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A good rule of thumb is to aim for a weekday, especially Tuesday or Wednesday, when clouds are usually thinner and crowds from Venna Lake and Mapro Garden haven’t started yet. If you’re staying at Citrus Chamber Mahabaleshwar you’ll be only a few hundred metres from Wilson Point, so you can get there by 5:30 am and catch a clear sky before the lake’s reflections begin to blur the horizon. Saturday mornings still draw the lake visitors, and Sunday tends to get a touch busier after the weekend rush.