We pick you up in Jaisalmer in the afternoon and drop you back after sunrise. In between: the dunes, dinner over a fire, and a bed made up under open sky or inside a tent.
Same evening, same dunes, same dinner. The only thing that changes is what is over your head when you fall asleep.
A bed made up on the sand, no canvas over it. Cold after midnight, and the reason people book this rather than a hotel.
A private tent at the camp with a proper bed, a door that shuts and a washroom of your own. Warmer, and easier with children.
From the moment the jeep leaves town to the drive back the next morning. Roughly sixteen hours, most of them outdoors.
A jeep picks you up from your hotel or the bus stand and takes you out to the dunes. The drive is the part where the town stops and the sand starts.
Camels take you over the ridge to a spot facing west. This is the hour the desert is worth the trip for, and the light does most of the work.
The bonfire gets lit while it is still blue overhead. Tea, something to eat, and a chance to put your bag down.
Rajasthani musicians and a Kalbeliya dancer perform by the fire, then dinner is served. Vegetarian and non-vegetarian both.
When the fire dies down the stars come out properly. You sleep where you chose: on the open dune, or in your tent.
Worth waking for. Tea, sunrise over the sand, and the drive back into Jaisalmer.
And, so there are no surprises at the camp, what it does not.
Open-air camping shares the camp washrooms rather than having its own. Everything else in the evening is the same for both.
The evening runs itself. These are the parts of it worth knowing about before you pick a date.
The way out to the sunset point, and the reason most people come. Twenty minutes over the ridge, at walking pace.
A short, fast run across the soft sand in a Thar. Ask for it when you book, because it is not part of the standard night.
Kalbeliya dancers and Manganiyar musicians by the fire. It is the local tradition, performed by people from these villages.
Tents set in a ring around an open stage, with the dunes starting a short walk beyond the last one.
The golden city sits on the edge of the Thar, a few hours from the Pakistan border. You will most likely see the fort in the day and be on a dune by sunset.
Tell us where you are staying in town and we will work the pickup around it. Most guests spend the day at the fort and come out to the dunes in the afternoon.
October to March. The days are warm rather than punishing and the nights are cold enough to want the bonfire. April to June the Thar gets genuinely hot, and July to September brings some rain and a lot of insects.
A jacket or something warm, because desert nights drop a long way after dark, even in October. Closed shoes for the sand, sunglasses, and a torch. Everything else is at the camp.
Yes, and the camel ride is usually the part children remember. If you are travelling with small children or with anyone who would struggle on a camel, tell us when you book and we will arrange the evening around it.
Rajasthani, cooked at the camp, vegetarian and non-vegetarian both. If you are vegan, Jain, or avoiding anything in particular, message us beforehand rather than on the night.
Sleep outside if the stars are the reason you are coming and you do not mind the cold and the sand. Take a tent if you want a door, a proper bed and a washroom a few steps away. Both include the same evening.
Tents have an attached washroom. If you are sleeping in the open you use the shared ones at the camp. Signal at the dunes is patchy and depends on your network. Plan on being out of touch for the night.
Message us on WhatsApp with your date and how many people. We will confirm what is available and what it costs before you pay anything. For cancellation terms, ask when you book.
Message us with the night you want and how many of you there are. We will come back with what is free and what it costs, before you pay anything.