Desert Safari in Jaisalmer
If you are searching for a desert safari in Jaisalmer, you will find no shortage of people offering one. Here is ours, written down properly. Every route, every timing, every price, on the page, before you pay anything. We run 36 desert safari packages, and most of them start from Sam Sand Dunes, the dune belt west of the city where the sand actually rises into ridges instead of lying flat. A few of the quieter routes go further out than that.
The main thing to work out is how long you can be away. A half day desert safari takes an afternoon and gets you back for dinner in town. A sunset desert safari adds the fire, the folk musicians and a meal on the sand. An overnight desert safari in Jaisalmer gives you all of that plus a night in a tent and a sunrise most people did not expect to care about. Past that, the multi day routes go where the day traffic does not.
Camel or Jeep is the next question. Camel safari in Jaisalmer is what most people picture and it is still the honest version of this. One rider per camel, a handler walking beside you, no rush. Jeep safari in Jaisalmer does the opposite job. It covers distance, includes the dune driving, and suits anyone with a train to catch or knees that will not thank them for two hours on a camel. Plenty of our packages run both.
Looking for something quieter? Ask about the non touristic desert safari routes. If you have been searching for a desert safari near Jaisalmer that keeps you well away from the crowds, these go to different sand entirely, where you will not hear another camp after dark. Every package below opens its own page with the full itinerary, the timings, what is included, what is not, and the price. Book online from that page, or call us and we will sort it out over the phone. For peak dates we would suggest advance booking, because the good weeks fill early. You can also read more about our wider Jaisalmer desert tours on the home page.
Explore All Our Desert Safari Packages in Jaisalmer
Thirty six of them, from one afternoon on the dunes to routes running three days out towards the border. Every card links to a full itinerary with pricing and a booking button. If you are still deciding which one suits your dates, send us a message and we will narrow it down for you.
Where a package puts you in the city overnight rather than the desert, Jaisalmer has hotels, hostels and guest houses across premium luxury and budget price ranges.
Camel Safari in Jaisalmer
One camel per rider, a handler on foot beside you, and a route that goes over the ridges rather than skirting them. The oldest desert safari in Jaisalmer and still the one people remember. Book it as a short ride or built into something longer.
- One camel per person
- Local handlers
- Over the dunes
- Sunrise or sunset
Jeep Safari in Jaisalmer
An open jeep gets you across the dune belt in minutes and into sand a camel would need half a day to reach. The dune driving is part of it. Book this one if your schedule is tight.
- Open jeep
- Dune driving
- Covers more ground
- Suits tight schedules
Overnight Desert Safari in Jaisalmer
The one we book most, and the one we recommend if you can spare the night. Out in the afternoon by camel, sunset from a dune, dinner at the fire, a tent, then the sunrise.
- One night on the dunes
- Sunset and sunrise
- Dinner and breakfast
- Star gazing
Sunset Desert Safari Jaisalmer
Everything here is timed around the last ninety minutes of light. You arrive as the colour starts turning and stay until it has gone. If you are looking for the most photographed desert safari in Jaisalmer, this is it. Bring a camera.
- Golden hour
- Camel or jeep
- Evening refreshments
- Best light of the day
Off-Beat and Non-Touristic Desert Safari
A route, not a full package. We take you to sand that does not get daily footfall, where the ridges are still unmarked. Good if you already have a camp booked and just want a better ride.
- Untouched dunes
- Route only
- No crowds
- Half or full day
Non-Touristic Offbeat Safari Package
The same idea with everything included. Camp, meals, the full night. You will not see another group after dark.
- Full package with camping
- All meals
- Remote camp
- Overnight
Half Day Desert Safari Jaisalmer
Out after lunch, on the dunes for the sunset, back in the city by evening. The cheapest way to see the Thar properly and the right choice when you have one free afternoon.
- Afternoon departure
- Camel ride
- Sunset
- Back the same night
Full Day Desert Safari Tour Package
You leave earlier, so the camel route is longer and there is time to stop at a village instead of driving past it. One of the better value desert safari packages in Jaisalmer if an afternoon is not enough. Dinner happens out on the sand.
