Camel Breeding Farm Bikaner | One Day and lot to see

Tour to Jodhpur had ended , and i was back on road again for one more long drive. This time it was Jodhpur to Bikaner , and it was going to be different , i was going to the Desert part of Rajasthan State. Like the way i had seen on my Udaipur to Jodhpur drive , it was much different now , hardly any greenery now , monsoon had been for a very short span which had not left any impressions of it.

Lush green fields , tree and grass loaded mountains had shifted there attire on this journey. It was just small bushes now on the side of higway , sand dunes had replaced green mountains , though one thing was common , highway was as smooth as it was on my Udaipur to Jodhpur journey.

Once again it was a long hectic drive of somewhere around 6 hrs , again i was going to reach in the evening , and i had only one night stay there and the next morning after my city tour i was going to take another long journey to Mandawa.

[caption id="attachment_982" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Kesar tea on the way to bikaner[/caption]

 

We stopped for some refreshment after some two hours , we had been suggested by the owner of Mandore Guest House to stop for a lovely and refreshing kesar tea and their very famous Vada Pao , yes i was in Rajasthan and i was eating Vada Pao , one more feature of globalisation. Truely their Kesar Tea was awesome , had taken away the tiredness of us and we were back on road , though Vada Pao were quite different from Mumbai's original Vada pao but they were quite good in being different also.

Now we were not going to stop anywhere in between , next stop was our hotel "Harasar Haveli , Bikaner" and then we had to leave for Camel Breeding farm Bikaner , as it was must for us to start the tour today only , the next day we had to leave directly finishing our sight seeing of Junagadh fort and Laxmi Niwas Palace.

[caption id="attachment_983" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tried first camel ride of life... what an experience..ahhhh[/caption]

 

At 5.30pm we were at Camel Breeding Farm , Bikaner. We were 30min before the closing time , and first thing to see was the museum at camel breeding farm showcasing the artefacts and objects made of Camel skin , bone etc.

And the next thing , was Camel ride. I had heard a lot about how people fell from camel when he stands , and it had scared the hell out of me , but this was the testing time. Though screaming and shouting , but i completed the whole ride and trust me it was blend of awesomeness and scariness.

 

[caption id="attachment_984" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Herd of camels[/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_985" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Its the feast time[/caption]

 

We had reached at the right time , Herds of Camels were returning from the day long time spent in the jungle , and watching them run , race for the feast was a magnificient view, wish i had made the video of it.

Though some of the younger one's were crying also , locked in other barracks away from their mothers. Separate barracks for male , female and the pregnant female's. It was the ideal time to visit that place.

[caption id="attachment_986" align="alignnone" width="1024"] camel milk coffee ... feast time for us[/caption]

 

while walking back it was feast time for us. Camel Breeding farm Bikaner has shop for visitors , offering them dairy products made of camel milk. On an average a camel gives only some 2-3 litres maximum milk in a day , but here 1000's of camel support this shop. I wanted to have ice cream made of camel milk but unfortunately on coffee was available out of a list of products , all finished , so had to manage with coffee only and it was the best.

Headed back to our Hotel Harasar Haveli , day had been very tiring and it was not the rest time , next day was going to be more hectic as our journey to Mandawa was going to start straight after finishing our sight seeing.

 

 

 

 

Mehrangarh Fort | first day at Jodhpur | 12 storey fort,truely grand

My Udaipur to Jodhpur was over and i had reached my hotel "Mandore Guest House" . I had two nights stay at Jodhpur including the one on which i arrived , so in total i had only one day for Jodhpur. But presently after such a long journey after so many stop overs ( Read Om Banna , Ranakpur temple , REHET and Waterfall ), i was badly tired and didnt had any energy to even plan out anything for tomorrow , so just had a nice heavy dinner and left for bed , though one thing was fixed next day i had to start early to cover whole jodhpur in a single day.

Next Day started , it was early morning and i was ready to leave my hotel at 8.00 AM , my first destination of the day was Mandore Garden , which was just opposite to my hotel. But Mandore Garden had nothing much to see so prefered to start my Jodhpur series from Mehrangarh fort.

