Eleven hours, no overnight
The whole day, from late morning to the last song
- Kuldhara & the dunes
- 11:30 AM – 10:30 PM
- Back the same night
Your day
All Day Safari with Cultural Program, hour by hour.
The Sunset Cultural trip with the front half of the day added: you get to Kuldhara before the heat goes out of it, eat lunch in the shade, and have time in the dunes in daylight rather than arriving straight into the sunset.
11:30 AM
Jeep pickup
From your hotel or a point you name, then out through the dunes.
Midday
Kuldhara, the ghost village
The heritage walk, with time to get properly into the ruins rather than a fifteen-minute stop. The villagers nearby are worth talking to.
Afternoon
Lunch in the shade
Authentic Rajasthani food, eaten under the trees out of the desert sun.
Afternoon
Dune bashing
The jeep leg proper, in daylight, which is the part the afternoon trips skip.
Late afternoon
Forty minutes by camel
From Kuldhara out to the camping area, with snacks and water.
Sunset
Red sunset from the camel
You reach the ridge as it goes.
Evening
Tika, Aarti, drinks, snacks
The traditional welcome at camp.
Evening
Folk dance, gypsy dance, DJ
Three hours of it, ending in a DJ set.
Night
Rajasthani buffet
A full vegetarian buffet in the desert.
10:30 PM
Back in Jaisalmer
Dropped at your hotel.
What’s included
The number you are quoted is the number you pay.
Included in the price
- Jeep transport from Jaisalmer, hotel pickup available
- Dune bashing and jeep safari
- Heritage walk through Kuldhara village
- Lunch under the shade of the trees
- Camel ride
- Sunset over the sand dunes
- Traditional welcome at the camp with Tika & Aarti
- Rajasthani cultural programme, folk and gypsy dance
- Music and a DJ set
- Rajasthani buffet dinner, vegetarian
- Back in Jaisalmer the same night
Not included
- Any overnight stay
- Alcohol
- Tips for the crew
Nothing is added at the camp. The jeep, the camel, your dinner and the taxes are already inside the price on this page.
Where you sleep
You don’t — you are back by 10:30
A day trip, so you sleep at your own hotel and we drop you there.
The One Night, Two Days package covers this evening and adds the night out at Siala, the sunrise and the camel ride back.
Photos
Taken out there, on trips like yours.
Our own pictures and our guests’. Nothing here is a stock photograph of somebody else’s desert.
Getting there
Jaisalmer first, then we take over.
Getting to Jaisalmer
Trains run overnight from Delhi and Jodhpur into Jaisalmer station, and buses come in from Jodhpur, Bikaner and Udaipur. The station and the bus stand are both about ten minutes from our hotel on Fort Road.
Then
We collect you from the station, the bus stand or your hotel. Leave your luggage with us, use a room and a shower, and go out with nothing you do not need.
Good to know
The things people ask before they book.
What does the extra ₹750 buy over the Sunset trip?
Three hours: Kuldhara in daylight rather than late afternoon, lunch under the trees, and the dune bashing in the sun. The evening is identical.
Is it too hot in the middle of the day?
April to June, yes — take the 2 PM Sunset trip instead in those months. From October to March the late morning is the best part of the day out there.
Is lunch included?
Yes, and so is the buffet dinner. Both vegetarian.
Can we be dropped somewhere other than our hotel?
Anywhere in Jaisalmer. Say so on the day.
The other ways
Not this one?
Every trip we run goes to the same desert. What changes is how long you are out, what is over you at night, and whether the folk programme is in it.
Still deciding
Tell us who’s coming.
How many of you, which nights, and whether anyone needs a washroom a few steps away rather than a dune. We will tell you which trip actually suits you, including when the answer is none of them.