- Longer camel route
- Village stop
- Dinner on the dunes
- Late return
Private Desert Safari Jaisalmer
Your group only. Your own camels, your own camp, and a start time you choose rather than one we choose. Families and small groups usually end up booking this once they hear it exists.
- Exclusive to your group
- Private camp
- Flexible timings
- Custom route
Luxury Desert Safari Jaisalmer
Same sand, better night. Bigger tents, proper beds, a longer menu, fewer people around you. We can price this at a premium level or work it toward a budget range depending on what you want.
- Upgraded tents and bedding
- Smaller group
- Extended menu
- Premium and budget options
2 Night Luxury Camping with Village Tour
Two nights in the upgraded camps with village time built into the route. Comfort at night, real Thar during the day.
- Two nights upgraded
- Working village visits
- Local hospitality
- Comfort focused
New Year Package Jaisalmer 2027
New year on the dunes. Full evening programme, festive dinner, night in a tent. This sells out earliest of anything we run, so book well ahead rather than turning up in December hoping.
- New year programme
- Festive dinner
- Night on the dunes
- Books out early
2 Nights New Year Package with Desert Safari Tour
The longer new year format. Two nights, with a full safari either side of the celebration, so the trip is not one evening surrounded by waiting.
- Two nights
- Full safari included
- New year celebration
- Extended stay
Overnight Camel Safari Tour Package
No jeep at any point. You ride out, you camp wherever the camels stop, you ride back. Slower than the standard overnight and closer to how this desert was actually crossed.
- Camel both ways
- Camp where you stop
- No vehicle transfer
- Ride back at sunrise
Real Desert Adventure Safari with Village Tour
The adventure route with time properly set aside for the villages, not a photo stop. You see how water and livestock work out here, and you eat in somebody’s house.
- Working village visits
- Home cooked meal
- Deep desert route
- Real interaction
Adventure Night with Cultural Show
Book this if the music is the reason you are coming. It is the one Jaisalmer desert safari where the evening programme is the main event, with dinner and the fire built around it, and the night spent in tents.
- Full cultural programme
- Live folk music and dance
- Bonfire dinner
- Overnight in tents
Luxury Overnight Camping Tour
Same route as the standard overnight, better camp at the end of it. Comfortable bedding, attached washroom, a fuller dinner. The price difference is the tent, not the safari.
- Upgraded tent
- Attached washroom
- Elaborate dinner
- Comfort focused
24 Hours Desert Safari Tour Package
Start in the afternoon, finish at the same hour the next day. You get the afternoon heat, the cold of the night and the light of the morning, which is the whole cycle rather than a slice of it.
- Full 24 hour cycle
- Sunset and sunrise
- All meals
- Day and night both
Sunset Cultural Desert Safari Tour Package
The sunset trip with the evening attached. Fire gets lit, musicians arrive, hot Rajasthani dinner on the sand, then the drive back. If you are searching for a desert safari in Jaisalmer that fits everything into one evening, book this one.
- Sunset
- Folk music and dance
- Rajasthani dinner
- Bonfire
2 Nights 2 Days Desert Safari Tour Package (Desert Life)
Two nights is where you stop behaving like a visitor. Longer camel routes, real time in the villages, and food cooked the way the desert kitchen has always cooked it.
- Two nights camping
- Extended camel routes
- Village time
- Local desert meals
Real Desert Adventure Safari Tour
Off the dune belt into the harder ground. Longer riding hours, remote camps, terrain that changes from rock to scrub to open sand. This is the desert safari in Jaisalmer for people who want distance rather than comfort. Book it on that basis.
- Remote terrain
- Longer riding hours
- Isolated camps
- Changing landscape
Real Desert Adventure with Border Tour
The adventure route with the western leg attached. Rougher ground, longer days, and the empty roads out towards the border.
- Deep desert
- Border region
- Adventure focused
- Multi day
1 Night 2 Days Desert Safari with Border Tour
One night in the desert plus a day out west. You get the dunes and the camp, and then the flat open country that almost nobody who visits Jaisalmer bothers to see.
- Overnight in the desert
- Border drive
- Open western country
- Two days
Full Day Desert Safari with Evening Show
For people who want the whole evening but need to sleep in a bed. Full day route, complete folk programme, dinner, fire, then the drive back into town late. A good desert safari in Jaisalmer for anyone who would rather not camp.
