’Cause there’s a side to you that I never knew, never knew,” Adele sang to her estranged lover in her smash hit, Set Fire to The Rain. But you might just be singing it to your dog soon. “Walking in the lush grasslands of Karjat unlocks a different personality in canines. The look on the pet parent’s face when they see their otherwise nervous dog frolic in the meadows is something else,” says canine trainer Priyanka Mehta. Doggos’ Day Out is a nearly four kilometre-long hike for pets and their parents in Karjat, designed by Mehta and fellow canine trainer Jigeesha Pande, with the Vagabond Experiences community.

Participants walk through the scenic trail