Adventure camping and Bird watching in Rajasthan.

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Rajasthan is famously known as the land of the royals! It also has versatile adventure tourism assets. This time, I wanted to explore that facet of this desert land. 

 After having landed at the Jaipur airport early morning, I headed to Khuri by road.
Khuri, in Jaisalmer, has expansive virgin deserts, rich in dunes and cacti. The drive-scape to Jaisalmer is a spiky terrain of thorned shrubs and a sunny horizon with clouds of sandy dust. Finally after a long drive, we reached Badal House, at Khuri village. Here we deposited major parts of our luggage with Mr Badal Singh, at his mud-built home stay facility and headed with backpacks to our designated camel carts, all ready for an adventure on the dunes, under a star-studded firmament.

A caravan of camel carts loaded with essentials of camping and us marched towards the extensive dunes. As we left the village behind, the sound of silence and the introverted reserve of golden sands began taking over. Swaying in the camel carts, enjoying the sunset we arrived at our desert night-camp. The camping was surreal and extraordinary. We spent a major part of the night well away from our tents, enjoying the chill of the desert winds, with home cooked Marwari meal (whipped up by our camel attendants), a bonfire and music.




Hardly having caught a couple of winks, I woke up to camel calls and a shy sun glistening up the horizon, turning the slippery sand a warm golden. With hot masala chai down our throats, we decided to head back to the village habitation, excited about moving to our next destination.


 After a drive of over 400km, we checked in our exhausted selves at the Khurja resort near a village named Phalodi. Phalodi is almost like a ghost town where heritage architecture stands tall but is deserted by its own people, who have left town in search of livelihood. Unattended steady structures and heavy locks speak volumes for this town. 


The main attraction of visiting this part of the state was Khichan. A quiet, quaint village in Rajasthan, in Phalodi Tehsil of Jodhpur district, that hosts over 20,000 demoiselle cranes from as early as August each year, to as late as March of the following year. February is the perfect time to see troops of cranes forming a bird blanket over the skies, as they fly in groups, in search of meal and rest. Travellers and documentary makers all over the globe also narrow in at Khichan this time, to film these beautiful migratory birds. The experience of capturing their magic through the lens is incredibly exceptional. I am truly happy that I was able to weave a travel venture in the organic fabric of rural Rajasthan. If you are up for prodigious adventures too, I would readily give a thumbs up for you, to put this on your bucket list.






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5 comments:

  1. Unknown8 March 2016 at 11:04

    I was lost in the desert land of Khuri, the deserted havelis of Phalodi, the wonderful congregation of countless cranes at the village called Khinchan. Mesmerizing write up and lovely pictures together make a wonderful reading indeed. Hail Rajasthan with Khinchan now on my bucket list.

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  2. Unknown8 March 2016 at 11:04

    I was lost in the desert land of Khuri, the deserted havelis of Phalodi, the wonderful congregation of countless cranes at the village called Khinchan. Mesmerizing write up and lovely pictures together make a wonderful reading indeed. Hail Rajasthan with Khinchan now on my bucket list.

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  3. Unknown12 March 2016 at 22:32

    Camel carts,golden sunshine,miles of glittering sand dunes,the migratory cranes,desert night camps--------truly a delightful reading wid some mesmerising clicks!!

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  4. Unknown12 March 2016 at 22:32

    Camel carts,golden sunshine,miles of glittering sand dunes,the migratory cranes,desert night camps--------truly a delightful reading wid some mesmerising clicks!!

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  5. Pooja Mahimkar18 March 2017 at 01:05

    Interesting post, the pictures are brilliant. Seems like you had fun :)

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