- Full day
- Live folk performance
- Traditional dinner
- Late return, no camping
One Night One Day Desert Safari Tour
Built tight. Arrive, evening, night, back in Jaisalmer by late morning. Book this if you have an afternoon train and no flexibility.
- Compact format
- Evening programme
- Late morning return
- For tight schedules
1 Night and 2 Days Desert Safari Tour Package
The unhurried version of a single night. Two full days either side of it, a longer camel route, and a morning where nobody is packing up at seven.
- Two full days
- One night camping
- Extended camel route
- Slow morning
Deep Desert Safari in Jaisalmer
This one goes well past anything on the standard maps. No other camp in sight, no lights on the horizon. Some people find that unsettling for about an hour and then love it.
- Far past tourist routes
- Private open camping
- Real silence
- Clear horizon
2 Nights 3 Days Desert Safari with Border Tour
Three days gives the border route room to breathe. Full desert experience plus a proper day out west, without cramming both into forty eight hours. Our longest desert safari in Jaisalmer, and worth booking in advance.
- Three days
- Two nights camping
- Full border day
- Unhurried
Shopping and Craftsmanship in Jaisalmer
A walk through the workshops around the fort rather than the shops selling to tourists. Leather, silver, mirror work, block printing, stone carving. You watch the work happening before anyone tries to sell you the finished thing.
- Working workshops
- Guided market walk
- Meet the artisans
- Half day
Cycling Tour in Jaisalmer
Early start, empty lanes, the fort from angles you cannot get from a car. Then open the road heading out of town. Cycles provided.
- Early morning start
- Quiet city routes
- Fort and outskirts
- Cycle provided
Ultimate Desert Adventure Tour
Camel, jeep and walking, across multiple nights. No single method reaches all of this, which is why the package uses all three. If you are looking for the widest desert safari in Jaisalmer we run, this is it.
- Camel, jeep and on foot
- Multiple nights
- Widest coverage
- Full adventure format
Indian Musical Village Tour and Lunch with the Locals
A village where music is still the family trade, and lunch cooked in the house you are sitting in. This is not a staged performance. Some afternoons the playing is excellent and some afternoons somebody’s cousin is learning.
- Village musician families
- Live traditional music
- Home cooked lunch
- Half day
Romantic Dinner with Luxury Stay on the Dunes
A table set out on the sand, dinner after dark, and a tent pitched away from the main camp. The most requested desert safari in Jaisalmer for couples, and we only set up a few of these a night, so book ahead if the date matters.
- Private dinner setup
- Table on the dunes
- Secluded tent
- For two
Special Occasion Celebration in the Desert
Anniversaries, birthdays, proposals, family milestones. Tell us what the occasion is and roughly what you want to spend, and we will build the evening around it at a premium level or within a budget range.
- Occasion specific setup
- Private arrangement
- Cake and decor
- Premium and budget options
Desert Trek Adventure Package
On foot. Slower and harder than riding, and the only version where you actually hear how quiet the Thar is. You need to be comfortable walking on sand for a few hours.
- Walking route
- Guided trek
- Camp at each stage
- For active travellers
Desert National Park Wildlife Tour
Not about the dunes. A guided drive through protected desert habitat with time set aside for birding and photography. Early start, because the wildlife does not wait for late risers.
- Guided wildlife drive
- Birding
- Protected habitat
- Early morning
Desert Safari Prices in Jaisalmer
Every package page above lists its own price with a full inclusions and exclusions list, so nothing gets explained to you for the first time at the dunes. What moves the number is straightforward.
How long you are out
A half day and a three day border route are not the same product and are not priced as if they were.
Which tent you sleep in
Standard Swiss tent, or a premium luxury setup with an attached washroom. Usually the biggest single difference on an overnight booking.
How many are travelling
One person pays more per head than six. The vehicle and the camp cost roughly the same either way.
When you come
Late December, the first week of January and the Desert Festival period are priced differently to the rest of the season, and those dates need advance booking.
Read the price, read what is included, compare it against anything else you have found, and you will know exactly what your day looks like before you pay a rupee. Travelling on unusual dates, or as a group that does not fit a standard booking? Call us and we will build the Jaisalmer desert safari around what you actually want and price it properly, rather than fitting you into something close enough.
