What is it about Jaisalmer that attracts tourists from all over the world towards the centre of this city? It is not just about the desert. It’s about the desert experience. It is the unique experience that the tourists can have while visiting Jaisalmer during various activities in the Jaisalmer desert. Throughout the city, there are various camps that facilitate an exotic experience to visitors with cultural evenings, traditional food and lavish hospitality. Finding a taxi in Jodhpur is easy and perhaps just a call away, if you know whom to contact.

One such example of these camps is Sam Sand Dunes. About 30 kilometres away from the city centre, in the middle of golden sand, and high & low sand dunes, the desert camp stands glorious welcoming the tourists into the city.

The desert camp is a unique location to enjoy a lavish stay in the midst of the desert. There are huge tents for accommodation by the side of an oasis, offering a pleasant view of desert life. The hospitality is posh and luxurious. It is suggested to hire a Taxi in Jodhpur to reach Sam Sand Dunes before evening and check-in early to make the most of your stay.


Activities in Sam Sand Dunes

Activities in Sam dunes

The camping site offers you a unique nightlife experience in the desert. Every evening, there is campfire lit in the premises. Around the campfire, you can sit and enjoy your dinner meal or some drinks, beverages and desserts. Kalbeliya dancers are invited to add more fun to the evening. Just watching them dance will make you want to dance with them. Their dancing technique and stunts are mind-blowing and their costumes are rich and colourful. They wear oxidised jewellery and sing the best folk songs with table and harmonium players. All this excitement under the starry night sky is sure to give you 

The evenings are made special by the camp organisers. Waking up the next morning in the cold breeze of the deserts, you will watch the most beautiful sunrise you might have ever seen. The hues of red, orange and blue cover the skies above the dunes giving an ecstatic view on the desert land.

During early morning or the day time, you can go for camel riding through the desert or you can engage in various desert sports activities, such as dune bashing, paragliding, etc. You can also take a desert safari in a rental jeep and enjoy the sight of dunes, desert wildlife and vegetation. Take a guide along with you and he will keep filling you up with various facts and figures about the tad bits of Jaisalmer, and tell you various anecdotes, legends, myths, superstitions and folklores associated with the city and its culture and tradition.

You can also Toyota Innova hire in Jaisalmer and visit the nearby sightseeing places in Jaisalmer after your checkout is over to explore more without any pauses or delays.


Food in Sam Sand Dunes

Food in Sand dunes


The camp is meant to help you explore the rich cuisine of Jaisalmer. Sam Sand Dunes would give you various options for your lunch and dinner meals in the camp. You can try Daal Baati Churma, Daal Moth or Sogra, or you can try any non-vegetarian Mughlai delicacy such as Murg-e-sabz, Shaahi Tukda, Laal Maas, etc. You can also try various tradition sweets such as Baati Churma, Ghotua Ladoo, Gud (Jaggery) Halva, Besan Ki Chakki, Makhania Lassi, Ghewar, etc.

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