Rajasthan Safaris :

Rajasthan Safaris :
Horse Safari - Camel Safari - Elephant Safari - Jeep Safari

The Aravalli Hill Ride	Thar Desert to the Aravalli Hills Ride
Thar Desert to Deogarh Plateau Ride	The Christmas Ride

The Aravalli Hill Ride – (For Medium Riders – 90 Km Ride)

Day 1
Arr. Ex Jodhpur (3 hrs drive) or ex Udaipur (3 hrs) at Kotri for Lunch
PM : Try out horses. Ride out to visit the 7th cent. Archaeological site, and return via open county, through volcanic outcrops.
O/N Kotri Raola. (A 200yr old Castle with modern amenities. The owner – Th. Mahendra Singh will be your host)

Day 2
AM : Ride out past open farmland, visiting a Marwari House Stud Farm en route to the rocky hills of Narlai. (This is a 3 hr ride) Lunch.
PM : Leisure at Narlai, Climb the Rock of Narad, & visit the many temples in the village.
O/N Narlai Rawla (a Classic Heritage Hotel of The Ajit Bhawan Group of Hotels)

Day 3
AM : Ride out past farms and lakes, you see the colourful shepherds with their sheep, the farmers working the fields. (Your riding escort will all the while be answering your queries on the traditions and customs of Rajasthan.) You will soon arrive at the Muthana bird lake. (3 hr ride) Here we stop for refreshments and watch the migratory birds of Rajasthan. Another hour and a half skirting the merchant town of Sadri brings us to Maharani Bagh. Lunch.
PM : Visit the Famous 15th cent. Ranakpur Jain Temples by Jeep (4 Km away)
O/N Maharani Bagh. (This is a cottage resort of the Welcomheritage Group)

Day 4
AM : Ride along the Aravalli foothills, through scrubland in the periphery of the Wildlife preserve and past tribal villages to Ghanerao (3 hr ride). Lunch.
PM : At Leisure, visit the village etc. O/N Castle Ghanerao (16th cent. With modern amenities. The Thakur of Ghanerao will be your host.)

Day 5
AM : Ride up a Steep trail though the Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary to Kumbhalgarh (4 hrs). Lunch at "The Aodhi Hotel".
PM :Visit the unconquered Kumbhalgarh Fort, with it’s huge bastions, 9 gates, and 36 Km of unbroken 20 ft thick wall. (circa 15th cent)
O/N The Aodhi Hotel. (a property of the HRH Group of Hotels)
END OF RIDE

(NB: On Day 5 If the clients are not experienced enough, as riders they may have to be taken up to Kumbhalgarh by jeep. This decision will be taken by your Riding Escort.)

The Aravalli Hill Ride	Thar Desert to the Aravalli Hills Ride
Thar Desert to Deogarh Plateau Ride	The Christmas Ride

Thar Desert to The Aravalli Hills Ride– (For Advanced Riders – 180 Km.)

Day 0
Arrival at Rohetgarh, (40 Km) from Jodhpur & O/N Rohetgarh. Rohetgarh is an old family property of the Thakur of Rohet, and now converted into a Hotel with beautiful rooms, Pool etc. The Garh is walled all around and set within a village in the semi-desert country.

Day 1
AM : Ride 12 Km through scrubland to visit the hamlets of the Bishnoi tribe. You will see herds of Blackbuck & Chinkara. Return to Rohetgarh for lunch.
PM : Leisure at Poolside or Village walk.
O/N Rohet Garh

Day 2
AM : Ride again though sandy tracts and scrubland, passing quaint hamlets of mud-huts occupied by the various colourfully clad tribes of the desert (25 Km ride)
NOON : Lunch at the splendid Sardar Samand Palace property of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, situated at the edge of a huge lake, on a hill overlooking miles of open county around you.
PM : Relax in the luxurious Palace with its comfortable rooms, Pool on the terrace, and watch the birdlife on the Lake.
O/N The Sardar Samand Palace

Day 3
Ride off after an early breakfast, through open scrubland, along dusty trails, passing through villages upto Utwan. (22 Km.) Here we stop for a picnic lunch, prepared hot on site.
PM : We start getting into greener tracts, skirting the huge Hemawas Dam, until by sunset we reach Sodawas. (23 Km.)
O/N Karni Kot, Sodawas a county mansion of Th. Sunder Singh who will be your Host.

Day 4
Another long day-another early start. 20 Km through Farms and bigger villages. You watch the landscape change from dry thorny scrub of the first two days to taller trees and rich fertile farmlands. You will see the multifarious use of oxen in ploughing, carting and irrigation. Arrive at an Old Shiva Temple for Lunch.
PM : Ride on and we start getting into low hillocks and open grassland, and 22 Km later we are at an ancient 200 yr old castle in the middle of a small rustic shepherds village. The castle has been provided with modern amenities.
O/N Kotri Castle. The owner, your host is the Thakur from the nobility of the House of Ghanerao.

Day 6
AM : We now ride into the Aravalli Hills, Through wooded country, and part of the Kumbhalgarh Sanctuary. One can spot Deer and wild boar while on horseback though the Sanctuary, and come into a valley inhabited by the Tribal Garacias. Lunch at the Hunting Lodge of the Ghanerao family.
PM : Now the tough part of the ride. We climb 2000ft in 3 hrs, through the Kumbhalgarh Wildlife sanctuary to arrive at "The Aodhi Hotel". Later visit the famous Kumbhalgarh Fort built 1462 AD by the Maharana Kumbha as a retreat for the forces of Mewar, This Fort has a history of many battles and remains as probably the only unconquered Fort.
O/N The Aodhi Hotel. A luxurious Hotel managed by the HRH Group.

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The Aravalli Hill Ride	Thar Desert to the Aravalli Hills Ride
Thar Desert to Deogarh Plateau Ride	The Christmas Ride

Rajasthan Safaris :
Horse Safari - Camel Safari - Elephant Safari - Jeep Safari