Quick answer: Jodhpur to Jaisalmer is about 285 km by road, a drive of 5 to 5.5 hours via Pokaran on a good two- to four-lane highway. Leave Jodhpur by 8 AM, stop at Pokaran Fort for lunch, and you’ll reach Jaisalmer by mid-afternoon. With an extra hour, take...
Quick answer: The Sam Sand Dunes lie about 42 km west of Jaisalmer, roughly an hour by road, on the edge of the Desert National Park. Most visitors arrive in the late afternoon, ride a camel or take a jeep into the dunes for sunset, then spend the night at a desert...
Quick answer: Jaisalmer Fort, or Sonar Qila (“Golden Fort”), was founded in 1156 by the Bhati Rajput ruler Rawal Jaisal on Trikuta Hill in the Thar Desert. Built of yellow sandstone that glows gold at sunset, it’s one of the world’s few...
Quick answer: Delhi to Udaipur is about 660 km by road, a drive of 10 to 11 hours via Jaipur and Ajmer on NH-48. The fastest option is a direct flight of about 1 hour 15 minutes. Overnight trains take around 12 hours and save you a hotel night. For families who want...
Quick answer: Haldighati is a narrow mountain pass in the Aravallis, about 40 km north of Udaipur, where Maharana Pratap of Mewar fought the Mughal army of Emperor Akbar, led by Raja Man Singh of Amber, on 18 June 1576. The pass takes its name from its turmeric-yellow...
