TOUR OF RAJASTHAN, India

By train : Goa to Jaipur.

Tour of Rajasthan: in a Toyota Qualis.
Return to Goa from Jaipur by train.


Our tour of Rajasthan started in Jaipur, and went in an anti-clockwise direction:
Jaipur - Bikaner - Jaisalmer - Jodhpur - Udaipur - Chittaurgarh - Ajmer

With sincere thanks to our Lourdes & Leo Kapoor without whom this trip would have not be possible. Also our sincere thanks go out to their families for their warmth and welcome along the way in Jodhpur, Udaipur and Ajmere. They indeed made our holiday a very special one and extremely enjoyable. We will remember it for a long time to come.

Jaipur to Bikaner

via Sikar

335 Km  6 hrs

NH 52 and NH 11

Bikaner to Jaisalmer

via Phalodi, Pokran, Bhadriya

330 km  6 hrs

NH 11

Jaisalmer to Jodhpur

via Chandan, Pokran, Dechu

250 Km  5 hrs

NH 11, NH 125

Jodhpur to Udaipur

Via Rohat, Pali, Nadol, Rajsamand, Nathdwara

250 km  5 hrs

NH 62, NH 58

Udaipur to Chittorgarh

Via Debari, Bhatewar, Menar, Mangalwad, Bhadsora, Ghosunda

150 km  3 hrs

NH 27, NH 48

Chittorgarh to Ajmer

via Gangarar, Bhilwara, Banera, Raila, Bhinai, Nasirabad

200 km  4 hrs

Nh48

Rajasthan is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert (Thar Desert), which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan. The state is bordered by Pakistan to the west, Gujarat to the southwest, Madhya Pradesh to the southeast, Uttar Pradeshand Haryana to the northeast and Punjab to the north. Rajasthan covers an area of 132,150 sq mi or 342,239 km². The proportion of the state's total area to the total area of the country is 10.41 per cent.

 Jaipur is the capital and the largest city of the state. Geographical features include the Thar Desert along north-western Rajasthan and the termination of the Ghaggar River near the archaeological ruins at Kalibanga of the Indus Valley Civilization, which are the oldest in the Indian subcontinent discovered so far.

One of the world's oldest mountain ranges, the Aravalli Range, cradles the only hill station of Rajasthan, Mount Abu, famous for Dilwara Temples, a sacred pilgrimage for Jains. Eastern Rajasthan has the world famous Keoladeo National Park near Bharatpur, famous for its bird life and is a World Heritage Site and two famous national tiger reserves, Ranthambore and Sariska Tiger Reserve. Rajasthan was formed on 30 March 1949, when all erstwhile princely states ruled by Rajputs, known as Rajputana, merged into theDominion of India.
- Wikipedia

JODHPUR, Rajasthan, India

Jodhpur (Rajasthani: जोधाणा; Hindi: जोधपुर), is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located 335 kilometres (208 mi) west from the state capital, Jaipur and 200 kilometres (124 mi) from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar. Jodhpur is a popular tourist destination, featuring many palaces, forts and temples, set in the stark landscape of the Thar desert.

The city is known as the "Sun City" for the bright, sunny weather it enjoys all year. It is also referred to as the "Blue City"^[4] due to the blue-painted houses around the Mehrangarh Fort. The old city circles the fort and is bounded by a wall with several gates. However, the city has expanded greatly outside the wall over the past several decades. Jodhpur lies near the geographic centre of Rajasthan state, which makes it a convenient base for travel in a region much frequented by tourists.