up for an Elementary Pilot Course. His close friends from Mumbai joined in too. NZ friends Miky, Arjun and Sean loved the paragliding course and had a lot of good things to say about it. As did Sonal Sharma, Manan Vora  and  Avik Das.

Nirvana Paragliding Pilot Diaries – Michael Prichard’s 50th

Nirvana Paragliding Pilot Diaries – Michael Prichard’s 50th

An absolute pleasure and blessing to spend a unforgettable week with family and friends. A very unique place in a beautiful corner of India.
Sunsets, Paragliding with Nirvana Adventures, music, yoga, lake swimming, delicious food, comfortable accommodation and relaxed evening gatherings. Thank you all. I am so grateful I had this wonderful week with you al

Archana discovers free flight – Tandem Paragliding with Nirvana Adventures

Archana discovers free flight – Tandem Paragliding with Nirvana Adventures

Archana’s post flight enthusiasm was contagious and made us all smile.  “Awesome, awesome, awesome” is what she exclaimed as soon as she landed and thanked Anand for encouraging her to give it a try.

Nirvana Paragliding Pilot profiles – Meera Poladia

Nirvana Paragliding Pilot profiles – Meera Poladia

“ the first flights  were great fun, i could not get enough of being in the air”  she said longed for longer higher flights.   “Being airborne for a few minutes during the EP course made me desperately want to stay longer in the air. I want to be an accomplished pilot and enjoy the sport of paragliding to its fullest”

Nirvana Paragliding Weekend of Adventure Fun and Friendships

Nirvana Paragliding Weekend of Adventure Fun and Friendships

We had a great turnout on the weekend with students coming in from Kerala, Bangalore, Kodikanal, Pune, Gujarat and Mumbai. Being summer the winds are strong in the early afternoon and the paragliding training and the solo flying starts later in the evening.The days are spent chilling in a cosy nook within the guesthouse, or the garden or by the lake with a bunch of fellow students and pilots. Students pilots and guests enjoyed an idyllic weekend exploring the garden, the lake and the paragliding site by day and joining the gathering on the roof for dinner and interesting conversations.

Celebrating Holi & Paragliding with Nirvana Adventures

Celebrating Holi & Paragliding with Nirvana Adventures

Holi at Native Place and Nirvana Adventures was a treat – lots of colour , excitement, running chasing, splashing and squealing and hosing down . The weather was another story all together. The winds turned east n the morning and we scrambled back to Shinde tekdi with the Elementary Pilot Paragliding students where things went on quite well.

Summer Flying at the Shelar Paragliding is now ‘On’

Summer Flying at the Shelar Paragliding is now ‘On’

Once airborne and high above it i began to reminisced about the years gone by as i gazed out at the horizon remembering the many joyful times we have spent here and the amazing experiences we had here – juggling babysitting my son and first flights, leaving the hill and landing out, vulture and peregrine falcon spotting, interacting with the local kids, fighting summer fires, celebrating end of pg season parties,

Paragliding Notam – Kamshet – Valid Till June 2015

Paragliding Notam – Kamshet – Valid Till June 2015

Early morning flight at Tower Hill , Kamshet (Picture Courtesy Richard Guest) The Nirvana Team is happy to share that  NOTAM's  are in place for the current flying season till June 7th, 2015 . Our sincere  thanks to  the  District Administration, Security Services , ATC Pune, ATC Mumbai & AFMLU Mumbai  for their continued support and co-operation. [...]
Indian Airforce learns paragliding with Nirvana Adventures

Indian Airforce learns paragliding with Nirvana Adventures

Hi All, Nirvana Adventures first Air force batch of 2014 Once again Nirvana Adventures has been awarded the contract to teach paragliding to officers and airmen of the Indian Air force. We will be training a 100 plus airmen and officers of the Indian Air Force this season. Here are some pix of the first [...]
Nirvana by name, Nirvana by nature !

Nirvana by name, Nirvana by nature !

Blog  by Carl Guider   Arriving at Native Place the homestead of Nirvana Adventures  at Kamshet, India , with great excitement at the prospect of flying like an eagle, my experiences have exceeded my expectations. From barbeques under the stars, swims in the lake, learning to soar with the birds to making new friends in the [...]