Help And Guide Me To Make Gujarat Itinerary

ak_12001

Hi All,

i am planning to visit Shri Dwarkadhish Ji in the month of Dec. I never visited Gujrat earlier and I have 15 days in hand.I am totally raw and clueless where to travel and how to travel. I will start from New Delhi. Please help me and guide me to make my Itinerary so that I will enjoy my trip to gujrat.

Please guide me where to visit and what to see . My main destination is Shri Dwarkadhish Ji and want to explore other tourist places in Gujrat in 15 days. I had added Somnath temple and Gir national park in my plan but do not know how to make Itinerary which is not only comfortable but cover maximum places in 15 days.

Also suggest me affordable accomodation in all places and mode of transport. I want to take train from New delhi. I am going to travel with my wifer and 2 kids.

Thanks in advance for helping me

Warm Regards
Ak

bonded

Delhi - Ahmedabad by train.
Ahmedabad - Dwarka by train.
Dwarka - Rajkot by train.
Rajkot - Somnath by train.
Somanth - Junagad by train.
Junagad - Gir by bus / car.

alan1111

Hi,

15 days is way too much for doing only Gujarat. Would recomend you to cover Rajasthan as well if you can spare that time. As for Gujarat, the major places of religious interest are
1. Dwarka Temple (and sorrounding spots)
2. Somnath Temple
3. Palitana Jain Temples
4. Ambaji

You can find some historical spots at
1. Junagadh
2. Ahmedabad
3. Lothal
4. Adalaj Wav (not sure of the spelling)

Apart from these Gir and Diu are a must-see if you visit Gujarat for the first time.
I would suggest that instead of running around in trains and buses you arrange a car for roundtrip to and fro Ahmedabad. You can do a circular trip. Start from Ahmedabad ..fo to dwarka which is in north Gujarat..then go to south gujarat (diu and gir)..then come back to Ahmedabad. In this way you would cover most of the important lpaces effortlessly. A non-ac indica will cost you 6Rs./KM and total circuit will be max. 1500 Kms hence costing 9000 Rs. approx. This may be slightly more than bus/train but will be worth it, especially if you also cover southern Rajastan like Udaipur, chittorgarh, jodhpur, abu etc also in the same car (of course that will add to the Kms.)

As for Gujarat suggested iternary/route considering your time would be
Day1 - Ahmedabad Local incl. Akshardham
Day 2 - Modhera Sun Temple ex-ahmedabad
Day 3 - Nalsarovar and Lothal ex-ahmedabad
Day 4 - Ahmedabad to Dwarka covering Rajkot and Jamnagar enroute
Day 5 - Dwarka incl. betdwarka
Day 6 - Dwarka to Junagarh covering Porbandar and Chorward enroute
Day 7 - Junagarh local fort and junaagarh to Gir
Day 8 - Safari at Gir park (morning and evening)
Day 9 - Gir to Somnath and somnath local incl balka teerth
Day 10 Somnath to Diu and Diu local
Day 11 - Diu local and Diu to Palitana
Day 12 - Palitana Temples and Palitana to Ahmedabad

You can check the website of Gujarat tourism and amp of Gujarat to get more idea about the route and the places

vonkla

In 2007 we hired a car for a ten-day trip through Gujarat, starting in Vadodara and ending in Udaipur.

We were already some days in Vadodara and visited Champaner from there.

Our itinerary was
Vadodara - Jambughoda - Bhavnagar - Junagadh - Bhuj - (en route to Dholavira) - Meshana and Patan - Udaipur

For more details see the March episode of our travel journal Mumbai-Delhi

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ak_12001

Thanks for your reply. I made my plan according to your suggestion and reading other article in this forum.

day 1 and last day is excluded to take train from/to Delhi

So in balance 13 days I want to cover below mention places.

Ahmdabad, Jamnagar , Dwarka ji, Beyt Dwarka, nageshwer temple, Porbandar, Junagarh, Gir national park, Somnath temple, Diu, bhuj, kutch ka ran, Meshana and patan and udaipur.. I will take night train from udaipur after visiting Shri Nathdwara.

As suggested I will take Taxi from Ahmdabad for round trip.

Now please suggest me itinerary in detail with night halt and accomodation option. I want to reach every destination max by 5 in the evening.

Thanks in advance

Ak

alan1111

This was a 13 day iternary only If you want to do Udaipur, spare two days and you may cut any two days out of Ahmedabad local, modhera or Nalsarovar (Day 1,2,3) as these are likely to be least interesting part of the tour. In all the journeys mentioned here all are for day only so u dont require to travel after night. On last day of Gujarat, you comeback to ahmedabad and take rest, then early morning next day start for udaipur (5hrs). NExt day 2-3 pm you can start back for ahmedabad. However since you are going to delhi, a good idea would be to leave the taxi at udaipur and take mewar express to delhi, which will cut ur train journey time by approx 5 hrs as compared to ahmedabad to delhi

Day1 - Ahmedabad Local incl. Akshardham
Day 2 - Modhera Sun Temple ex-ahmedabad
Day 3 - Nalsarovar and Lothal ex-ahmedabad
Day 4 - Ahmedabad to Dwarka covering Rajkot and Jamnagar enroute
Day 5 - Dwarka incl. betdwarka
Day 6 - Dwarka to Junagarh covering Porbandar and Chorward enroute
Day 7 - Junagarh local fort and junaagarh to Gir
Day 8 - Safari at Gir park (morning and evening)
Day 9 - Gir to Somnath and somnath local incl balka teerth
Day 10 Somnath to Diu and Diu local
Day 11 - Diu local and Diu to Palitana
Day 12 - Palitana Temples and Palitana to Ahmedabad

ak_12001

Thanks. I also want to visit Nageshwer temple. Please guide me how far is Nageshwer temple from Dwarka.

Second How can I go to bret dwarka. Should I need to stay there if not How much time it will take to go there and come back. Please guide me the route.

regards
AK

alan1111

Have not heard of nageshwar temple so can reasonably conclude that it is not a very "major" spot however u may search that on google or gujarat tourism
bet dwarka is 30Kms from dwarka. spare 4-5 hours for that ex-dwarka. 1 hr to reach there, 30 mins boat ride and 1hour for visiting + same return journey time

ak_12001

Nageshwar temple is situated 17 KM from Dwarka en route to Byet Dwarka. I read about this today only. this temple belongs to God Shiva and among 12 Jyotirlinga.

sushagro

im surprised nobody mentioned dholavira i dont know the exact location of it but its in the kutch region and its the most important harrapan civilisation site in india

sb_amd_us

AK..You do not need to stay near Bet Dwarka..Just stay in Dwarka. Just keep in mind that Bet Dwarka temple only opens in early morning hours(up to 11am) and then after 4:00pm in the evening so plan your journey accordingly. We were there at 2:00pm and missed the darshan as I could not wait until 4pm. You'll need to take a ferry boat to go to Bet Dwarka.
You can probaly plan your day such as...Dwarkadhish Temple, Shakti Pith, Rukmani Temple and local site seeing. Try to get to Nageshwar around 2:00pm..spend an hour and then take a ferry to Bet Dwarka.
About Gujarat itinery...I would not spent three days near Ahmedabad. 2 days are good enough..include Dholavira for extra day. As bonded suggested..do train journey when possible and at night..which will give you plenty of time to visit many places.