Jaisalmer: Camel Safari & Jeep Desert Tour with Swiss Tent

Free cancellation

1/11

Duration2d

GroupPrivate

PickupAt your hotel

The Thar Desert Stays With You: Two Days in Khuri Village

You spend two days moving through the Thar Desert by camel and jeep, sleep in a private Swiss tent under open sky, eat traditional meals cooked in the sand, and watch wildlife at dawn in Desert National Park. Hotel pickup and drop-off in Jaisalmer are included, along with dinner and an air-conditioned vehicle for the longer stretches. Book if you want to actually stay in the desert rather than just pass through it.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Desert adventures and cultural experiences

Camel safari on sand dunes
Jeep safari on sand dunes
Visit pottery making house
Traditional Rajasthani lunch in desert
Watch sunset from sand dunes
Enjoy live music and dance by campfire
Dinner around bonfire with Kalbelia dance
Sleep in luxury Swiss tent

Day 2 — Desert National Park and departure

Breakfast in camp
Visit Desert National Park wildlife
Drop to Jaisalmer location

The Experience

The first time you see the sand dunes roll out in every direction, you realize how small a jeep actually is. Jaisalmer sits on the edge of the Thar, and most visitors spend an afternoon there and leave. This tour doesn't work that way — you're heading into Khuri village to stay overnight in the desert itself, which changes everything. The Registhan Guest House operates out here, and they've set up private luxury Swiss tents where you sleep under open sky. One tent per person or couple, so you're not sharing with strangers; if you're traveling as a group of four, you get two tents. That detail matters more than it sounds when you're trying to actually rest after a full day of moving around sand.

The first day moves through different ways of seeing the desert. You start with a camel safari — slower, older, the way people have crossed these dunes for centuries — and then switch to a jeep for the dunes themselves, where the driver can actually move. In between, there's a pottery-making house where you watch someone work clay the way their family has for generations, and then a traditional Rajasthani lunch cooked in the deep desert. The afternoon builds toward sunset from the high dunes, which is when the light does something you didn't expect it to do. After dark, there's live traditional music and dancing around the campfire, and dinner happens there too, with the fire and the stars and the sound of the desert at night.

The second morning you wake early — the desert is loudest at dawn — eat breakfast at the tent, and then head to Desert National Park. This is where you might see desert foxes, eagles, camels moving in their own herds, and other wildlife that lives out here year-round. It's quieter than the previous day, more observation than activity. After that, the air-conditioned vehicle takes you back to Jaisalmer town for your drop-off, usually by midday. The whole thing is built around the idea that you don't arrange transport separately or figure out timing yourself — the taxi service handles the pickup from your hotel in Jaisalmer, the camps, and the return.

What’s included

Your two days include hotel pickup and drop-off in Jaisalmer, accommodation in a private luxury Swiss tent (one per person or couple), camel safari through the dunes, jeep safari on sand dunes, a visit to a pottery-making house, traditional Rajasthani lunch cooked in the desert, sunset viewing from the high dunes, live traditional music and dancing around the campfire with dinner on the first evening, breakfast on the second morning, and a guided visit to Desert National Park to see desert wildlife. Air-conditioned vehicle transport is provided for the longer stretches between Jaisalmer and Khuri village.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by Jodhpur Taxi Service

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to actually sleep in the Thar Desert rather than take a day trip from town — the overnight stay and private tent are what make the full rhythm of desert life (sunrise, wildlife, the quiet at night) possible in two days.