while many biking enthusiasts swear by trips to north india biker groups from the city have been riding to unexplored places around bhopal while the landscapes and greenery are a treat for the eyes there are routes for offroading and highways for those who simply want to go for a long ride we spoke to city bikers who shared their list of must visit places around the citybandrabhanroute hoshangabadbabai roadbandrabhan village distance 90 kilometres time 2 hoursfor those who like water bodies a trip to bandrabhan is not to be missed a vast area of the ground is covered in sand and then the river in front leaves visitors enthralled two rivers narmada and tawa meet there and one can take the bike near the river says dr aditya daymamrigendranath cavesroute obedullaganjbaribareilly distance 100 kilometres time 25 hoursthis place lies in the satpuda range after reaching baribareilly an offroad track of six kms has to be completed to reach this destination there is an opening in the mountain through which one reaches the base and after trekking for approximately 10 minutes one reaches the caves they are a network of caves and one can see prehistoric paintings there the soft mud and the atmosphere inside the caves are mystical says businessman avinash tiwariginnorgarh fortroute obedullaganjdelawadi distance 70 kms time 2 hoursarsh khan a media professional loves visiting this fort with his friends and family because besides the good roads this trip also involves a trek after reaching delawadi one has to take permission from the forest officials to go inside the jungle a guide is required because it is a tiger movement area from there you trek towards the fort very fewer people come here so its peaceful and safe as well says arsh the fort is a centre of attraction with seven floors and 52 wells which were used to store watermaladevi templeroute vidishagyaraspur distance 125 kilometres time 15 hoursthis is a route along which one can cover many places entrepreneur abhishekh pandey planned a one day trip with his group and covered sanchi udaigiri hills and the maladevi temple he says the temple is a 14thcentury monument and a marked site of asi even though it is closed now the outer beauty of the temple is amazingrahatgarhroute vidhisha roadsagar bypassrahatgarh distance 150 kilometres time 25 hourseducationist pushpendra singh bhadoria went to rahatgarh a few months ago with his friend he shares there is a trail which runs along a river and is great to ride on to reach the fort one has to ride on mountain terrain and that again is an adventure there is also a waterfall on the way