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ARRIVE MUMBAI - MUMBAI/BHUJ |
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| Arrive Mumbai
by International flight. Meeting on arrival
and transfer to hotel for breakfast. Later
transfer to domestic airport to board flight
to Bhuj Meeting on arrival and transfer to
hotel. PM: City tour of Bhuj visiting prag
Mahal, Sharad bag palace. Evening: Visit the
Swami Narayan temple to witness the Aarti.
Overnight in Bhuj

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| Day
02 |
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IN BHUJ |
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AM: Visit the
Banni area
Nerona village - See
the rogun art by Khatri tribe, metal bell making
by Lohar tribe and wooden lacquer work by Koli
tribe.
Bhrindari Village [Jat Tribe]
- village has around 250 settlements and each
settlement has two to three houses of a family.
Houses are decorated with a beautiful colors and
mirror work in mud walls.
Hodka [Harijan] -
See the bungas of harijan community - leather
embroidery is the specialty of this tribe.
Ludia [Harijan] -
See the bungas with interior decoration in mud
with mirror work, also see the embroidery on cloth
and tribal jewelry. Overnight
in Bhuj
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| Day
03 |
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BHUJ/TARNETAR |
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After breakfast
leave Bhuj for Tarnetar (195 kms/5 hrs approx)
and On arrival check-in at the camp. PM: Visit
the temple & witness the Tarnetar fair. Tarnetar
Fair is held at the temple of Trinetreshwar Mahadev
popularly called Tarnetar, which is also the name
of the small village where it is located. Trinetreshwar
Mahadev refers to the three-eyed Lord Shiva. The
old ruined temple that stood at Tarnetar was renovated
in 1902. Architectural design belongs to the 14th
century and is a protected monument. Overnight
in Tarnetar

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04 |
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IN TARNETAR |
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Full day participate
in the fair. The fair is linked with the story
of Draupadi's place that the great archer Arjuna
performed the difficult task that won him his
bride. A pole was erected in the center of the
pond and a fish was kept rotating at the top of
the pole, at top speed. The contestant was supposed
to pierce the eye of the fish with an arrow while
looking at the reflection of the fish in water.
Tarnetar is one of the most important match making
melas. The tribal youth hold large colourful embroidered
umbrellas, which indeed have become emblems of
the fair and reveal their bachelor status.Overnight
in Tarnetar
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| Day
05 |
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TARNETAR/DASADA |
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After breakfast
leave Tarnetar for Dasada (120 kms/3 ½ hrs approx)
and on arrival check-in at the camp. Zainabad,
situated on a lakeside, close to Little Rann of
Kutch on one side and Saurashtra on the other
side, is a quaint town endowed with a rich and
unique tribal culture and architecture unmatched
in variety and beauty. Evening: Visit the nearby
Rabari villages Overnight
in Dasada

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| Day
06 |
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IN DASADA |
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Early morning
take a jeep safari through the Little Rann of
Kutch to see the rare species of the "Indian Wild
Ass". PM: Visit the nearby villages to see local
tribes such as Rabari, Koli and Bajania still
maintain their rich heritage of lifestyle clothes,
jewelry and dances. Their embroidery is exquisite.
Visit villages where one can see Negroid Sidhi
tribes - people from Gir & Kutch. Overnight
in Dasada
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DASADA/RAPARA/RAVECHI |
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After breakfast
leave Dasada for Ravechi. On arrival check-in
at the camp. PM: Participate in the fairOvernight
in Ravechi
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| Day
08 |
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IN RAVECHI |
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Full
day participate in the festival
This fair is held at Nani Rav, on Bhadrapad Sud
8. It is attended by thousands of people- Rabari,Koli,
Kanabi-Patel & Ahirs. The Pandavas built the original
temple of Ravechi mata. Ravechi mata is none other
than the local Goddess Ashapurji of Kutch- who
is the form of Hindu Goddess- Parvati. Her other
forms have also been installed in the temple Overnight
in Ravechi

