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Country: India
Departing From: Jaisalmer
Arriving At: Jodhpur
Travel Time: 4.5 to 5.5 hours
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Book a transfer from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer — the "Golden City" of Rajasthan, a fairy-tale medieval fortress city built entirely of golden-yellow sandstone, rising from the vast Thar Desert like a mirage.
The 285 km journey takes 4.5 to 5.5 hours via NH15 heading west into the increasingly arid Thar Desert. The landscape transforms from scrubland to true desert — flat sandy expanses dotted with thorny bushes, the occasional camel herd, and tiny desert villages of round mud huts.
Jaisalmer is Rajasthan's most magical city — a living medieval fortress town where 3,000 people still reside within the 12th-century fort walls, in intricately carved golden sandstone havelis (mansions). The Jaisalmer Fort (Sonar Quila/Golden Fort) glows honey-gold at sunset, and within its walls lie Jain temples with impossibly detailed stone carvings, palace museums, and narrow lanes of shops and guesthouses. Outside the fort, the Patwon-ki-Haveli and Salim Singh-ki-Haveli showcase the finest merchant architecture. Camel safaris into the Sam Sand Dunes of the Thar Desert for a night under the stars are the quintessential Jaisalmer experience.
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