Welcome to Jaisalmer

JAISALMER District, a part of the Great Thar Desert, is sandy, dry and scorched. The terrain around, within a radius of about 60 kms is stony and rocky. The area is barren, undulating with its famous sand dunes and slopes towards the Indus valley and the Runn of Kutch. The soil here is grateful even to a little rain and turns lush green during mansoon. There is no perennial river in the district. The underground water level is very low. Geographically this district is spread over in 38,401 sq. kms which is one of the largest district and almost equal to the state of Kerala. Joined together, the district of barmer and Jaisalmer is the Largest Parliamentary constituency in India.

Climate

District JAISALMER has a very dry climate with very hot summer; a cold winter and sparse rains. The climate is extremely hot during summer with maximum temperature reaching up to 49.2 degree celcious and extremely cold during winder with minimum temp. in the range of 1 degree celcious. The variation in temperature from morning to noon and the late midnight is a sudden phenomenon. The average rainfall is only 16.4 cms as against the state average of 57.51 cms.

Excursions

Badabag (Royal Cenotaph, Garden).
Amar Sagar.
Ludarwa.
Mool Sagar.
Kuldhara ( Remains of Deserted town hundreds of year ago).
Sam Sand Dunes ( The Sunset & Camel Safari are special attraction).
Khuri Sand Dunes.
Akal Wood fossils Park ( Having 180 million years old wood fossils.
Sudhasari ( Desert National Park having the great Indian Bustard and other wild life).
Art & Music The two communities viz. ‘Manganiars’ and ‘Langas’ have not only preserved the traditional art & music but they have carried it beyond the domestic shores. The folk Music with traditional instruments and the folk dances are very popular and fascinating. The cultural programmes performed by these artistes have special attraction for the tourists.

Desert Festival Desert Festival is organized every year by the Department of Tourism, Art & Culture. It has become very popular worldwide. Apart from sight-seeing and cultural programs, several competitions are arranged in this festival. These competitions have become extremely popular.

On an average about one lakhs foreign tourist and 1.75 lakhs of domestic tourists visit this district in last year. There are ten luxury hotels with 720 beds and 20 moderates class hotels with 700 beds. The budget class hotels , Dharamshalas and Paying Guest houses have about 2500 beds.