[caption id="attachment_873" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Mehrangarh fort view from the Car[/caption]

Mehrangarh fort was some 15 min away from my guest house. About it grand structure i was already being told by my driver Shyam , as he has been here many a times. This fort is the only fort in India with a working elevator in it , as it is a 12 storey fort and infact one of the largest of forts.

I was about to reach Mehrangarh fort and the first glimpse from almost entering it was Wow , and suddenly i was in a thinking mode. I had never thought that Batman had reached to Jodhpur for a very scene in which he came out from inprisonment , I am talking about The Dark Night Rises movie of Batman series , a little portion of it was shot here just in front of Mehrangarh fort , even some scenes from inside were included.

[caption id="attachment_874" align="alignnone" width="1024"] First glimpse of Mehrangarh Fort[/caption]


I bought a ticket of Rs 30 per person for the elevator to reach directly to the top of Mehrangarh fort , as it was best to go directly to the top rather than going 12 stories of Mehrangarh fort , it is not like that i am not used to of climbing stair , i live on the fifth floor that too in a building withour lift and almost daily i give some 20 rounds up an down the stairs , but it was much different scene forts have much higher floor heights and their stairs are also very un even , so go for lift and start the tour of Mehrangarh fort from the top.

[caption id="attachment_875" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Jodhpur , the Blue city from the top[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_876" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Blue City from Mehrangarh fort ... a pic from my iphone[/caption]

I was watching the Blue City , also called as Sun City because of bright sun rays falling all year round. Now Jodhpur is considered as the second metropolitan city of Rajasthan after Jaipur.

But this blue coloured houses could be seen only around the Mehrangarh fort , some say because of being the Sun city it was decided to give it a different look and blue colour was chosen to highlight the fort city.

[caption id="attachment_877" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Balcony Of the rooms where queens used to sit[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_878" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Inside courtyard of the fort[/caption]

It has been in the culture of Rajasthan , Queens were never allowed to come out in front of the public so they were given the feasibility by giving them these royal windows carved in a design where they could sit and see the daily proceedings of the fort or have a view of the city. Same thing i had seen in Jaipur when i visited Hawa Mahal of Jaipur.

[caption id="attachment_879" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Darbar Hall of Mehrangarh Fort[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_880" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Takhat Vilas, a room made of gold and shining glasses[/caption]

It is very rightly said " India was golden bird once " and to feel this line one must visit the fort of India , it is not in Rajasthan only , wherever we go in India every royal family in past have shown there royalty by making rooms decorated with gold plated plates or carvings having gold paint on them made of real gold , luckily gold was not that costly at their times.

This Darbar hall of Mehrangarh fort , as one can see the pillars and the roof have been decorated by gold paint which was made by real gold dust mixed in oil.

Same was the case with this Bedroom of one of the kings, called as Takhat vilas. It was way ahead than the Darbar Hall , real gold plates were moulded and carved into the designs of the bed room , rest of the portion was covered with glasses brought from Belgium. Wow what a life they lived , couldnt understand why they could not sleep in a normal bed room.

[caption id="attachment_881" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Met this man.. playing flute[/caption]

It took some 2 hrs to complete the tour of Mehrangarh fort , and while i was going through the museum of Palanquins , where royal palanquins used on every birth of a child were displayed , but when somebody would visit i am sure he would also notice the same thing which i noticed. Palanquins of only kings were placed there on display with there small picture on them , but i couldnt see any palanquin where a small picture of a princess would be displayed. Was that not in fashion that time to use Palanquins for a girl child , still a mystery for me waiting for answers.

There only i met this guard , who was very much deep into the flute and was entertaining the crowd. He was playing flute so well that i sat there for some 10 min and heard his flute , though i can say i was tired also after almost completing this 12 storey Mehrangarh fort of Jodhpur. I gave him Rs 20 and bid adieu to him and the fort and left for my next destination which was just 5 min walk from there , The Jaswant Thada mausoleum.

 

 

Udaipur To Jodhpur | Surprises | Waterfall on the way, awesome

My trip to Rajasthan was going awesome , first destination of the trip Chapter Udaipur was coming to end. It was the last evening of mine in Udaipur and once again i was on Fateh Sagar Lake. Next morning i had to leave for Jodhpur so it was the time to bid adieu to Udaipur and tried to relive the moments.