PULL QUOTE
Our promise is not the cheapest camel ride in Jaisalmer. It is that the desert safari you book is the one you get, at the price we agreed, with every detail written down first.
Jaisalmer Desert Safari Packages Facilities and Amenities
Standard across most of our desert safari packages in Jaisalmer. Longer packages include more, half day formats include less, and the exact list is on each package page.
See Our Desert Camps in Jaisalmer
How to Book Your Desert Safari in Jaisalmer
Find the package that fits, open its page, check the itinerary and the price, then hit Book Now or call us. That is the short version. Three things worth knowing before you do.
Send your dates first if you are unsure
We would rather steer you to the right package than take a booking you will want to change. Tell us when you are here, how many of you, and whether anyone has trouble with long rides.
Use advance booking for the peak weeks
Late December through the first week of January, and the Desert Festival period, fill up weeks ahead. Outside those, a few days notice is usually enough. If your dates are close, WhatsApp or call rather than emailing.
You get a written confirmation
Timings, pickup point, what is included, what is not, and the total. If something does not match what you expected, say so before you travel rather than at the camp.
Why Book Your Desert Safari Direct With Us
No middleman
Book your desert safari in Jaisalmer directly and the money goes to the people actually running it. Agents take a cut, and that cut comes out of the trip somewhere, usually the food or the tent.
Price and itinerary before you pay
Both are on the package page. Nothing gets revealed at the dunes.
One camel per rider
No sharing, no doubling up. The handlers have worked with these animals for years.
The person who answers is the person handling your booking
No call centre. If your train is late, you have a number that works.
We will talk you out of the wrong package
If your flight is at six and you are asking about an overnight, we will say so. A refund request is worse for us than a booking we did not take.
It depends on the duration, the tent, your group size and the season. Each of the 36 package pages above carries its own price with a full inclusions and exclusions list. For unusual dates or group sizes, call us and we will quote it properly.
Open the package page, check the itinerary and the price, then use the Book Now button or call us. If you would rather talk it through first, WhatsApp your dates and group size and we will come back with options the same day.
Outside peak season a few days is usually enough. From late December through the first week of January, and around the Desert Festival, advance booking is genuinely necessary because the good camps fill weeks ahead. If your dates are close, call rather than email.
Sam Sand Dunes sit west of Jaisalmer and the drive takes under an hour on a good road. Pickup and drop from wherever you are staying in the city is arranged as part of most packages, so the safari effectively starts at your door.
October to March. Comfortable days, evenings cool enough to sit outdoors. April to June gets brutal by afternoon, so those months run later. December and January nights get genuinely cold on the sand, so pack a jacket even if the day is warm.
Depends which one you book. Half day runs through the afternoon and evening and returns the same night. Overnight starts in the afternoon and finishes the next morning. Multi day runs two nights or longer. Exact timings are on each package page.
If you can spare one night, then overnight. Sunset, night sky and sunrise are three different things and a half day gives you one of them. Short on time, the sunset cultural safari fits the most into a single evening. Looking for quiet more than anything, find us on the non touristic and deep desert routes.
Different jobs. Camels are slower, quieter, and the version people remember. Jeep covers far more ground and includes the dune driving, which suits tight schedules or anyone who would struggle with a long ride. Several packages run both.
Loose, light, covered. A desert safari in Jaisalmer swings between hot afternoons and cold nights, so full sleeves and long trousers handle both. Closed shoes beat sandals on sand. Bring a scarf for the wind and a warm layer between November and February. Sunglasses and sunscreen all year.
Most run around Sam Sand Dunes, west of the city, where the biggest dune formations are. The non touristic and deep desert routes go further out into quieter parts of the Thar.
Sam has the bigger dunes and the full setup, which also means more camps and more people. Khuri is smaller and quieter. If you want the postcard dunes with the evening programme, book Sam. If you want fewer people without giving up the better sand, ask about our offbeat routes instead.
Yes, and we adjust the format. Shorter camel rides, a jeep transfer instead of a long ride, a camp closer to the access point. Tell us who is travelling when you book and we will suggest what works.
Most packages include evening refreshments and dinner, and overnight packages include breakfast. Half day formats may include refreshments only. Each package page lists its full inclusions and exclusions.