Thirty kilometres north of Deogad, on a triangular headland between two creeks, Vijaydurg is one of the finest surviving Maratha sea forts. Shivaji Maharaj rebuilt and expanded it in 1664; for the next century it was the headquarters of the Maratha navy.
The fort has three rings of walls, twenty-seven bastions, secret passages, and a small ornamental tank. Much of it is in good repair. From the seaward bastion you look down on the same waters where Kanhoji Angre fought the East India Company. A direct road runs from Deogad in around an hour, mostly along the coast; the last section is rough.