[caption id="attachment_830" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Whirligig (Phirki at Fateh sagar lake)[/caption]

Next morning i had left my home away from home Shree Vilas Orchid , Udaipur , and my car was on the way to Jodhpur. Udaipur to Jodhpur by car was going to tske some 6 hrs. I was unaware of the roads though i had some brief idea thanks to my experienced driver who has driven almost whole India.

[caption id="attachment_832" align="alignnone" width="1024"] On the way to Jodhpur[/caption]

I was on the four lane highway for some 1 hr and it was amazing. Lushgreen mountains , highway passing through the tunnels and in between the two mountains. Not at all for a single moment i was having a feeling that i was in Rajasthan , thanks to the just gone monsoon who made this way heavenly. Hardly any need of switching on the AC of car in Rajasthan is something which is unbelievable but i was driving without it and windows open enjoying the cool breeze.

[caption id="attachment_833" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Valley on the way to Jodhpur[/caption]

After some time when we had left the four lane highway and had moved towards Jodhpur via Ranakpur i stopped for a cup of tea at a restaurant.

This valley was on the back of the restaurant , half restaurant leaning out in the valley , standing on the balcony clicking this picture of valley , i had never ever dreamt that i would such a beautiful valley traveling in Rajasthan ,this trip of Udaipur to Jodhpur was surprising me after every km and i was loving it.

[caption id="attachment_834" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Biggest surprise... Waterfall on the way[/caption]

Surprises were not over and what i would never ever think of dreaming was waiting for me ahead. Just some 10 Km before Ranakpur temple my driver suddenly slowed the car and told me to look left side , and i replied "stop stop stop" . A stream of water coming from nowhere was waiting for us. I have seen these type of scenes in my Manali trip but i had never expected that i would be enjoying this serene look here in Rajasthan as well.

We parked our car , and went downwards towards the waterfall. Sitting on a big stone , foots imersed in the water and enjoying the food, who would not have dreamt of this picture in their mind , and i was enjoying this moment. We sat there for an hour , though we had not planned for an hour but somehow we had to help a needy travellers whose car got punctured and they were not able to change their tyre, so i told my driver to help them.

We left from their, though we wanted to sit their some more but trip had to be completed and schedule had to be followed and Udaipur to Jodhpur trip was not yet completed , Jodhpur was still very far and reaching to the next destination was the need of the situation.

 

 

 

 

Ropeway in Udaipur | Photo Essay of Udaipur from Top | Video of Lake Pichola

This time my Destination was Karni Mata Mandir atop a mountain in Udaipur. I had to go there by Ropeway which was happening in my life for first time and excitement was quite obvious. Ropeway in Udaipur was something which i had never expected in Udaipur..

[caption id="attachment_822" align="alignnone" width="678"] Ropeway , trolley coming to pick us[/caption]

Just had to give Rs 200 i think if i am remembering right for a separate Trolley.

[caption id="attachment_823" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Majestic City palace of Udaipur from the rope way[/caption]

Now was the time to look at the Majestic City Palace of Udaipur from the top. Thanks to the newly bought Nikon Telephoto zoom lens i could capture the best of shot.

[caption id="attachment_824" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Lake Palace in Lake pichola from the top[/caption]

Lake Palace Hotel view from the top , standing at Karni mata mandir.


A video made by me , from Karni Mata Mandir. Lake Pichola and Lake palace Hotel, an eye catching view of Udaipur from the top. Thanks to the Monsoon , who blessed it with such a lush green scenery.

[caption id="attachment_825" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Jagmandir Temple[/caption]

The famous Jagmandir Temple of Udaipur. Saw one guy standing there with binoculars and saying everybody the same line " see thats Jagmandir temple where Raveena Tandon's marriage was held , thats Lake Palace Hotel where James Bond Octopussy movie was shot , thats Udai Vilas and City Palace of Udaipur where Ranbir Kapoor's Yeh Jawani hai Deewani was shot ". In front of me he said repeated exact line to atleast 5-6 people without a single error.

