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Ride a camel over the dunes or horses through
the hillside, speed ahead in a jeep and camp under open skies.
Decide your favourite colour and pick a city to
match, Rajasthan's kaleidoscope of colours covers all.
Bastions of history, bristling with memories,
these splendid treasures stand battling the vageries of time.
 Fort
Amber
The
City Palace, Jaipur
Wind
Palace, Jaipur
Chittaurgarh
Fort
City
Palace, Udaipur
Jaisalmer
Fort
Mehrangarh
Fort
Nahargarh
Fort, Jaipur
The desert sands shimmer and pulsate with an
energy and a spirit of festivity permeates the air, every season
provides many reasons to celebrate.
Camel
Festival
Mewar
Festival
Elephant
Festival
Gangaur
Festival
Pushkar
Festival
Desert
Festival
A delicate ecosystem, part desert part marshy
lands and even a small section of lush water filled valleys, sports a
wildlife rich in variety.
Whichever Budget Hotel you choose you will
always experience a traditional hospitality that you may never want to
forget.
Jaipur
Budget Hotels
Jaisalmer
Budget Hotels
Bharatpur
Budget Hotels
Bikaner
Budget Hotels
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Rajasthan
Tours Travel » Sightseeing
Safari » Jeep Safari
Jeep Safari
Rajasthan with its burning desert sands, lush green valleys, mountain
ranges, ancient culture, forts, palaces and royalty is truly magnificent .
It’s a land with a delightfully medieval flavor and a place where
time has stood still. A journey into this province is not really complete
if you leave without exploring so much of what it has to offer. A jeep
safari will take you from being a mere onlooker to becoming a part of this
magnificent landscape and culture. Such a safari offers the chance of
truly experiencing Rajasthan.
Safaris
in Rajasthan can be made to suit the traveller, one can choose to travel
with just rudimentary comforts or all the luxurious amenities. The journey
is not arduous because the organisers ensure that your every need is met
and all manner of facilities are offered, from entertainment to fine
dining, from deluxe camps to cocktail bars. But more than anything else it
is the landscape that is spellbinding, as each journey progresses, there
is the excitement of setting camp each night at a lonely spot in the
wilderness of the Thar desert, of being entertained by a group of
wandering minstrels and of sleeping under the desert sky full of dense
twinkling stars.
The kingdoms of Rajasthan were carved out of many ferocious battles and
its history is as rich in tales of valour and chivalry as it is in
folklore. For centuries, kings here have added to the architectural
marvels of the many cities, imposing forts, ethereal palaces, splendid
temples, handsome mansions, ornate stepwells and elaborate memorials to
their dead dotting its landscape. A jeep safari will take you to these
magnificent monuments and allow you the freedom to linger through them for
as long as you wish. The cities are magnificent as they were all in the
not-too-distant past kingdoms ruled over by the warrior kings, but the
villages are no less gorgeous, these settlements consist of a collection
of circular huts made of sun baked clay bricks and usually have a thatched
roof. A typical village here has the most basic form of civilisation and a
way of life unchanged since centuries. Yet art is reflected in everything
that the Rajasthani's do, even village homes are beautifully decorated
with traditional designs painted on the walls by simple lime colours and a
village square is a feast of colours, saffrons, reds, blue, greens and
pinks enliven the scene. A jeep safari will take you through the interiors
and allow you to participate in aspects of village life without disturbing
it in turn. Don’t be too surprised if you meet someone who doesn't
know what a television set is, or someone who has never seen rain.
Rajasthan is so much more than just a desert in fact it has a varied
topography. It includes semi-arid desert like land to among the oldest
mountains in the world and lush, water filled valleys. Rich in wildlife it
includes the the tiger, leopard, endless varieties of deer, rhesus
monkeys, reptiles including the python and a profusion of bird-life
including some very exotic migratory birds and the jeep is your most
convenient option when you are out wildlife spotting. The jeep can
maneuver easily through the rugged terrain and forest trails, taking you
into the interiors where few have trodden. The scraggy valleys, forested
hills, rocky outcrops, the lesser known tribal villages and ruins of old
forts are all easily accessible by jeeps. Jeep safaris are the most fun
because the pace can be varied to suit one’s needs. A jeep safari
usually covers about 150 kms a day, which consists of approximately five
to six hours of jeep-driving. And the organisers usually send a team up
ahead to set up picnic lunches and tents and bonfires for the night, so
that by the time you wrap up and reach you have a steaming hot meal handed
to you a la royalty.
Routes
A jeep safari gives you the most out of your trip in Rajasthan. The
regions that need to be explored for their characteristic natural beauty
are Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur and the Shekhawati regions. While on your
Jeep safaris, you may also want to include the popular wildlife
sanctuaries of Rajasthan in their itinerary. Savour the desert as well as
the monuments of the region as you've got so much on your platter that
you're likely to miss out a thing or two.
Climate
The months before monsoon are the hottest seasons which extend from April
to June, with temperatures ranging from 32 degrees Centigrade to 45
degrees Centigrade. In western Rajasthan the temp may rise to 48 degrees,
particularly in May and June. Monsoon extends from July to September, when
although we witness a drop in temperatures but because the humidity
increases, and when all this combines with rains it results in
uncomfortable climate. From mid-September to mid-March, the climate is
amicable because when you blend the winter with the sunshine, you get the
climate that you have always yearned for.
Best time
It's better to embark upon a horse safari from the month of mid-September
to mid-March.
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