Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary is situated 60 odd km from Thane on the Nashik highway and falls under Shahpur Wada area. This reserve has great potential to become one of the top wildlife sanctuary only if authorities put in more work to grow both in terms of conservative and promotes the park in the correct way. Situated along the backwaters created by the tansa dam, this is a very dense forest and has a rich variety of flora and fauna. It's particularly famous for it's bird life and very popular amongst the local photographers. The close proximity to the lake also brings in a lot of picnic goers, which has startes showing it's effects on the banks. Trash (specially plastic plates and other items) left behind by irresponsible people are everywhere ruining the beauty of this place at an alarming rate. The place also lacks any proper restaurant or place to relax for people  who wish to spend some time in the nature. Ideal for ecotourism, authorities should consider this as an option which will not only help in promotion but also  bring necessary funds which is needed for conversation. I am hopeful that in yrs to come this place will also grow and become a top place for seeing wildlife and an conservative success story for people associated with it.

Liked this place. It's a good place for birder's & wildlife photographers. It's bit far from Mumbai & takes around 2 to 3 hours if your travelling by two wheeler. It gets almost dried up in summer so one can't stay in forest after 11am as it's heating up so much des days.

Great place near Mumbai.. Perfect nature .. well maintained by forest department and mumbai municipal corporation well done .. 👍

Easy to access. Nice contour and good numbers of water bodies. Verity of birds, mostly common and sights in other wildlife Sanctuary too, but Forest Owlet is attraction for this Sanctuary. Internal roads are well maintained because BMC does regular maintenance of water pipelines to support Mumbai water consumption. Forest department has Forest guest house to stay.

Good place. Have been visiting since past 30 years. The forest was dense and huge in the past. However, total area has been reduced over the years. Human intrusion has increased, the place used to be untouched.

The experience was great, through summer is not the right time to visit, but do visit in rainy season has these place will be one the best place to visit.

Beautiful place for a day picnic. Carry your own food.

If you are a car/motorcycle enthusiast and looking for a nice twisty road which goes via lush forests with less traffic to enjoy the roads and nature; this is a must recommend location. Time to visit: Monsoon

Lush green forest with twisty roads.Good spot for short ride from Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai. No network coverage at some places. Carry own food and water. Be responsible to nature and do not throw trash 🗑️.

Wow wow wow wana relax and camp, i ll suggests this as an option to hangout with friends on weekends. The sunrise view from here is awesome. The lake is have a clear transparent water you can swim in the water n enjoy the risingsun view

1. Located on Shahpur Wada road 2. Approx 100 km from Dadar, Mumbai. 3. Take the Ahemdabad Mumbai higway and turn right at Manor junction 4. Its a prohibited area due to Tansa being water resource lake for Mumbai district 5. So photography, video and drone are prohibited 6. Previously they allowed to go to the banks of the catchment lake, but now barricades have been put up, so you van view the lake from a 50 metres distance 7. Road is good, few potholes which one can manage 8. Both 2 and 4 wheeler are allowed 9. Sometimes entry is also prohibited inside Tansa forest

Tansa lake managed by BMC no entry for tourist restricted area

Tansa wildlife sanctuary is a place to be visited in monsoon. During summer it is not a suitable place because you can't do anything over here. One can come with family sit for sometime or may cook if carrying some cooking instruments. Also can take a dip in lake if allowed. During summer heat will kill you. No atm'e nearby and at some place even mobile network is also missing.

Serene Place that is remote. The internal approach to this sanctuary, roads are horrific with CRATERS and ample speed? or bums breakers!! Else it's a Vista of nature.

Drive is scenic, roads are narrow but in good condition and you will take 2 hours from mumbai. However you can’t go to the lake as it’s under municipal jurisdiction and not much to do in sanctuary as well. Make sure our you go and plan to spend time there, take something to eat or drink as there are no shops here. Good for picnic with family