[caption id="attachment_826" align="alignnone" width="678"] Trolley coming back to pick us[/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_827" align="alignnone" width="940"] City Palace of Udaipur[/caption]

While going back from the Rope Way point happen to get this view of City Palace Udaipur. One of my best shots of City Palace of Udaipur.

Wish i could have stayed a bit longer, to view Udaipur from there at night time is the best shot of Udaipur. At night one could see Sajjangarh fort (Monsoon Palace) lighting up and giving a feel like it is hanging in the air.

 

 

 

 

Sunset Point at Udaipur... Fateh sagar Lake

My day was going awesome. I had visited my first destination, City Palace of Jaipur and had covered the market of Udaipur. Day was becoming tiring for me, my energy had exhausted after a night long train journey and then my idea of giving my legs a dose of walking had taken out my all energy.

Came back to my home away from home , Shree Vilas Orchid for a short nap.

In the evening i had planned for Fateh Sagar Lake , as udaipur is city of lakes and Fateh Sagar lake is another biggest of lake of Udaipur and is the main spot for all the locals and tourist in the evening. I was suggested by a good friend of mine to reach Fateh Sagar Lake before sunset as i would get to see an amazing sunset view from there.

I reached there by 5.30 pm , i think 1hr early. But to see the perfect sunset view i had take a boat ride to Nehru Park which is located in the middle of the Fateh Sagar Lake , a small island park situated in the middle of the Fateh Sagar Lake.

[caption id="attachment_793" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Boat ride at fateh Sagar Lake[/caption]

Just had to shell out some Rs 30 per person for to and fro boat ride to Nehru Park. Though if one wants to have adventure can go for for a speed boat ride for Rs 200 per person. But my purpose was solved with Rs 30 only.

[caption id="attachment_794" align="alignnone" width="678"] Sunset from Nehru park at Fateh Sagar Lake[/caption]

This was my first view of sun going down. For sunset it was still some 20min left so though of clicking from other places as well and the best shot came from the fountain.

[caption id="attachment_795" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Fountain between me and sun[/caption]

And atlast it was the time to click the last one of the row

[caption id="attachment_796" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Sun has kissed the mountain[/caption]

It was my first time when i was watching these serene scene. Just an amazing experience , watching sun going down in front of my eyes , could feel his movement.

 

 

 

 

Shree Vilas Orchid, Udaipur.... Lake Facing...Best resort to stay at Udaipur

Very rare it happens that one changes his own trend , but this do happen sometimes and the driving force behind it has to be something very special or something which has impressed you a lot. Same is happening with me here , this trip of Udaipur has left some very special memories on my heart which has forced me to change my trend.

On all the previous occasions i have maintained to write a blog on the Hotel in which i stayed at the end, but this time my stay at Shree Vilas Orchid , Udaipur has forced me to slide it upwards on the list.

From Railway station it took me only some 15min to reach to my hotel Shree Vilas Orchid in which that time is also included when i had to leave my car some distance away from Hotel.

[caption id="attachment_782" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Way to Shree vilas Orchid[/caption]

It is a very common thing at Udaipur , not many hotels are there where car could reach direct at the entry of the hotel. Same was here , i had to leave my car some 300 mts away from the hotel , but thanks to the management staff they have arranged their own Auto rikshaw to take the visitors to the hotel.

[caption id="attachment_783" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Entering the Tent area or can say rooms[/caption]

It just took 2 min for us to reach to the hotel by auto.

I had seen the website of the Shree Vilas Orchid and i had some idea of the ambience but still it was going to be a surprise for me.

This above pic was the my first view of the hotel and i was sure in a second that i have chosen the best stay in Udaipur. I did the need full formalities while checking in which was quite speedy enough for me.

[caption id="attachment_784" align="alignnone" width="1024"] my room facing garden,swimming pool and lake pichola[/caption]

I was given the corner most room (Room 101), thanks to the owner Mr. Rajeev Kalra who made it possible for me and gave me the best room with the best of view.

[caption id="attachment_785" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Lake facing tents of shree vilas orchid[/caption]

But i would surely add this, on looking at all the 17 tents it is seriously very hard to say which room has got the best location. For me all the room's have the perfect view of Lake Pichola as this hotel is right on the bank of Lake Pichola.

