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Travel plan for Mewar (Udaipur)

a week long trip planning around Udaipur

kumbhalgarh-fort at sun set
kumbhalgarh-fort at sun set

With the number of cases of covid getting reduced we with lots of anxiety thought of planning a trip during Dassera school vacation.

We were not sure what would be the best destination in this current situation. Were not sure on so many things like should we fly ? should we drive ? go near by only. Too many variables and anxiety as we always look into our past for an answer and there was none for this time.

At the end, we decided to plan a trip around Udaipur, Rajasthan. The initial plan was to fly to Ahmedabad and rest for a day, self driving car from there. We booked Club Mahindra Udaipur and one near Ahmedabad (thinking to explore near by places once again). That was it there nothing else in the list. but as time progressed things started to change…

After few weeks the initial plan was to visit Udaipur, Kumbhalgarh, Ranakpur, Jojawar and Jawai. Talked to few friends who had been there in recent time. But when it came to book flight tickets realized the price for flying to Udaipur and Ahmedabad is same and there is no point of driving 300KM if our destinations are around Udaipur.

With input from Uttam & Ragesh the trip planned came out to be like this…

Now Jojawar got dropped and Mt. Abu got added with few tweak.

Rajasthan, (the land of kings) is divided into many regions on the basis of different languages, culture and traditions. Udaipur is part of Mewar region where MahaRana Pratap ruled. This part of Rajasthan is completely different from Jaipur/Jodhpur we visited many years back, lots of green and cooler compared to them.

DayActivitiesNight stay
Day 1Fly out to Udaipur and drive to Bera-Jawai and do one evening safari.Jawai
Day 2Two safaris morning & eveningJawai
Day 3After Morning safari head to wards Kumbhalgarh via RanakpurKumbhalgarh
Day 4Kumbhalgarh jungle safari in the morning and the Fort in the late afternoonKumbhalgarh
Day 5Drive to Udaipur, on the way visit Haldighati, Nathdwara, Nagada, EklingjiUdaipur
Day 6Explore UdaipurUdaipur
Day 7Visit Chittorgarh fort and anything on UdaipurUdaipur
Day 8Drive to Mount AbuMt. Abu
Day 9Explore Mount AbuMt. Abu
Day 10Early morning driving back to Udaipur and catch flight to BangaloreSweet Home

Luckily all our stay except Bera-Jawai was confirmed with Club-Mahindra, when I booked them it was initially wait-list and had to tweak our itinerary based on resort availability.

Uttam arranged one travel partner for all our car need based out of Udaipur it is not perfect but worked out best for the trip.

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