QUITE THE MOST UNUSUAL OUTDOORS ACTIVITY IN RAJASTHAN IS TO TAKE A
CAMEL SAFARI FOR SOME OF THE ENTIRE DURATION OF YOUR TRIP. WHILE THE
EXPERIENMCE CAN BE MEMORABLE, IT PROVIDES AND ALTERNATIVE WAY OF EXPLORING THIS
DESERT STATE. SEVERAL ITINERARIES ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND
BIKANER AND JAISALMER. IN THE LATTER CASE, BECAUSE IT IS A RESTRICTED AREA,
PASSPORT DETAILS NEED TO BE FURNISHED IN ADVANCE. PROVIDED HERE ARE SOME SHORT
OPTIONS FOR CAMEL SAFARIS IN DIFFERENTS PARTS OF THE STATE.
OPTION 1.
DAY
1:
ARRIVE JAIPUR. DRIVE TO MANOHARPURA ON THE JAIPUR-DELHI HIGHWAY
WHERE YOUR CAMELS WILL AWAIT YOU. PROCEED ON CAMEL-BACK TO SHERPURA VILLAGE
WITH ITS RUINS OF HAVELI. LUNCH WILL BE ENROUTE, AND DINNER AT THE OVERNIGHT
CAMP. YOU WILL RIDE FORE THREE HOURS.
DAY
2:
AFTER BREAKFAST, ANOTHER THREE-HOUR RIDE WILL GET YOU TO
SHAHPURA FOR LUNCH AT THE GARDEN PALACE. SAFARI TERMINATES.
OPTION 2.
DAY
1:
ARRIVE AT NAWALGARH TOWN IN SHEKHAWATI. CHECK INTO ROOP NIWAS
PALACE. DAY FREE TO EXPLORE THE FRESCOS ON THE HAVELIS OF THE TOWN.
DAY
2:
AFTER BREAKFAST, SET OFF ON YOUR CAMEL SAFARI. THE SIX-HOUR
JOURNEY WILL INCLUDE A PICNIC LUNCH. OVERNIGHT AT A FARM COMPLEX IN
NARSINGHANI.
DAY
3:
SAFARI CONTINUES TO MANDAWA FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT STAY IN
THIS HERITAGE HOTEL. SAFARI TERMINATES.
DAY
1:
DRIVE FROM BIKANER TO RAISAR 15 KM. TO BEGIN THE SAFARI. PROCEED
ON CAMELBACK TO HIMATSAR, SIX HOURS, FOR OVERNIGHT, FOLLOWING A PICNIC LUNCH.
DAY
2:
PROCEED ONWARDS TO KESARDESAR, ANOTHER SIX-HOUR SAFARI.
OVERNIGHT AT CAMP.
DAY
3:
PACK IN A FIVE-HOUR SAFARI TO DESHNOKE, THE FAMOUS PILGRIMAGE
WHERE RATS ARE VENERATED IN KARNI MATA’S TEMPLE. FROM HERE PROCEED BY ROAD TO
EITHER KHIMSAR OR JODHPUR, OR BACK TO BIKANER.
DAY
1:
DRIVE OUT OF JAISALMER TO CHANDAN, AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF AWAY. FROM
HERE, THE CAMEL SAFARI BEGINS FOR MEGHASAR CAMP; A SIX-HOUR STRETCH
INTERSPERSED WITH LUNCH.
DAY
2:
TRAVERSE SOME HARSH, SANDY TRACTS TODAY TO ARRIVE AT
JAMANIYA-KI-DHANI FOR THE OVERNIGHJT CAMP.
DAY
3:
A SHORT TWO-HOUR SAFARI AFTER BREAKFAST FETCHES YOU TO THE
ASHAPURNA TEMPLE WHERE THE SAFARI TERMINATES. PROCEED TO EITHER BIKANER OF
JODHPUR BY ROAD AFTER LUNCH.
DAY
1:
DRIVE FROM JODHPUR TO OSIAN FOR THE START OF THE SAFARI. THE
FIVE-HOUR SAFARI FROM HERE HEADED FOR SAMRAU WILL HALT MIDWAY AT AN OVERNIGHT
CAMP.
DAY
2:
SIX HOURS ON CAMELBACK WILL BRING YOU STAY OVERNIGHT AT AINATHJI
GARH, A TYPICAL DESERT FORT. SAFARI TERMINATES THE FOLLWING DAY WITH A ROAD
TRIP TO YOUR NEXT DESTINATION.
DAY
1:
THE TEMPLE TOWN OF PUSHKAR IS IDEAS AS A BASE FOR SAFARIS ON
CAMELBACK. SET OUT FOR DODIYANA, SIX HOURS AWAY ON CAMELBACK, INCLUDING A HALT
FOR LUNCH.
DAY
2:
TODAY’S DESTINATION IS PADU KALAN, AND THE JOURNEY OMTERSPERSED
WITH BREAKS FOR LUNCH AND TEA.
DAY
3:
HEAD FOR THE LOVELY VILLAGE OF DAGOR, SIX HOURS AWAY, WHERE AN
OVERNIGHT CAMP HAS BEEN SETUP. SAFARI TERMINATES NEXT DAY AS YOU PROCEED BY
ROAD TO YOUR NEXT DESTINATION.
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