By the word Tent i would sure like to explain this thing and dont want to confuse all that they are not the perfect tents. i would call them as the conglomeration of Room and Tent both. This concept, i was watching for first time, i have never loved the stay of tent , had some bad experiences on my trip to Nainital. But here i was much relieved , walls of the tents have been constucted like a normal brick wall and the roof of tent has been added to them giving both the feeling of a tent and room. And with the help of concrete walls i can say air condition was also able to cool the room perfectly which i have noticed in my previous stays that air conditions doesnt cool when one is staying in a perfect tent. Hats off to the management and concept curator to come up with the idea.

[caption id="attachment_786" align="alignnone" width="1024"] View of Lake Pichola from the Restaurant of Shree Vilas Orchid[/caption]

Sitting in the restaurant,sipping a hot cup of tea and on one side it is a lush green garden of Shree Vilas Orchid and on the other side is Lake Pichola , it was like i was watching flow of diamonds rather than flow of water. What else a view one wants.

[caption id="attachment_787" align="alignnone" width="1024"] View of Lake Pichola From my room Window[/caption]

Over night train journey , then a visit to the City Palace of Jaipur and the Market of Udaipur. It was becoming very tiring for me , i decided to come back to the room and take a short nap and then move for my next destination.

This is what i had decided, but suddenly what struck in my mind and opened the window curtain and saw this view from my room window. What else to expect , forgot everything and my camera was back On and i spent again some 30min capturing the beautiful moments from room and outside. This was heaven for me, Lake Pichola was just some meters away from my room, just come out and i could feel the cool breeze and feel the sound a splashes. It was amazing.

[caption id="attachment_788" align="alignnone" width="678"] She gave me a hard look.. may be camera concious[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_789" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Kingfisher Bird... Sitting just outside my room[/caption]

Staying at Shree Vilas Orchid was the best stay of my trip for me and my camera was also loving it. View of these birds , View of sunset from the room only , water showing his diamond flow.... All these are a treat for any photographer and i was loving it.

Thanks and kudos to the Shree Vilas Orchid, for coming up with this concept and above all selecting this perfect location for it.

 

 

 

 

 

Udaipur The Venice of the East.... First glimpse of it...City Palace of Udaipur

I had arrived in Udaipur The Venice of the East. Train was right on time and i had reached my hotel Shree Vilas Orchid. As usual i had charted out all my activites and there was not much of time for me to start unchecking my bucket list.

It took only an hour or so to freshen me up and make myself ready to start my second journey of Rajasthan , till now it was just a plan but first move was about to take. My car was with me but i decided to give it a rest and give my feets some dose of walking and have a glance of the city.

My first destination was City Palace of Udaipur, considered as the largest Royal Palace in Rajasthan and is replete with history. Maharanas of Mewar lived and administered their kingdom from this palace , as Udaipur was the Capital of Mewar at that time , so for me it was like a magnet which was attracting me from the far. I had a glimpse of it while coming from the Railway station to my hotel and that very short glimpse was more than enough to compel me to start the day from this Majestic Palace.


[caption id="attachment_771" align="alignnone" width="1024"] City Palace of Udaipur[/caption]

This was my first view of City Palace of Udaipur and i was amazed to see its grand structure. I had been to City Palace of Jaipur on my previous Rajasthan Trip but on seeing this my first words were "This is the best example of word Grand and it is much bigger, better , royal and above all well maintained ".

[caption id="attachment_772" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Majestic City Palace,Udaipur, from the front[/caption]

Built with a fusion of the Rajasthani and Mughal architectural styles, built on a hill top that gives a panoramic view of the city and its surrounding. Its grand structure had appealed me the most, though going inside and having a look of it from inside was still left. My camera was clicking on its own like he has also started loving the architecture of this majestic City Palace of Udaipur , and why not my camera would love to click afterall i paid hefty Rs 225 just to be able to take my camera inside and click pictures otherwise one is not allowed , but atleast i was happy that it is allowed which was not the case in City palace of Jaipur.

