Road trip - Mumbai - Rann of kutch - Gir

mani

Hi

This is what we plan for december holidays. road trip in our Indigo, eight days Mumbai to Mumbai any sugestions / advice welcome

Day 1 Mumbai - vadodra
Day 2 Vadodra - rann of kutch
Day 3 Rann of kutch
day 4 Junagadh
Day 5 Sasan gir
day 6 sasan gir /lothal
Day 7 Drive back
day 8 back in mumbai by evening

Please advice on
1. hotels / guest houses ( budget)
particularly Sinh sadan at Gir
2. Not to be missed kind of places around the itenaery
3. Good places to eat at

I have checked the Gujrat forum here and have noted information given here and will be contacting devjibhai for rann of kutch.

any advice is welcome

Thanks in advance
Mani

machadinha

Junagadh: between climbing the mountain & checking out the (beautiful!) sights in town, I'd try to take 2 days there at least. You could leave by the end of the 2nd day'ish. (Or say climb mountain early on day 1, avoiding the midday heat that you'll have to face climbing down anyway. Relax in evening. See the city sights first half of day 2 and move on. The fort [is it a fort?] and baoris are not to be missed.)

Have fun. I've had some of the best Gujarati thalis there btw, your hotel owner will be happy to tell you, these are famous places if they're still around.

For the Rann, there used to be some information affair for it in a small town westwards of Ahmedabad that's been recommended to me. I think they did guided tours and stuff. Sorry, I don't have the info with me. Try contacting the/a tourist office in Ahmedabad or perhaps even Mumbai about it, they may be able to tell you. (Or the Bhuj tourist office for that matter if they're still around, they were one of the ones to bring it up. If the same guy still works there after the earthquake and all, he used to be a reputable source on much of the wider region, jovial fellow too.)

Oh and from the eternal anecdotes department, there's a story by one writer who got out of his car there & couldn't find it back after a few steps because of all the mirages. Just a word to the wise, frightful prospect don't you think.

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mani

Bumping this

Can anyone recommend a hotel / resort for Gir

our first choice the sinh sadan is all booked out and the others that I found are quite expensive at Rs. 1000/- for a double room no AC

regards
mani

machadinha

Thanks Mani, it took me no time at all to respond to you. Have a nice 1.

mani

yes you did & thanks Macha

but I need a hotel in Gir

thanks
mani