Jaisalmer Hotels - Reviews and Rates

We left Bikaner early in the morning, headed for the Temple of the Rat, a sacred hindu temple complex, where people go to worhip the thousands of rodents that reside within its walls. I believe that it was the first temple we had been in so far that had a truly spiritual vibe. The temple was packed full of indians praying and leaving food on wal...

Drive to Jaisalmer (7 hours) ACTUAL: Has to be quick because my tour leader wants to use the computer. We drove on the bus this morning starting at 6:30 am because the drivers were nervous about Holi hooligans. So it went without incident, for the most part. We got on the bus and found it decorated with balloons and streamers for Holi, which was...

The title is to be sung in a reedy voice banging on a big empty water bottle whilst sitting around a camp fire! I must admit it was slightly surreal drivng along a perfectly paved road closer to the Pakistan border (fighting broke out that morning) to come across a group of dessert boys and their camals. It was even more surreal to treck three h...

DAY 8 Our last day in Jaisalmer. As check out was 09.30 we went to the boulangeri (?) for breakfast. Pancakes and banana for me, scrambled egg for DK coffees and all for the bargain price of 125 Rps! After breakfast we walked around some of the streets near our hotel and it felt very Greek... Which is very strange? We bought a couple of gifts an...

Namaste! passamos a noite numa aldeia no deserto chamada Khuri, depois fomos para a cidade de Jaisalmer, Cidade Dourada, separada do Paquistão pelo Deserto Thar........ são uns 100km de deserto, mas tem montes aldeias...... durante o dia as temperaturas chegaram aos 45 graus...... morninho...... durante a noite tivemos tempestades de vento e are...

If mountains are fascinating, desert lands are nothing less than amazing, so after Ladakh last year I packed my bags and camera and booked a second class ticket by Jaisalmer Express. The last time I visited Jaisalmer, this train which was not there when the only connection was an overnight snail train from Jodhpur on a meter gauge. I personally ...

The crumbling Golden City... Jaisalmer didn't end up being the tourist circus that our guide books describe (Lonely Planet has actually been a bit off the mark about a few things in India - perhaps it's because we're not travelling in the high season...?). The locals were saying it was a very quiet start to the season. We made the decision to st...

Today was supposed to be the camel safari and the highlight of the trip. However I fell violently sick with traveler's sickness. It is not a surprised that I fell sick because in the many places that we've visited so far, the sanitation has been poor. Livestock roam the streets and **** at will and nobody bothers to clean it up. Under these cond...

... in which the sweaty traveller begins to feel the heat, and visits the red, blue and white desert cities... THE BIRDS Getting up at dark, I walked along Bikaner's dusty streets to find a bus heading towards Jaisalmer, the famous desert town five hours drive south. Inspired by the wildlife I'd seen on the camel trek, I followed the suggestion ...