[caption id="attachment_773" align="alignnone" width="678"] Near 25Kg iron armour worn by Maharana Pratap[/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_774" align="alignnone" width="678"] Maharana Pratap's Horse CHETAK'S statue with elephant Nose[/caption]

City Palace of Udaipur is an agglomeration of structures, including 11 small separate palaces. The unique aspect of this conglomeration is that the architectural design has been borrowed from many architecturel marvels of that and present era, it structure is a rich blend of Rajasthani, Mughal, Medieval,Europeon and Chinese architecture, and is distinctly homogeneous and eye catching. The palace complex has been built entirely in granite and marble. The interiors of the palace complex with its balconies, towers and cupolas exhibit delicate mirror-work, marble-work, murals, wall paintings, silver-work, inlay-work and leftover of coloured glass. The complex provides a fine view of the lake and the Udaipur city from its upper terraces.

Most impressive for me were the Paintings hanging on the walls and the statues like the above pics standing in every showcased room.

Haldighati war was the most famous folk lore for them and for the guides also , may be for that reason there was majority of statues and painting of that war, and every guide to whom i came across though i dint hired one but it is very common when one is visiting a historical monument one would over hear other guide's words. Here every other guide was describing about how Maharana Pratap fought in Haldighati with Akbar and how Akbar had trained his elephants to fight with sword and to win over this situation Maharana Pratap made his Horse to wear an artificial nose of Elephant to look like a kid Elephant.

These folk lores are very common with every era, though every has his own appeal and same was with this.

[caption id="attachment_775" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Top view of Udaipur from City Palace[/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_776" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Lake Palace from City Palace[/caption]

Keeping an eye on the whole city from a single point has always been the main purpose of palace's and fort's built in the past and this doesnt confine to Rajasthan only, almost every fort or palace in India has been built like this only and for this purpose only.

Same was happening here , i could have a bird eye view of whole Udaipur city and the main places of it whether that would be Lake Palace (Jal Mahal) , Jag Mandir or the one sitting on the top of mountain very famously called Monsoon Palace that is Sajjan Garh Fort , but dont get confused i have clicked these pics with the full zoom of my new Telephoto zoom lens which was on his maiden trip.

It took me some 2 Hrs to have a whole round of this palace , it is not possible to roam around whole palace as still the Royal Family of Udaipur lives in the half portion of City Palace, and if one is lucky enough one can find prince of Udaipur Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar very stylishly walking and talking to the staff of City Palace of Udaipur.

Though i found one thing very unfair, one would have to shell out again the same amount if one wants to go pass the Royal Family portion only from outside and reach to the Lake Pichola. I gave it a skip as i had planned to visit Fatehsagar Lake at the sunset time and Lake Pichola was just some steps away from my room at Shree Vilas Orchid.

So i came out and bought a lemonade from the lemonade stall just outside the main entrance gate of the City Palace , do try it if one visits, it was amazing.

Plan your Visit to Udaipur

 

 

 

 

 

1900 Km's in 8 Days and 5 cities.... Rajasthan second trip

[caption id="attachment_768" align="alignnone" width="1024"] On the way to Jodhpur from Udaipur....[/caption]

 

This time i was going for a long trip. I had planned something different , wanted it to be something which i had never done before.

This time my plan was to travel all through the Rajasthan by Local bus , auto's and local mode of travel. Though the whole plan changed for some reasons. Trip started by train to Udaipur which was previously Bikaner. I had my car waiting for me there in Udaipur and the rest of the trip was by car only.

At the beginning it was going to be Udaipur , jodhpur , chittorgarh , bikaner and pushkar. I had given every place two days atleast so it was going to be a ten day tour and i was very excited about it. But this is destiny , when things start changing they altogether leave their effects and same happened here.

Addition of car changed my whole tour. Now i was going to travel 660 km to Udaipur first by train and then stay for two days and leave for Jodhpur. Chittorgarh was not alloted a stay but just a day tour , which i had to cancel due to Asaram Bapu supporter's agitation going on the road going to Chittorgarh.

From Udaipur it was jodhpur which is somewhere around 270 km from there and in the middle stopovers to some places were already in chart.

As it was going to take atleast half a day for me to reach Jodhpur so atleast two days were in the slot for Jodhpur.

