Gorgeous Gujarat Tour

Destinations Covered :-
Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar via Nal Sarovar, Palitana, Sasan Gir, Gondal via Junagadh, Mandvi, Dasada, Ahmedabad.
Duration of the Tour:- 12 Days and 11 Nights

Day 01 – IN / AHMEDABAD :-
Upon arrival, our representative will meet and transfer you to Hotel for check-in and overnight.

Day 02 – AHMEDABAD :-
After breakfast, visit with our guide, Sidi Sayyid’s Mosque whose fine stone grill has become the picture postcard symbol of the city. We also visitBhadra Fort and Jhulta Minar or oscillating minarets attached to a mosque. In the afternoon, we visit Hutheesingh Jain Temple, Sabarmati Ashramfounded by Mahatma Gandhi – from where he started the Quit India movement in 1942; the Antique Car Museum of Pranlal Bhogilal, a private collector, displaying over a 100 vintage cars. Return to the hotel for overnight.

Day 03 – AHMEDABAD / NAL SAROVAR / BHAVNAGAR :-
After breakfast, we drive to Nal Sarovar – a lake spread over 116kms - one of the best bird sanctuary of its kind in India during the winter months. Here we can see thousands of cranes, flamingoes, pelicans, ducks, storks and other birds, during a boat ride on the lake. After a basic lunch here, we drive to Bhavnagar where we check into the Hotel. Overnight at the hotel. :-

Day 04 – BHAVNAGAR / PALITANA :-
After breakfast, we visit with our guide the Takhteshwar Temple – on a small hillock providing splendid aerial views over the city & Gulf of Cambay. We also visit Gaurishankar Lake – a beautiful lake between small hills. Return to Hotel and check out. We now drive to Palitana and check-in at Hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 05 – PALITANA / SASAN GIR :-
After breakfast, we visit Shatrunjaya – a hilltop sea of 863 Jain Temples mostly built in 16th century. We visit the holiest temple among the cluster viz.Chaumukh Temple dedicated to 1st Jain Tirthankar Adinath. Return to hotel for lunch and then we drive to   Sasan Girand check-in at a jungle Lodge for overnight. 

Day 06 – SASANGIR :-
During the day, we take 2 Jeep Safaris in the Sasan Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, the only home to Asiatic Lions, besides leopards, hyenas, wild boars, deers amongst other animals and birds. We also visit Crocodile Breeding Centre. All meals and overnight at the Lodge.

Day 07 –SASANGIR / JUNAGADH / GONDAL :-
After breakfast, we check-out and drive to Gondal, visiting enroute with our guide UperKot Fort – built in 319BC; where we see Buddhist Caves - a three storey carved complex built in 2nd Century AD; Durbar Hall Museum – displays weapons, armour, palanquins and howdahs from the days of Nawabs of Junagadh. On to the way to Gondal, we visit Ashokan Edicts – a huge boulder on which Emperor Ashoka The Great in-scribed 14 edicts in about 250BC. Continue to Gondal and check-in at the Hotel for overnight.

Day 08 – GONDAL :-
After breakfast, visit with our guide Naulakha Palace & Museum – the oldest extant palace in Gondal, dating back to the 17th Century; Riverside Palace - built in 1875 AD by Maharaja of Gondal for his son. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 09 – GONDAL / MANDVI :-
After breakfast, we drive to Kutch Mandvi and check-in at Palace on Mandvi for dinner and overnight.

Day 10 – MANDVI :-
After breakfast, enjoy the sand and surf on the beach of Arabian Sea. Lunch, dinner & overnight at the camp.

Day 11 – MANDVI / DASADA :-
After breakfast, we checkout and drive to Dasada, a small town and check in at Cottages of Rann Riders for dinner and overnight.

Day 12 – DASADA / AHMEDABAD :-
Early morning we take a Jeep Safari for 3 hours in the Little Rann of Kutch which is the natural habitat of Wild Asses. After breakfast at the hotel, we check-out and drive to Ahmedabad, visiting en route the Sun Temple of Modhera; and Step-Well of Adalaj. Continue to Ahmedabad and directly transfer to airport to connect the flight for your onward programme.