🦌 National Park🐅 Wildlife📍 Birdwatching

Desert National Park

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

3,162 sq km of living Thar — the last stronghold of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard, with chinkara, desert fox and fossil beds.

Why visit: Meet the GIB before the species vanishes; Sudasari at dawn.

Things to do

›Sudasari bustard enclosure
›Chinkara and fox drives
›Akal fossil park nearby

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Feb

Entry fee

~₹100 + jeep

Est. budget

₹1,000–2,500

Duration

Half–1 day

Nearby attractions

Within

11 km

📍 Desert

4.5

Sam Sand Dunes

Rajasthan

The Thar's signature rolling dunes 40 km from Jaisalmer — camel trains at sunset, dune-bashing jeeps, and desert camps where folk singers and kalbelia dancers perform under a sky thick with stars.

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20 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Desert

4.5

Khuri Sand Dunes

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Sam's quieter southern rival — sweeping dunes by a mud-hut village where camel men still outnumber tourists and nights are truly dark.

Oct–MarOvernightExplore

20.1 km

📍 Heritage

4.4

Kuldhara Ghost Village

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

The village 1,500 Paliwal Brahmins abandoned overnight in 1825, cursing it to emptiness — restored lanes now whisper the legend.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore