Cultural Tours of Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer is blessed with a colorful and vibrant culture that reflects the rich heritage of the bygone era. The desert city’s folk music and dance is an elemental part of its culture and an exceptional amalgamation of past traditions, different social customs and classical music. The culture, language and tradition of Jaisalmer are to quite an extent influenced by the culture of the neighboring area, Sind.
The city has so much to offer in terms of its culture, music, architecture, crafts and traditions that every year people from around the world flock to this wonderland to get a taste of the desert life. Irrespective of the adverse conditions faced by Jaisalmer in its terrain and climate, the people of this place look happy and satisfied with their lives and are extremely friendly and jovial by nature.
One has to visit Jaisalmer’s villages so as to get the real feel of desert life. Villages are situated far from the city with a majority of the population living in rural areas. The villagers mostly reside in huts (jhopris) made of grass. The key sources of income in the villages are farming and animal rearing. Generally, men go out for work while the women look after homes.
The Billion stars Experience in the Desert
Spend the night in India’s enchanting Thar Desert on this 2-day, private tour from Jaisalmer. Meet your driver directly at your area hotel, and set off on an afternoon Jeep tour. You’ll visit landmarks like the abandoned, centuries-old village of Kuldhara before continuing to the golden dunes of the Thar Desert. Following a camel ride, enjoy dinner around a fireplace, live music performances, and the chance to sleep under the stars. The next morning—after tea, breakfast, and a second camel ride—you’ll return to your hotel.
- Get to know the evocative Thar Desert on this overnight tour
- A private tour provides an intimate and relaxed sightseeing experience
- Camel rides, meals, evening entertainment, and accommodation included
- Round-trip transit from your Jaisalmer hotel makes logistics easy.
Exclusive Dinner at Dunes
We organise trip far away from touristic area, its private tour, you can enjoy beautiful sunset with Chai/coffee/Wine on top of the sand dunes, dinner veg/non veg cooking in front of you in open fire and camp fire and entertainment by camel drivers, return back to city.
Tour start from city 2:30 PM (Winter),3:30 PM (Summer), one hour jeep ride, camel ride for one and half or two hours, enjoy sunset with tea/coffee snacks, Exclusive dinner Veg/Non Veg. Camp fire, Enjoy Stars and return back to city.
Breakfast with the Peacocks
Drive with us deep into the desert in the dark twinkling predawn to Khaba Fort. Here, on the old ruins of the fort’s ramparts a champagne breakfast is laid out for you with a delicious assortment of pastries and  traditional Indian delicacies of parathas (hot breads), kachoris (dumplings) and samosas and steaming hot, freshly pressed coffee. As you sit down to savor the fare, the sun slowly makes its way skyward in the horizon and the desert sands take on a soft golden glow, the sky takes on a blush and the cool breeze gently ruffles tendrils of hair. And then the enchantment begins.
The rising sun heralds the arrival of hundreds of peacocks called in to feed. It is an extraordinary sight; the proud strutting of the peacocks and the gentle sway of the peahens pecking away in the distance, the royal blue and emerald green of their magnificent tails a stunning visual contrast against the gold dunes. It is a sight to behold and one not to be missed.Â
Local Village Tour at Thar Desert
To engage in an authentic rural experience, you should definitely try the walking tour of a Rajasthani village. It is a wonderful way to take a break from your usual tourist activities. Experience authentic and amazing walking tour of the nearby village with our fun and entertaining storytellers. In the morning after breakfast or in the evening around 03 PM you take this village tour. We will take you to nearby Lakhamana village & Bhilon Ki Dhani by Jeep and then do the village tour by walk. This walking tour will give you an idea of the rural life of the villagers and their vibrant culture. Village walk take you closer to the rural life. We provide a carefully planned and interestingly carried out Village walks, where you get a chance to blend with the local villagers. You can interact with the villagers, visit their mud houses, farms, village markets, potter & cobbler shop and their rustic way of living will catch your attention.
If you want to see and experience the ancient Rajasthan, and its culture and traditions, then embark on the journey to the villages that still hold the glimpse of its rural form. Now time to pick your favorite Desert village Tour Package and you are just one click away for visit the Village safari Tour and avoid the stress of running around for arranging accommodation and travel as everything is available at your finger.
Desert National Park Tour
Situated at a distance of around 40 km from Jaisalmer (Rajasthan), Desert National Park is counted amongst the largest parks of India. Geographically, this park covers an area of 3162 sq. km extending from the borders of Jaisalmer, the park boundary reaches close to the Indo-Pak border.Â
You can expect everything here that a Desert ecosystem has to offer you. There are craggy rocks, intermedial areas, compact salt lake bottoms, and fixed dunes. In fact, the dunes makeup to almost 20% of the area under this park.Â
Amongst the wild flora of the Desert region, you get to see Desert plants, cacti, and other thorny bushes. An adventure-filled safari will be the best way to take a 360-degree tour of the Desert ecosystem here.
Besides jeep drive, if you are really adventurous, you can indulge in camping and bonfire activities here.Â
Traditional Folk Recitals Tours
The Manganiyars are the traditional bards of the western desert, with a history that goes back 13 centuries. Their music has influenced musical forms as far away as Spain where it travelled to with gypsies. These troubadours mesmerise you with their melodies, singing about love, war, passion and devotion, anything encapsulated in life and its rhythm is potentially a note for them to string a song with. Their heritage has been passed down from father to son, generation after generation and many of them are regular performers in the greatest and grandest musical halls of the world. But at The Discover Jaisalmer, they are at home, at ease and sing for you at leisure, their ancestral village barely 30 minutes away. For a private concert with these unique musicians, please give us prior notice of 48 hours.