After Jodhpur my next stopover was Bikaner, some 305 km's from there and again half of the day going to be in the car only.

Then i was going to leave for my most awaited place , Mandawa. From Bikaner it was going to take some 200km's.

This trip was going to be full of adventures and the best part was that i was going to behold the historical places and live my life in the past dreaming of the past.

In the end my dream was going to get accomplished and my target was going to be achieved.

I had travelled some 1900 km's in 8 Days and covered 5 Cities. This was my second trip to Rajasthan and this was just the outline of the tour rest is about to come.

 

Tree House.... Best Resort to stay Near Jaipur , Rajasthan

I had heard of this resort some time back , and that time only it was added in my bucket list. On this trip to Jaipur i was going to visit it just to do the Reiki of the resort.

Just 1hr Before Jaipur , not far that it cant be stayed when visiting Jaipur , Its location gives it a feasibility that one who is on the trip to Jaipur and want to live in Different Luxurious Resort then he can choose this. Yes , I would rate it as a Different Luxurious Resort , though there are many luxury resorts and haveli's in Jaipur but it has got a edge above all.

[caption id="attachment_751" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Barren Land just before the Resort[/caption]

Travelling just 0.9 km down the lane from the New Delhi - Jaipur highway and taking a off road crossing these barren land , i was bit confused whether i am going right but the sign boards were guiding me and i was moving forward leaving my confusion aside. Little bit of Rain had added some green colour to the picture otherwise it had been the typical Rajasthan brown shade which would have been giving it a proper barren look.

After some 1 km happen to see the guard sitting, and stopping us for the entry . Still there was no sign the resort , he guided us and told just to go straight but keep your car speed below 30km/h . It surprised me more , what am i going to find in this place which would come in my way.

[caption id="attachment_752" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tree House , Bamboo covered entrance of the Resort.[/caption]

Atlast after some 10min i was in front of this great , beautifull mansion style made hut. It was the entrance of the Resort. Well decorated , bamboo's giving it a all together different feel.



 

On the Entrance this piece of wood shaped like a boat camouflaging small plants in it had given the signs that i was about to visit something which is going to surprise me in every sense.

[caption id="attachment_754" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Going for a walk with the Staff[/caption]

They had arranged one staff member for us to take us for a long walk . Yes , it had become a long walk after we had returned as i was tired , this resort is awesomely huge and beautiful.

[caption id="attachment_755" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tree House[/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_756" align="alignnone" width="678"] Tree House[/caption]

Atlast i was in the actual Tree House for which his name has been coined. Tree coming in from the floor and passing through the roof , just on your side of bed you will see a tree passing and this was something amazing. Have seen tree houses at many places and in sanctuaries it is very common but this something very different , air conditioned room with bathroom attached with all the best of facilities available.

Though walking on a wooden floor always gives a risky feeling but here it was not a issue , a whole flat or can say 6 separate deluxe rooms have been settled on well set group of some 4-5 tree's and bamboo shoots giving them support as well from the down.

[caption id="attachment_757" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Name of the apartment[/caption]

Every apartment has been named after different species of bird. As was told some 24 species of birds can been seen here. Tree house has been built on such a height that you just have too sit on your room window and the whole tree is below the window and one can easily see the flora and fauna of the resort. One can never even imagine that they are staying in a place which almost in the middle of barren land of Aravali's.

[caption id="attachment_758" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Rabbits at tree house[/caption]

Saw these Rabbits when we stepped out and came down from the room. They even have duck pond and peacocks and hyena sound is very easily heard in the mornings.

[caption id="attachment_759" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Dirt Bikes[/caption]

Keeping the activities section in Mind tree house management has got Dirt bikes and cycle safari for the visitors. A separate sports area having badminton and tennis court was there , very nicely designed soothing swimming pool and in the end they provide Jungle Safari also.

On asking they claim if your luck favours and the season is right then one can see leapord also in the jungle safari. But a claim is just a claim unless it is proven right so i would say this is what they claim , proving it right is in visitors hand.

An extremely well thought designed and well maintained resort. Any one visiting Jaipur or nearby , its the best place to stay if one wants to stay in luxury style being not far from the main Jaipur city .

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