02 Nights & 03 Days Ahmedabad Tour with Little Rann of Kutch

Discover the Wild West of India on this 3 day tour from Ahmedabad. The Land of the White Salt Desert and exquisite art and craft, Kutch is a quiet haven though often overshadowed by neighboring Rajasthan. Visiting here would mean to transport oneself to an altogether new world, where a wide ocean of salt surrounds one and the not so high Aravali mountains create a mesmerizing backdrop.

Highlights:
• White salt desert of the Little Rann of Kutch
• Chance to see how salt is prepared out of saline sea water
• Encounters with the Indian Wild Ass

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Ahmedabad

Pass By: Gardenia - Fortune Park, Opp Gujarat college, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380006, India
You will be picked up from Ahmedabad airport and driven to your hotel. Standard check in time at the hotel is 2 pm at hotel. Early check-in is subject to availability of rooms. Spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight stay at Hotel Fortune Park, Ahmedabad

Day 2: Ahmedabad to Bajana (Little Rann of Kutch)

Pass By: Little Rann of Kutch, Thar Desert, Kutch India
After breakfast, drive to Bajana situated in the Little Rann Of Kutch. On arrival in Bajana take lunch (beverage excluded) at the Royal Safari Camp. After lunch take a jeep safari at the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary. The 3 hour safari starts at 3:00 p.m. After the safari you will be driven back to Ahmedabad.

Stop At: Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann, Kutch India
White Rann is a hypnotic salt desert that stretches all the way from Gujarat’s Kutch district to Pakistan’s Sindh province, covering around 12 000 sq. miles Also known as the Great Rann of Kutch, it adjoins the Little Rann of Kutch. These together make up the world’s largest salt marsh.

Kutch, India’s Wild West, is a geographic phenomenon. The flat, tortoise-shaped land, edged by the Gulf of Kutch and Great and Little Ranns, is a seasonal island. During the dry season, the Ranns are vast expanses of dried mud and blinding-white salt. Come the monsoon (rainy season from July-September), they are flooded first by seawater, then by fresh river water. The salt in the soil makes the low lying marsh area almost completely barren. Only on scattered ‘islands’ (called beyts in local language) above the salt level is there coarse grass, which provides fodder for the region’s wildlife.

Located in the Little Rann of Kutch is the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary. This barren, salt-tinted land is nature at its harshest and most compelling. The Wild Ass Sanctuary, covering a large part of the Rann, is the home of the last remaining population of the chestnut-coloured Indian Wild Ass (khur). The sanctuary is also home to 32 mammal species and is an important breeding site for birds. Unlike most of the wildlife sanctuaries in India, this reserve is a desert with parched grasslands that are just right for the animals who reside here. The grasslands are said to feed at least 2 100 animals. It can be an out of box experience for wildlife lovers, as this sanctuary is unique in several aspects like landscape, flora and fauna.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight stay at Hotel Fortune Park, Ahmedabad

Day 3: Departure from Ahmedabad

Pass By: ISKCON Temple, Satellite Road Sarkhej - Gandhinagar Hwy, Crossing, Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad 380059 India
After breakfast enjoy a morning tour of Ahmedabad. Later you will be dropped at the airport for your onward flight.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.