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| Day
09 |
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RAVECHI/BALARAM |
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Leave Ravechi
for Balaram (5 hrs approx). On arrival check-in
at the hotel Evening: Visit the nearby Chatrasani
village (Marwari Rabbari settlement). Overnight
in Balaram
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| Day
10 |
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IN BALARAM |
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Full day excursion
to Modhera & Patan
Modhera - See the
sun temple of the 11th century built by the Solanki
rulers. The temple is built on a platform shaped
in the form of a lotus in full bloom - the symbol
of the sun god - Surya.
Patan - See the Rani
ki vav (step wells) constructed by Solanki Queen
in 1056 AD. Also visit the Patola workshop. Overnight
in Balaram

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BALARAM/POSHINA |
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After early breakfast
leave Balaram for Poshina (2 hrs drive approx)
An ideal break between the popular tourist destinations
of Rajasthan and those of Gujarat, Darbargadh
Poshina 180 kms from Ahmedabad. The castle offers
an opportunity to stay as the guest of a royal
family and explore some of the most picturesque
tribal areas in all of India! Visit the 11th-12th
century marble Jain temples of Kumbharia, the
scenic Songadh lake, the colourful tribal villages,
the artisans who work on pottery, terracotta horses,
tribal ornaments, bows, arrows, daggers and marble
carving. Overnight in Poshina
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| Day
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POSHINA/AHMEDABAD |
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After early breakfast
leave Poshina for Ahmedabad (180 kms/4 ½ hrs approx)
Ahmedabad, founded in the year 1411 AD is located
on the banks of river Sabarmati. Ahmedabad has
been named after Sultan Ahmed Shah, who was primarily
responsible for building it. Today, this city
is known as the 'Manchester of the East'. One
of the highly industrialised cities in India,
Ahmedabad is also India's Textile City.
PM: Visit the Incomparable Calico Museum. It is
housed in one of the exclusive and magnificent
residence of the well-known Sarabhai family. In
the gardens of this exquisite building, Gujarat's
famous carved wooden havelis have been reconstructed
to display an exquisite collection of rare textiles
that date back to the 17th century. Overnight
in Ahmedabad

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| Day
13 |
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IN AHMEDABAD |
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AM: Visit the
Siddi Sayyid mosque famous for its exquisite stone
window tracery of face like filigree. Visit the
Shreyas folk art museum, which presents the most
attractive folk art of Gujarat.
PM: Visit the Sabarmati Ashram also known as the
Gandhi Ashram, set up in 1915. This was the nerve
center of India's freedom movement. In 1930 Gandhiji
began his famous Dandi march from here. Visit
Juma Masjid and Rani Sipri mosque. Overnight
in Ahmedabad
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| Day
14 |
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AHMEDABAD/LOTHAL/BHAVNAGAR |
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Leave Ahmedabad
for Bhavnagar (200 kms) visiting Lothal enroute
About 80 kms from Ahmedabad lies the excavated
Harappan site of Lothal dating as far back as
the 2nd millennium BC. In 1954, archeologists
discovered a well planned city here, 1.75 kms
long and 400 metres wide, sub divided into blocks
with rows of houses. Each house had its own bathroom
and drainage system. A unique discovery in Lothal
is a dockyard - 216 metres long and 35 metres
wide, with a 5 m high wall. After the visit drive
to Bhavnagar and check-in at the hotel
Bhavnagar once the capital of a princely state,
Bhavnagar was founded in 1743 and is now a flourishing
port on the Gulf of Khambat. Overnight
in Bhavnagar

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| Day
15 |
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IN BHAVNAGAR |
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Early morning
excursion to Palitana (56 kms/1 ½ hrs). In the
peninsular Saurashtra region of the Gujarat state,
there exists a colossus of 863 Jain shrines atop
1,977 ft. Shetrunjaya hills, set to be a veritable
city of temples of exquisite beauty of architectural
wonder. Glistening in the sunlight, these temples
look like a carefully arranged group of ivory
miniatures spanning 500 to 700 years. The approach
to these temples is by means of a flight of steps
which takes about an hour and half to climb, an
hour to see these wonderful temples and about
an hour to descend. Overnight
in Bhavnagar
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| Day
16 |
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BHAVNAGAR/MUMBAI |
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Transfer to airport
to board flight to Mumbai
Meeting on arrival and transfer to hotel. PM:
Take a short city tour of Mumbai
After dinner transfer to International airport
to board onward flight

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| Day
17 |
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DEPART MUMBAI |