Jaisalmer: The Golden city, a complete 2-day trip itinerary

1. Gadisar lake:

Gadisar lake is an artificial lake created for drinking and daily use purposes. It as a two-umbrella structure in the lake. There is an availability of a boat ride. The best place to visit in the morning.

2. Jaisalmer Fort:

This is a living fort which is also the second-largest fort in Rajasthan. Before going inside have breakfast in front of the fort entry where they sell a Dal Pakwana which is a local and mouthwatering dish. After breakfast enters the living fort.

Inside the fort, there is a cannon city view, Raj Mahal and a Jain Temples. Apart from this, there are plenty of cafés, hotels which provides a good view of the city and shops which sells leather products, traditional dresses, and antique shop.

3. Haveli:

Havelis are an interesting piece of architecture, there are 5 Haveli in the city which is famous out of this must-visit are:

Patwaon Ki Haveli

Nathmal Ji Ki haveli

Kuldhara is an abandoned village. Established around the 13th century. It was abandoned by the early 19th century for unknown reasons, possibly because of dwindling water supply, or as a local legend claim. Over the years, Kuldhara acquired a reputation as a haunted site, and the Government of Rajasthan decided to develop it as a tourist spot in the 2010s.

Move towards your camp where you are welcomed and gives you a separate tent for a stay. There is an option of on camp or on dunes stay, wherein on dues you will camp at the dunes in a camping tent but it’s dangerous and costly too. Make sure that you book a camp with a jeep ride along with a camel.

I advise you to reach your camp by 4 PM, after fresh up they take you for a jeep ride in dune( Book a ride with seat of 4, not more than that to experience a real Jeep ride), then they take you for a camel ride, at last, they leave you at a sunset point where you can take pics and enjoy the sunset. After this, there will be again a short Jeep ride and back to camp. Where they welcome you by a traditional Rajasthan style, followed by snacks, cultural programs, and fire camps. For dinner, they serve traditional Rajasthani thali, if your option they also provide DJ night and have a nice sleep.

Situated 120km North West of Jaisalmer city is Tanot in Thar Desert of Rajasthan. You will find dunes all along with small bushes. You can see herds of sheep & goats on the way. Beautiful landscape. Total desert. It is very near to the Pakistan border and also close to the battle site of Longewala of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Last civilian point in India on the border. Tanot Rai Mata Temple is an old temple with a history of India Pakistan war of 1965. Hundreds of shells fallen here did not harm the temple. Some bombs are on display at the temple. Maintained & Managed by Border Security Force of India. Keep food & water with you. Very few populations.

3.longewala yudh sthal:

This the place where the Battle of Longewala took place (Famous Border movie is on this war), this place as an a museum to give a enough details about the war, audiovisual short movie which narrates the story of the Longewala war the place also displays the captured tanks and jeeps of Pakistan and also destroyed once.

Bada Bagh, also called Barabagh (literally Big Garden) is a garden complex about 6 km north of Jaisalmer on the way to Ramgarh. Bada Bagh is situated on a small hill. The entry to Bada Bagh is from the bottom of the hill. The first row has a few cenotaphs. There are many more cenotaphs, which are accessible by climbing the hills. The cenotaphs are of different sizes and carved of sandstone. There are cenotaphs for rulers, queens, princes and other royal family members. Each ruler’s cenotaphs as a marble slab, with inscriptions about the ruler and an image of a man on a horse.

In the evening you can witness the beautiful sunset.