Day 01:
After breakfast at hotel, drive from hotel to the safari starting point, which will be approximately 20 - 25 kms from the Jaipur City.
Option: Here, we have an option for the guest. The guest can start from the hotel in Horse Carriage driven by one or two horses to the Safari starting point in Maharaja style.
The decorated Elephant and local musicians will be waiting for the guests at the safari starting point. As the guests arrive, they will be welcomed in Rajasthani traditional style by garlands, tikka and folk music. After that the safari will start at approximately 09:00 or 09:30 hrs. From the starting point, Elephant Carts well equipped with Mineral Water and Soft drinks will follow the safari.
After a ride of around one and a half-hour, there will be a short break where the guest will be taken around the nearby small village. In this way the guest will not feel tired just sitting for a long time and will have a good chance to feel the real India. After walking around the village for some 15 - 20 minutes, the safari will continue and after a drive of one and a half or two hours, it will reach a convenient spot where Hot Lunch will be served. A two-hour lunch break will give sufficient time for the guest to rest for a while before starting the safari through the villages and sandy tracks so as to reach the camping site in the evening.
On reaching the camping site, the guests will be welcomed by musicians. The deluxe tented accommodation are well equipped with attached toilet & bath, twin beds with mattresses, pillows, blankets, covered flooring, gas lamps, table & chairs. The guests will be given ample of time to rest and freshen themselves before the dinner will be served amidst light folk music.
Overnight will be in tented camps.
Day 02:
After breakfast at the camp, the guests will climb atop the elephant and the safari will start from the overnight camping site through small villages. The guests will again be given a break so that they can take pictures of the villagers in their colorful attire. Hot Lunch will be served at a convenient spot and thereafter, the safari will continue to the overnight camping site.
On reaching the camping site, the guests will be entertained by light folk music before the dinner is served.
Overnight will be in tented camps.
Day 03:
After spending two enjoyable days of elephant safari, we have given a bit changes in the timings of the safari.
Since the guest has been doing safari in full daylight for the past two days, therefore on the third day, the safari will start early in the morning before the sunrise. While sitting on the elephant, watching the sun rising in the far horizon, its colorful rays falling on the mountain tops and the desert sand, dew drops on the leaves, hearing chirping of the birds coming out of their nests and amidst the chanting of 'mantras' in temples and fresh air - all this giving a great feeling of nature. The safari will be for two and a half to three hours after which the guests will return back to their camp for breakfast.
After breakfast, the morning hours will be at leisure for relaxing and independent activities. This day the camp will be at the same site. Hot Lunch will be served at the camps itself. After Lunch, there will be time to relax.
In the evening hours, the safari will again start to witness the sunset. The guests will have an opportunity to watch the colorful sight of sunset - a round ball of fire going down in the horizon and spreading its reddish rays on the earth, villagers returning back to their muddy hutments with their cattle from the fields, birds flying in group back to their nests - all this giving a natural feeling of difference in morning and evening hours.
This ride will again be for about two and a half to three hours after which the guests will return back to the campsite for dinner amidst light folk music for entertainment.
Overnight will be in tented camps.
Day 04:
After breakfast at camp, the safari will start from the overnight camping site and will pass through the hilly tracks and lush green valleys of Aravali Range of mountains. Enroute the guests will be taken around the temples in the villages where they will get a chance to mingle with the local crowd. Hot Lunch will be served under the shades of Mango and Banyan trees. After lunch, the safari will continue onwards to the site of tented accommodation.
Today being the last night of the safari, the guests will be entertained in traditional style. There will be low sitting arrangement around the campfire in a Royal Maharaja style and the guests will be entertained with folk music and dances. The dances will continue for about one and a half-hour. During the dances, drinks and Bar-be-Que snacks will be served so that the guest can feel himself as a Maharaja.
(Suggestion: If a guest wishes, then Maharaja dress can also be provided at an extra cost).
After the dances are over, dinner will be served in Silverware thus giving a touch of the Royalty. There will be a lavish menu with different dishes. The finale will be with a display of fireworks.
Overnight will be in tented camps.
Day 05:
After a refreshing breakfast, the safari will start and the guests will be taken around the villages. Hot Lunch will be served in the village surroundings.
The exciting and memorable Elephant Safari will conclude here. The vehicles will be waiting at the concluding point and after lunch, the guests will be driven onward to their
NOTE:
We would like to mention here that no names of the villages have been given in the itinerary. Since these are very small villages, they are not shown in the maps either. However, if you wish, then the same can be forwarded to you.
The routes selected for the safari is different everyday and also the camping site except in the case Day 03 when the camp is at the same site as that of Day 02 but the safari route will be different.
The distance covered on the elephant will be around 15 -18 kms per day.
The timings to start the safari and lunch break, etc. will be decided as per the convenience of the tourists.
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